Discussions have begun in the province to establish the Nova Scotia Guard; volunteers with specialty skills and can fill a variety of roles during and after an emergency. It will overseen by a new Department of Emergency Management.
Flooding in Monastery from post-Tropical Storm Fiona, 2022 (Communications Nova Scotia photo)
Premier Tim Houston says legislation to create the Nova Scotia Guard and the new department was tabled during the latter stages of the spring sitting of the Nova Scotia Legislature.
Houston says there will be consultations with a number of organizations about the Nova Scotia Guard over the summer, including search and rescue, volunteer fire departments, and the United Way.
Houston says following the consultations, it will be formalized in the legislation in the fall