Civil Emergency Planning Regulations (N.S. Reg. 82/71).

The present Regulations are made under the Emergency Management Act. Section 1 establishes that the Government of Nova Scotia recognizes the need for planning to meet both major peacetime disaster and war emergency. To meet this needs, the departments listed in this section shall have designated planning responsibilities. All departments and agencies that have been assigned specific planning responsibilities shall: a) assess their potential disaster problems and related disaster functions, and determine the capability of their department or agency to meet peacetime disaster or war emergency; b) develop staff call-out and mobilization procedures; c) prepare staff instructions, emergency orders and regulations, and essential records that may be required for peacetime disaster or war emergency; d) develop and conduct in-service training programs as required; e) prepare a departmental disaster plan for inclusion in the overall Provincial Disaster Plan. The Emergency Measures Organization of Nova Scotia shall, inter alia, develop in conjunction with Provincial departments and agencies, and federal and municipal authorities, a program to ensure the continuity of government in a war emergency.