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Chapter 13 - Emergency Management
Key Messages:
- During the COVID-19 pandemic the actions of the community and external partners, and the guidance from Algoma Public Health employees helped control the spread of infection.
- Increased number of wildfires in 2023 impacted air quality across Canada. There were 10 air quality alerts for different regions of Algoma(1); these are associated with more Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)-related emergency department (ED) visits.
- Climate change has increased the frequency and duration of extremely hot days in the past 10 years and are projected to further increase by 2030.
- Despite the declining number of extreme cold days, the average rate (2019 - 2023) of cold exposure-related ED visits was higher than heat exposure-related ED visits in Algoma.
