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Disaster & Emergency Management SolUTions

What we do

We work to understand the individual needs of your community or organization while weaving in the bigger picture solutions: helping teams prepare, respond, and recover more effectively.

Emergency Management Services

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Disaster & Emergency Management

Keeping your community safe is a big job. As disasters increase in frequency, governments are feeling the pressure to have a rock-solid plan in place, but may not have all the knowledge on their team. When time and resources are scarce, let us help improve response, preparedness, mitigation, and recovery.

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Business Continuity & Management

Poorly-managed crises can take a toll on your reputation, while successful response and recovery strengthens the trust your community and customers have in your business. If you’re struggling to complete a crisis management project and looking for guidance, our team is here to help guide you.

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Workshops, Training & Exercises

Crisis leadership and emergency management are specialised skills your team needs to guide your community or business through disaster response and recovery. RIC provides the training your team needs to confidently tackle the challenges that arise in the wake of disasters and emergencies.

Resilience Starts Here.

Tailored plans address specific challenges before they happen. Every community and business has unique priorities, processes, and structures. RIC develops custom solutions that fit your operations—and the people behind them—based on a thorough understanding of your community or business, emergency management best-practices, and over 18 years of hands-on experience.

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"Our small team does most emergency management work off the sides of our desks. With RIC, we were able to complete the Disaster Recovery Framework project quickly and efficiently. Rebecca looked at our preparedness planning comprehensively, combining her expertise in best-practices with her local knowledge of Canmore."

Caitlin Miller, Protective Services Manager and Director of Emergency Management, Town of Canmore

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Meet Rebecca Innes, MA, ABCP

For nearly 20 years, Rebecca Innes has been working to improve how governments and businesses respond when disaster strikes. She has hands-on professional experience and accreditation in disaster risk mitigation and emergency management as well as occupational health and safety, workplace disability management, and human resources.

She has also led response and recovery initiatives during some of Western Canada’s largest incidents including the 2013 Southern Alberta floods, 2016 Fort McMurray wildfires, and 2021 British Columbia floods.

She founded Rebecca Innes Consulting (RIC) in 2019 with a goal of building more resilient and equitable communities and companies through her holistic, human-centred approach to emergency and crisis management.

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No such thing as natural disasters.

Research shows disasters are almost always the result of human actions and decisions. As community disasters become more frequent across Canada, disaster planning is no longer a “nice to have,” it’s an essential component of long-term business sustainability.

RIC Blogs

Supporting Disaster Preparedness in Indigenous Communities

Supporting Disaster Preparedness in Indigenous Communities

Indigenous Peoples are disproportionately affected by disasters like floods and wildfires. As weather patterns shift and annual disaster seasons become the norm, the effects of climate change on Indigenous communities in Canada are becoming more severe. In 2023, over...

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When to Hire an Emergency Preparedness Planning Expert

When to Hire an Emergency Preparedness Planning Expert

Emergency preparedness planning is essential for communities as the risk of experiencing disaster increases. Events such as wildfires, flooding, and extreme weather are now regular occurrences in communities across Canada. The continued expansion of industrial...

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Keeping Your Community Safe

Tailoring Your Disaster Preparedness Plan to Meet Your Community’s Unique Needs

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RIC is fortunate and grateful to live vibrantly on the land of the Treaty 7 People – the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Kainai, Piikani), the Tsuut’ina, the Îyâxe Nakoda Nations (Chiniki, Bearspaw, Wesley), and the Métis Nation (Region 3). In the spirit of change, RIC is committed to seeking truth and reconciliation.