Fact sheet
Community of Brandon (CA), Manitoba
In 2014, information on the emergency preparedness of people living in the Census AgglomerationNote 1 of Brandon was collected through the Survey of Emergency Preparedness and Resilience in Canada (SEPR).Note 2 This fact sheet presents information on the risk awareness and level of emergency preparedness of the residents of Brandon, which could help improve the understanding of community resilience in the event of an emergency.Note 3Note 4
Risk awareness and anticipated sources of help in an emergency or disaster
- Winter storms (including blizzards, ice storms and extreme cold) (99%), industrial or transportation accidents (75%) and floods (73%) were named by residents of Brandon as the most likely events to occur in their community.
- Residents most commonly anticipated turning to their utility company in the event of an extended power outage lasting 24 hours or longer (55%), to local government if they faced a contamination or shortage of water or food (52%), and to a hospital, clinic, doctor or other medical professional during an outbreak of a serious or life-threatening disease (48%). Residents reported that they would turn to police or law enforcement if they were faced with an act of terrorism or a terrorist threat (39%Note E: Use with caution). In addition to news on the television, police or law enforcement were also the most commonly anticipated initial sources of information or assistance if residents were faced with rioting or civil unrest (both 30%Note E: Use with caution) (Table 1.1).
- Residents anticipated turning to news on the radio as an initial source for help and information if they were faced with a weather-related emergency or natural disaster (37%) or an industrial or transportation accident (36%).
Prior lifetime experience with a major emergency or disasterNote 5
- More than four in ten (45%) Brandon residents have faced a major emergency or disaster in Canada in a community they were living in at the time of the event, nearly half (47%) of whom reported experiencing severe disruptions to their daily activities as a result of the event.
- Floods (64%) were the most commonly experienced emergencies or disasters by residents of Brandon.
- The most common types of disruption to daily activities endured by residents who had experienced major emergencies or disasters included missing work or school (50%Note E: Use with caution) and missing an appointment or planned activity (47%Note E: Use with caution). More severe disruptions experienced were an inability to use roads or transportation within the community (48%Note E: Use with caution) and home evacuation (34%Note E: Use with caution).
- More than half (57%) of residents who experienced an emergency or disaster were able to resume their daily activities within one week of the event. For 18%Note E: Use with caution of residents, it took between one to two months to resume their daily activities.
- Nearly two-thirds (64%) of residents who had experienced an emergency or disaster received help during or immediately following the event, commonly from local government (28%Note E: Use with caution).
- Three in ten (29%Note E: Use with caution) residents of Brandon who experienced a major emergency or disaster in Canada in a community where they were living at the time of the event and which was significant enough to disrupt their regular daily routine also endured a loss of property or financial impact.
Emergency planning, precautionary and fire safety behaviours
- Three-quarters (73%) of people residing in Brandon lived in households that were engaged in at least two emergency planning activities,Note 6 and four in ten (43%) lived in households with three or four such activities (Table 1.2). One in ten (10%Note E: Use with caution) people lived in a household that had not participated in any emergency planning activities.
- Half (51%) lived in a household with at least two precautionary measuresNote 7 taken in case of an emergency. Close to one in five (18%Note E: Use with caution) people lived in a household with no precautionary measures in place.
- The vast majority (98%) of residents reported living in a household with a working smoke detector, and six in ten (62%) reported living in a household with a working fire extinguisher (Table 1.3). More than half (56%) of residents stated that they had a working carbon monoxide detector in their household. Approximately one-third (35%) of the residents of Brandon stated that they had implemented all three fire safety measures within their households.
- The number of emergency planning activities, fire safety and precautionary measures taken by residents of Brandon did not significantly differ from Manitoba residents overall and residents of Canada’s 10 provinces. The one exception, however, was that Brandon residents (14%Note E: Use with caution) were less likely to have participated in all four emergency planning activities compared to Canadians (19%).Note 8
- Generally, the types of activities and measures in place by residents of Brandon did not differ significantly from residents of Manitoba and Canada. There are two exceptions: Brandon residents (70%) were more likely to have an emergency exit plan but less likely to have a list of emergency contact numbers (57%) compared to Canadian residents (60% and 69%, respectively).
Social networks and sense of belonging
- Approximately half (48%) of Brandon’s residents had a strong sense of belongingNote 9 to their community.Note 10
- Most (84%) residents described the neighbourhood they lived in as a place where neighbours generally help each other.Note 11 Of those who did not describe their neighbourhood this way, most (92%) still described it as a place where neighbours would help each other in an emergency.
- The majority of individuals had a large network of support in the event of an emergency or disaster, with more than five people to turn to for emotional support (66%), for help if physically injured (59%) as well as in case of a home evacuation (56%). About one-quarter (27%) of residents had a large support network if financial help was needed. However, 9%Note E: Use with caution reported that they had no one to turn to for financial help.
- Higher levels of sense of belonging, neighbourhood trust and social support, as well as civic engagement and involvement in political activities, were not associated with a higher level of emergency preparedness (Table 1.4).
