Emergency and Continuity Management (ECM) is a division of Shared Health Emergency Response Services (ERS). ECM provides health emergency management leadership and support provincially. ECM works in partnership with our provincial Health Authorities (HAs) and Manitoba Health to ensure the safety of patients, residents, clients and staff and the continuity of health services during emergencies.
Emergency Management Resources and Information
Who We Are And What We Do
Building a resilient health care system involves a constant process of emergency management activities which are centered around four pillars:
- Prevention/Mitigation – work to prevent emergencies from happening and reducing the impacts when an emergency does occur.
- Preparedness – ensuring applicable services and sites have an effective response plan and resources in place, as well as training and exercising to enhance response readiness.
- Response – coordinate activities when an emergency takes place.
- Recovery – actions to return to as close of a pre-emergency state as possible and possibly build back better.
ECM offers provincial emergency management services, support and education for the following:
- Hazard/risk assessment and mitigation.
- Emergency response plan development and maintenance.
- Emergency management education and exercising.
- Provincial coordination and operations support for the activation of provincial health system emergency response structures.
- Facilitation of operational debriefings and after-action reporting on future process improvements.
Our staff
Jeff Martin
Provincial Director, Emergency & Continuity Management
204-612-9378
[email protected]
Marc Sheridan
Provincial Manager,
Emergency Preparedness
204-801-2585
[email protected]
Leigh-ann Patrick
Emergency Management
Information Officer & Selkirk Mental Health Centre ECM Specialist
431-334-8670
[email protected]
Shubhreet Gill
GIS
Specialist
204-914-3685
[email protected]
Adam Loubert
Emergency Management
Educator
431-334-3003
[email protected]
Tania Costantini
HSC Clinical & Support Services ECM Specialist
431-275-3475
[email protected]
Shelae Richards
Manager, Provincial Emergency Response and Recovery
431-334-8670
[email protected]
Chelsea Ancheta
Administrative Assistant
204-590-9301
[email protected]
High Consequence Pathogen Documents & Resources
Response and Recovery
Incident Command – Learn about the Incident Command Organizational Structure.
Shared Health Emergency Management Webmap
A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a tool used to input, collect, store, analyze and interpret geographic and location-based data. In health, the GIS brings together information from various data streams such as facility details and environmental and critical infrastructure data to create powerful visualizations that support informed decision-making and analysis of complex health system challenges. By integrating location information (where things are) with descriptive health information and corresponding attributes (what things are like there) on an interactive map, the GIS supports the provincial healthcare system with operational planning and response efforts by enabling teams to identify areas, populations, or facilities that may require additional assistance during emergencies.
For support with GIS, please contact [email protected]
Planning & Preparedness
Emergency Response Plans
- Pandemic
- Severe Weather Plans
Business Continuity Planning
Coming soon.
Emergency Codes & Contingency Plan Guidelines
- Unit/Area Response Plan Templates – User Guide
- Response Plan Template – Code Black – Bomb Threat/Suspicious Package
- Response Plan Template – Code Blue – Cardiac/Respiratory Arrest
- Response Plan Template – Code Brown – Hazardous Materials Incident
- Response Plan Template – Code Gold – Trauma Emergency
- Response Plan Template – Code Green – Evacuation
- Response Plan Template – Code Grey – External Air Exclusion
- Response Plan Template – Code Orange – Mass Casualty Incident
- Response Plan Template – Code Pink – Infant/Child Abduction
- Response Plan Template – Code Purple – Hostage Taking
- Response Plan Template – Code Red – Fire/Smoke
- Response Plan Template – Code Silver – Armed Assailant
- Response Plan Template – Code White – Violence/Aggression
- Response Plan Template – Code Yellow – Missing Patient/Client
- Additional Considerations when Developing Standardized Emergency Codes
- Active Shooter / Armed Intruder Education Presentation
- Active Shooter in Healthcare Training Video
Training
Coming soon.
News
News Stories
Leading through Wildfires – Inside Shared Health’s Emergency and Continuity Management Team
When emergencies hit—whether it’s a wildfire, blizzard, power outage, or mass casualty incident—Manitobans count on the health system to keep care going. Behind the scenes, Shared Health’s Emergency & Continuity Management (ECM) team makes sure that happens.
Be prepared, know your risks – Emergency Preparedness Week
During Emergency Preparedness Week (May 7-13), the theme is “Be Prepared. Know your Risks” and Shared Health Emergency and Continuity Management (ECM) encourages all Manitobans to consider what plans they have in place to protect themselves and their loved ones when an emergency or disaster occurs.