Tag: emergency management ontario (emo)

  • Emergency Medical Assistance Team Aids Forest Fire Evacuation From Northwestern Ontario

    2,730 people were evacuated from communities threatened by more than 100 forest fires in Northwestern Ontario. Yesterday, the evacuees were arriving at Lester B. Pearson International Airport in Toronto from Thunder Bay enroute to host communities across Southern Ontario. A media centre was being set up at the Lester B. Pearson International to provide information…

  • Forest Fires Force First Nations Community of Deer Lake To Evacuate

    Now, unfortunately forest fires are burning 3.5 kilometres from Deer Lake, a remote northwest Ontario community in Canada. The Deer Lake Band Council of the First Nations Community of Deer Lake is requesting help from Ontario to evacuate approximately 480 Deer Lake residents who will be immediately airlifted by Canadian Forces aircraft to Greenstone, Ontario.…