Line 3 IAMC Emergency Management Planning Support Initiative Community Interest Survey Second Intake

Overview

Emergency Management Planning Support Initiative – Community Interest Survey
The Line 3 Indigenous Advisory and Monitoring Committee (IAMC) is delivering an Emergency Management Planning Support Initiative (EMPI) to strengthen emergency preparedness among Line 3–impacted First Nations and Métis governments across Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.

The initiative provides external, fully funded support to help communities:

develop or update Community Emergency Management Plans (CEMPs) and/or Emergency Response Plans (ERPs), and
integrate both provincial emergency management frameworks and Indigenous knowledge systems.

To ensure additional Line 3–impacted communities have the opportunity to express interest, the Community Interest Survey has been re‑opened for a short period.

This short survey helps us better understand community interest, readiness and timing, and emergency management planning needs, so that supports can be planned and offered in a fair and equitable way.

⏱️ The survey takes approximately 7 minutes to complete.
✅ Completing the survey does not commit your community to participate.

Important Notes

If your community has already completed this survey, you do not need to complete it again.
Communities that complete the survey may be invited to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) as a next step.
Emergency management planning supports under this initiative must be completed by March 31, 2027.
The initiative may begin with a small number of communities that are ready to start sooner; however, all communities that complete the survey remain eligible for planning support through the broader intake process.

Survey timeline
Survey re‑opens: Tuesday, May 5, 2026
Survey closes: Friday, May 15, 2026 at 11:59 PM (Pacific Time)
If you have questions about the survey or the initiative, please contact:
emergencymanagement@iamc-line3.com

For more information on the Line 3 IAMC Emergency Management Planning Support Initiative, visit:
www.iamc-line3.com/updates

Section 1: Community Information

1.Province(Required.)

Alberta

Saskatchewan

Manitoba

2.Community / Nation / Métis Government Name(Required.)

3.Primary Contact(Required.)

Name

Title/Role

Phone

Section 2: Eligibility Check

4.Is your community located within the Line 3 impacted region?

See list of eligible communities here.

Please Note: Only Line 3 impacted Nations are eligible for this opportunity. Please visit our website or contact us for further information.(Required.)

Yes

Section 2: Current Emergency Management Planning Status

5.Does your community currently have an Emergency Management Plan or Emergency Response Plan?(Required.)

Yes

None / Starting from scratch

Other (please describe briefly—this helps us understand the level of update needed)

6.If YES — what best describes your plan?

Plan is fairly recent and regularly used

Plan exists but is older than 3 years

Plan has not been exercised in the last 2 years

Plan exists but is missing key elements (e.g., cultural elements, Incident Command System (ICS) alignment, hazard updates)

Other (open text)

Section 3: Community Readiness & Capacity

7.If selected, can your community identify a “champion” or lead contact to work closely with the consultant?

This person does not need to be an emergency management expert but should be able to coordinate meetings, support information sharing, and act as a liaison with leadership. (e.g., an emergency manager, Band manager, safety coordinator, senior administrator, etc.)(Required.)

Yes – identified

Yes – likely, to be confirmed

Possibly, capacity is a challenge

Unsure / No

8.Leadership support: We have (or can obtain) leadership acknowledgement to proceed with this planning work(Required.)

Yes

In progress

Can initiate

Not yet / Unsure

9.Does your community anticipate having the capacity to participate in meetings, validation sessions, and training activities as part of this initiative?(Required.)

Yes

Possibly, depending on timing

Not at this time

Section 4: Timing & Availability

10.To support longer-term planning and scheduling, please indicate the general timeframe when your community could begin work (select all that apply):(Required.)

April–June 2026

July–September 2026

October–December 2026

Unsure / dependent on other priorities

11.To understand how soon you could realistically begin, please select the earliest feasible start time (required):(Required.)

Within the next 2–4 weeks

Within the next 2–3 months

Later than 3 months

Unsure

12.Are there any seasonal, cultural, governance, or capacity realities we should know about that may affect timing (e.g., hunting season, elections, flood/fire season, major community priorities)?

13.If you wish, please share any brief information that helps us understand your readiness to begin sooner (e.g., leadership support, staffing availability, recent planning work).

Section 5 - Interest in Additional Supports (Optional)

14.Would your community also be interested in any of the following? (check all that apply)

Emergency Management training

Incident Command System (ICS) training

Exercises / Table-top scenarios

Support in engaging Elders / Knowledge Holders in planning

Help developing culturally grounded Emergency Management approaches

Short term administrative/backfill support for the community Emergency Management coordinator

Other (please describe)

Section 6: Community Declaration

Line 3 IAMC works in a collaborative partnership model. We recognize communities face competing priorities, emergencies, and resource constraints. If selected, participation is flexible and respectful — but ongoing participation is required to ensure projects are successful.

15.If selected, would your community feel comfortable committing to work collaboratively toward completing this project, recognizing that participation may need to pause at times (e.g., emergencies, elections)?(Required.)

Yes

Likely, but capacity concerns exist

Unsure

Prefer to discuss further first

Section 7 — Final Comments

16.Anything else you’d like us to know?

Thank you for sharing your interest.

This information will help Line 3 IAMC to plan fairly, understand readiness, and design emergency management supports in a good way. Our staff will review responses weekly and follow-up directly with survey respondents. If your community signals interest in an early start, we will follow-up in a timely manner.

Find out more about Line 3 IAMC on our website: www.iamc-line3.com

Questions?

Email us: emergencymanagement@iamc-line3.com