Provincial Emergency Program

INTERIM POLICY & PROCEDURES BULLETIN

Effective Date: October 15/06

PEP Volunteer Reimbursement and Allowance Rates for 2006

Minimum 2 (two) hours for all hourly rates
All rates are to be rounded to the nearest hour up or down

ITEM

RATE
Meals
$15.00 per meal
Accommodation (commercial)
See Government Business Travel Accommodation Listings
Private Accommodaton
$30 per night
Mileage (for all types of insured motor vehicles)
Current provincial government rate , Note: for volunteers, annual mileage rate changes will occur on April 1st

Volunteer Child Care Expenses

$25 per child per day or
$50 per child if overnight
Occupational Health and Safety Supplement
15% of total claim (not including extraordinary costs, e.g. helicopter)
Aircraft
Based on fuel factor and engine size - see CASARA fuel factor chart
Command Vehicle (includes all associated equipment and administrative supplies
$125 per call out
$500 per response per 24 hour period
Communications Vehicle
$250 per response per 24 hour period
Feeding Vehicle (truck or trailer equipped with cooking and refrigeration equipment and includes all associated equipment and non-food supplies)
$250 per response per 24 hour period
Mutual Support Vehicle (one per group responding)
$125 per response per 24 hour period
Road Rescue Truck (includes all associated equipment and consumables)
$125 per call out
$500 per response per 24 hour period
All Terrain Vehicle (snowmobile, Argo, quad) and motorcycles
$30 per operating hour
Trailer (boat, ATV, equipment)
$15 per operating hour
Watercraft (powered)
.60 x HP = rate per hour of use, minimum $30 per hour
Watercraft (unpowered)
$8 per hour of use
Bicycle
$10 per hour of use
Horse or Certified SAR Dog
$25 per hour of use
Generator (not command vehicle mounted) and Chainsaw
$8 per hour of use
Telephones and Cellular Phones
$0.40 per minute
Satellite Phones
$1.50 per minute
Thermal imager, underwater camera, and similar equipment when pre-authorized
$15 per hour of use
Equipment rate (handheld/mobile radios, fixed/mobile repeaters, GPS/APRS, incidentals)
$25 per person on task per 24 hour period