http://adapresentations.org/schedule.php
Announcing a new
webinar - "FEMA Promising Practices: Closing Gaps in Local Emergency
Plans and Grassroots Emergency Planning"
May 14th, 2015
Webinars
begin at 2.30pm ET/1.30pm CT/12.30 pm MT/11.30am PT/8.30am Hawaii.
This
presentation will share two practices that brought people together to
bring about increased knowledge and action on emergency preparedness.
First, we will hear about the lessons learned from the Massachusetts
Active Planning project, which brought together local disability
community members with their localities, to work collaboratively, share
resources and expertise about emergency preparedness and response for and
with people with disabilities, ultimately enhancing resilience for the
whole community. Our speakers will focus on a replicable collaborative,
inclusive Community Stakeholder Meeting (CSM) gap analysis process to
address issues of community-wide concern, such as needs assessment,
resident participation in local emergency planning, risk communication,
public preparedness education and creative use of community resources to
address emergency needs, for example in emergency shelters. Our second
set of speakers will describe an effort to get people with disabilities
and other access and functional needs to prepare for emergencies, for
that group to communicate needs to emergency responders, and to encourage
businesses and local civic leaders to plan cooperatively for needs
through periodic community meetings.
Learning
Objectives:
- Understand
how to identify key stakeholders in the community and learn
strategies for collaboration.
- Learn
how to perform a gap analysis of your local emergency plan using the
Active Planning Workbook and identify priorities and strategies for
plan improvement.
- Learn
strategies and practical steps for improving the general state of
emergency preparedness in a community.
Presenter:
- Sue Wolf-Fordham and Nancy Shea,
Active Planning Project, University of Massachusetts Medical School
E.K. Shriver Center Emergency Preparedness & Response
Initiative.
- Ted Stamp Southwestern Center for Independent Living and Tammy VanOverbeke,
Lyon County Emergency Manager.
Pacific ADA Center
555 12th Street
Suite 1030
Oakland, CA 94607
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