TORONTO, May 30 /CNW/ - The City of Toronto, Toronto Police
Service and
its emergency response partners will conduct a marine exercise on Lake
Ontario
to practice plans that may be deployed should there ever be a nuclear
incident
at the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station. This exercise will take
place at
Bluffers Park in Toronto and provides an opportunity to test and
evaluate
procedures to set up an Emergency Worker and Marine Evacuee Centre
that may be
required during a nuclear emergency.
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The participants and contributors to the exercise include:
- Toronto Police Service
- City of Toronto and its agencies
- Peel Regional Police Marine & Dive Unit
- Marine Security Enforcement Team (joint team with RCMP and
Canadian
Coast Guard)
- Durham Regional Police Marine Unit
- Ontario Power Generation
Date: May 31, 2007
Time: exercise 10 a.m. - noon
Location: Lake Ontario and at Bluffer's Park Marina
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Toronto is Canada's largest city and sixth largest government, and
home
to a diverse population of about 2.6 million people. It is the
economic engine
of Canada and one of the greenest and most creative cities in North
America.
In the past three years Toronto has won more than 50 awards for
quality and
innovation in delivering public services. Toronto's government is
dedicated to
prosperity, opportunity and liveability for all its residents.
This exercise is supported with funding from the Joint Emergency
Preparedness Program (JEPP). JEPP is administered by Public Safety
Canada.
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For further information: Media contact: Warren Leonard, Manager,
Office
of Emergency Management, (416) 392-4554; Rob Andrusevich, Strategic
Communications, City of Toronto, (416) 397-4149, cell (416) 200-3660