Emergency Preparedness Training Exercise Scheduled for March 14 to 21, 2025

The City of Windsor is participating in an emergency preparedness training exercise from March 14 to 21, 2025, in collaboration with Windsor Regional Hospital, the Town of Essex, the County of Essex, the Town of Amherstburg, Windsor-Essex County Health Unit, and provincial and international partners. This initiative will simulate a coordinated response to a fictional nuclear event.

This training is crucial in ensuring that these municipalities and organizations remain prepared for emergencies. Those involved in this exercise will be able to test response protocols, strengthen cross-border collaboration, and enhance emergency management skills in a safe training environment.

Windsor Regional Hospital will be participating in emergency training exercises on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. Patient care will not be impacted by this training exercise.

During the exercise, the following training locations will experience temporary service interruptions:

• The WFCU Centre, 8787 McHugh Street, Windsor, will be partially closed to the public on March 17 and 18, 2025. Service users have been notified of these closures.
• The Amherstburg Libro Centre (recreation complex), 3295 Meloche Road, Amherstburg, will be closed to the public on March 17, 18, and 19, 2025, but this will not affect business at Team Rehab.

What Can Residents Do to Be Prepared for an Emergency Like This?

As a part of being prepared for the unlikely event of a nuclear incident, the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit encourages those with Potassium Iodide pills (KI pills) to check the expiry dates. If your pills are close to expiring or you don’t have KI pills, please visit one of the distribution locations to replace them. For information about why KI Pills are important and where to acquire them, please visit wechu.org/KI.

Residents are also encouraged to sign up for important messaging during local emergencies if you live or work in the following municipalities:

Sign up for Windsor Alerts at www.WindsorAlerts.ca
Sign up for Amherstburg Alerts at Amherstburg.ca/alert
Sign up for Town of Essex Alerts at www.essex.ca/Alerts