Data tables
Most common sources of initial help and information by type of emergency or disaster | percent |
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Weather-related emergency or natural disaster | |
News- Radio | 37 |
News- Internet | 25Note E: Use with caution |
News- Television | 17 |
Extended power outagesTable 1.1, Note 1 | |
Utility company | 55 |
News- Radio | 12Note E: Use with caution |
News- Internet | 11Note E: Use with caution |
Outbreak of serious or life-threatening disease | |
Hospital, clinic, doctor or other medical professional | 48 |
News- Radio | 17Note E: Use with caution |
News- Internet | 11Note E: Use with caution |
Industrial or transportation accident | |
News- Radio | 36 |
News- Internet | 23Note E: Use with caution |
Local government | 14Note E: Use with caution |
Contamination or shortage of water or food | |
Local government | 52 |
News- Radio | 15Note E: Use with caution |
News- Internet | 12Note E: Use with caution |
Act of terrorism or terrorist threatTable 1.1, Note 1 | |
Police/law enforcement | 39Note E: Use with caution |
News- Radio | 18Note E: Use with caution |
Rioting or civil unrest | |
News- Television | 30Note E: Use with caution |
Police/law enforcement | 30Note E: Use with caution |
News- Radio | 27Note E: Use with caution |
E use with caution
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Emergency Preparedness and Resilience in Canada, 2014. |
Number of planning activities, fire safety and precautionary measures taken by residents | Brandon | Manitoba | Canada |
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percent | |||
Number of emergency planning activities | |||
None | 10Note E: Use with caution | 10 | 8 |
1 activity | 15Note E: Use with caution | 19 | 17 |
2 activities | 30 | 25 | 25 |
3 activities | 29 | 27 | 27 |
4 activities | 14Note E: Use with cautionTable 1.2, Note ** | 16 | 19 |
Number of precautionary measures | |||
None | 18Note E: Use with caution | 20 | 16 |
1 measure | 24 | 28 | 27 |
2 measures | 32 | 26 | 28 |
3 measures | 19Note E: Use with caution | 18 | 20 |
4 measures | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 5 | 7 |
Number of fire safety measuresTable 1.2, Note 1Table 1.2, Note 2 | |||
None | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 1 |
1 measure | 16Note E: Use with caution | 15 | 14 |
2 measures | 41 | 37 | 38 |
3 measures | 35 | 41 | 42 |
E use with caution F too unreliable to be published
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Emergency Preparedness and Resilience in Canada, 2014. |
Residents whose households were involved in the following: | Brandon | Manitoba | Canada |
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percent | |||
Emergency planning activities | |||
Emergency exit plan | 70Table 1.3, Note ** | 64 | 60 |
Exit plan has been practised/reviewed in last 12 monthsTable 1.3, Note 1 | 44 | 42 | 46 |
Designated meeting place for household membersTable 1.3, Note 2 | 32 | 39 | 33 |
Contact plan for household membersTable 1.3, Note 2 | 57 | 53 | 55 |
Household emergency supply kit | 40 | 41 | 47 |
Vehicle emergency supply kitTable 1.3, Note 3 | 65 | 67 | 59 |
Extra copies of important documents | 54 | 50 | 53 |
List of emergency contact numbers | 57Table 1.3, Note ** | 65 | 69 |
Plan for meeting special health needsTable 1.3, Note 4 | 56 | 62 | 62 |
Precautionary measures | |||
Wind-up or battery-operated radio | 59 | 51 | 58 |
Alternate heat source | 40 | 41 | 48 |
Back-up generator | 17Note E: Use with caution | 21 | 23 |
Alternate water source | 48 | 44 | 43 |
OtherTable 1.3, Note 5 | 16Note E: Use with caution | 19 | 21 |
Fire safety measures | |||
Working smoke detector | 98 | 97 | 98 |
Working carbon monoxide detector | 56 | 60 | 60 |
Working fire extinguisher | 62 | 63 | 66 |
E use with caution
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Emergency Preparedness and Resilience in Canada, 2014. |
Social and political involvement | Percentage of residents who had high or moderately high levels of... | ||
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Planning activities | Precautionary measures | Fire safety measures | |
percent | |||
Engagement in political activitiesTable 1.4, Note 1 | |||
YesTable 1.4, Note 7Table 1.4, Note † | 45 | 23Note E: Use with caution | 40 |
No | 45Note E: Use with caution | 29Note E: Use with caution | 27Note E: Use with caution |
High level of civic engagementTable 1.4, Note 2 | |||
YesTable 1.4, Note 7Table 1.4, Note † | 46 | 26Note E: Use with caution | 41 |
NoTable 1.4, Note 7 | 44 | 22Note E: Use with caution | 29Note E: Use with caution |
High level of social supportTable 1.4, Note 3 | |||
YesTable 1.4, Note 8Table 1.4, Note † | 57 | 30Note E: Use with caution | 27Note E: Use with caution |
No | 41 | 22Note E: Use with caution | 36 |
Strong sense of belonging to communityTable 1.4, Note 4 | |||
YesTable 1.4, Note 7Table 1.4, Note † | 47 | 24Note E: Use with caution | 42 |
NoTable 1.4, Note 7 | 44 | 25Note E: Use with caution | 28Note E: Use with caution |
High neighbourhood trustTable 1.4, Note 5 | |||
YesTable 1.4, Note 7Table 1.4, Note † | 49 | 27Note E: Use with caution | 39 |
No | 43 | 21Note E: Use with caution | 33Note E: Use with caution |
High level of self-efficacyTable 1.4, Note 6 | |||
YesTable 1.4, Note † | 47 | 29Note E: Use with caution | 47 |
NoTable 1.4, Note 9 | 44 | 20Note E: Use with caution | 24Note E: Use with cautionTable 1.4, Note * |
E use with caution
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Emergency Preparedness and Resilience in Canada, 2014. |
Notes
E use with caution
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