Helping residents navigate the supports available to our community before, during and after the natural disater.
Current Emergencies
Find updates and information on any active and on-going emergency situations impacting the residents of the Municipality of Shelburne and surrounding areas.
Comfort Centres & Shelters
The Municipality has many comfort centres that may be activated during an emergency event – typically 72-hours after emergency began.
Voyent Alert – Notification System
The Municipality manages an alert tool to ensure residents are staying informed and recieving emergency alerts –
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Emergency Can Happen Any Time, Any Where – Let’s be Prepared
Emergencies are stressful. Residents should make time now to prepare yourself and your family for future scenerios. In our community residents should prepare themselves to midigate the struggles of DROUGHT, HURRICANE, FLOOD, POWER FAILURES, WINTER STORMS and WILDFIRE.
Being prepared means:
- knowing the risks – assess your property and neighbourhood for potential hazardous
- developing a plan – have a plan and determine available resoures, include pets and medications
- preparing a kit – know what you need for 72 hour prepareness kit and/or to-go bag, these items should be easily accessible in emergency
Here are a few recommendations to prepare yourself and your loved ones for extreme weather events.
🖊️ Making an emergency plan: www.redcross.ca/how-we-help/emergencies-and-disasters-in-canada/be-ready-emergency-preparedness-and-recovery/make-an-emergency-plan?fbclid=IwAR336oUu9EmKzpBnoB87ddd_sEg78UxDJ5cyzUHNZJWfruo1PbLsfTjr2Uw
✅ Storm safety and preparedness checklist: www.nspower.ca/docs/default-source/bill-inserts/jc0446_storm-preparednesschecklist.pdf
📻 Tune in: 93.1 FM and 98.1 FM
Wildfire
Flood
Drought
Hurricane
Important Contacts
HEALTH & WELLNESS
Access Wellness provides a single session counselling to help people dealing with mental health concerns. Book an appointment – 1-833-691-2282
Warmline (non-crisis) – 1-833-927-6546
Crisis Hotline – 1-888-429-8167
Emergency – 911
ROSEWAY HOSPITAL
Emergency Department – 902-875-4390
Inpatient – 902-875-2696
Primary Care Clinic – 902-875-2321
211 NOVA SCOTIA
Dial 211 for a free, confidential helpline that connects you to community and social services in Nova Scotia.
NOVA SCOTIA 811
Nova Scotians can access health information and advice by dialing 811. Registered Nurses are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
511 NOVA SCOTIA
Provides up to the minute traffic and transit information for Nova Scotia. Visit 511.novascotia.ca/ .
Emergency Alerts
It is important that all residents turn emergency cell phones alerts “ON” – this feature is controlled by you device settings, If you had
trouble recieving emergency alerts please contact your device manufacturer or service provider for guildence.
For local information during an emergency please following Shelburne County East Emergency Management page on Facebook or listen to local radio channels.