General

Reception Centres shall be set up to provide the following functions:

  1. registration and inquiry
  2. accommodation allocations at evacuation centres
  3. first aid
  4. monitoring and decontamination (co-location optional)

Efforts should be made not to separate households during evacuation (e.g., keep parents, children, elders together) to the extent practicable, as this maintains existing social support structures and reduces the burden placed on evacuation and reception centre staff.

Reception and Evacuation Centres may be operated separately or co-located.

Responsibility

In a nuclear emergency, emergency social service needs (e.g., reception, registration and inquiry, shelter, food, clothing and personal services) for members of the public who have been evacuated from their homes, shall be assessed and provided by:

  1. Designated/host municipalities identified under this plan;
  2. Appropriate Ontario ministries (e.g., MMAH); or
  3. Municipalities directed to provide support or assistance under a provincial emergency declaration (Section 8.6.3 ).

In a nuclear emergency, monitoring and decontamination facilities associated with Reception Centres shall be resourced and operated by reactor facilities (with the exception detailed in the Fermi 2 Implementing Plan).

In a radiological emergency, emergency social service needs (e.g., reception, registration and inquiry, shelter, food, clothing and personal services) for members of the public who have been evacuated from their homes:

  1. May be assessed and provided under the provisions of existing municipal mutual assistance agreements; or
  2. Shall be provided by municipalities ordered to provide support or assistance under a provincial emergency declaration (Section 8.6.3 )