City of Toronto Office of Emergency Management ( OEM ) is the emergency co-ordination office for the city of Toronto , Canada . Its goal is to " respond and reduce the impact of a public emergency and restore the municipality to a normal state as soon as possible " OEM was created in 1998 and succeeded a number of other emergency operations teams that existed prior to the amalgamation of Toronto with its suburbs : OEM 's Emergency Operations Centre is based in the Don Mills district of Toronto . It was used during the SARS crisis , the blackout in 2003 and after September 11 attacks in the United States in 2001
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
City of Toronto Emergency Management Office (OEM)