HEMBC provides expertise, education, tools, and support for the BC health authorities to effectively mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from the impacts of emergency events; ensuring the continuity of health services.

HEMBC staff work across the province, directly with facilities and programs to support a range of activities, including:

• Development of emergency plans
• Training and education
• Emergency exercises
• Emergency response
• Recovery
• After action / lessons learned process.

In addition, HEMBC provides Fire Safety services to Fraser Health, Providence Health Care, the Provincial Health Services Authority and Vancouver Coastal Health. 

HEMBC works with a wide range of stakeholders to ensure that the program is effectively integrated across the health system and with external partners, including:

• Fraser Health
• Interior Health
• Northern Health
• Providence Health
• Provincial Health Services Authority
• Vancouver Coastal Health
• Vancouver Island Health Authority