Being Ready and Keeping Safe: Communities Engaged for Emergency Management - Resilience
Presenters John Huffington Steve Adams Director of Workforce Development Director of Urban Resilience Living Classrooms Foundation Institute for Sustainable Communities 2
“In counties that experienced at least $10 Billion in hazard damage (1999 – 2013), the study finds that the average family wealth trajectories diverge based on race – with white families gaining $126,000 on average, and losses for families of color ranging from $10,000 to $29,000.” Damages Done: The Longitudinal Impacts of Natural Hazards on Wealth Inequality in the United States Junia Howell and James Elliott September, 2018 3
Who / What? An effective neighborhood emergency management system is a critical piece to make a community resilient. What is a neighborhood emergency • management system? Are there government resources available to • support building and maintaining emergency services? How do I approach the development and • implementation of such a system? This session will offer tips and tools on how to keep your neighborhood safe in the face of disaster and emergency. 4
Emergency Management Cycle 5
Mitigation & Preparedness Your city and county are hopefully producing: Hazard Mitigation Plans • Threat & Hazard Identification & Risk • Assessment (THIRA) & Stakeholder Preparedness Review (SPR) Pre-Disaster Recovery Plans • 6
PDRP Connections Source: FEMA – PDRP Guide for Local Governments 7
Neighborhood Preparedness Community • Emergency Response Team (CERT) Map Your • Neighborhood (MYN) Community • Resilience Hubs 8
Incident Command System 9
Emergency Support Functions ESF1: Transportation • ESF2: Communications • ESF3: Public Works and Engineering • ESF4: Firefighting • ESF5: Information & Planning • ESF6: Mass Care, Housing, and Human Services • ESF7: Resources Support • ESF8: Public Health and Medical Services • ESF9: Search and Rescue • ESF10: Oil and Hazardous Materials Response • ESF11: Agriculture and Natural Resources • ESF12: Energy • ESF13: Public Safety and Security • ESF14: Long-term Community Recovery and Mitigation • ESF15: External Affairs • 10
Resources FEMA: PDRP Planning Guide for Local Governments February 2017 Ready.gov: CERT website Washington EMD: Map your Neighborhood 11
The P.O.W.E.R. House A Solar-Powered Resiliency Hub
PARTNERSHIPS
RESILIENCY HUB • A building or set of buildings and neighboring outdoor space that will open to community members during the daytime, and provide access to resources which may include food, water, ice, cell phone charging stations in the event of an emergency. Other key components include ensuring that members of the surrounding communities are educated about natural and other human-made hazards that potentially threaten their community; engaging residents and businesses on steps they can take to respond before, during and after those events; connecting members of the community to resources to prepare for and withstand the impacts from hazard events; and, at certain hubs, increasing energy and water efficiency of surrounding businesses and residences.
INSTALLING A SOLAR POWERED SYSTEM
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Memorandum of Understanding Between Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and Living Classrooms Foundation • THIS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (hereinafter “MOU”) is made by and between the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore (the “City”), a municipal corporation of the State of Maryland, acting through its Department of Planning’s Office of Sustainability (“DOP”) and Mayor’s Office of Emergency Management (“MOEM”), and the Living Classrooms Foundation, a not for profit corporation located at 1417 Thames Street, Baltimore, MD 21231 (the “Foundation”). • WHEREAS , the Foundation has the willingness and the capacity to respond to and assist City residents in the recovery from both (1) natural emergency events such as flooding, hurricanes, coastal storms, earthquakes and high wind conditions and (2) man-made disasters such as fires, explosions, or uprisings. • WHEREAS , the City desires to engage the Foundation to act as a community Resiliency Hub and commit to opening the POWER House Community Center location in the event of any emergency or disaster event with the intention of providing resources, materials, and support to members of the surrounding Perkins Homes; • WHEREAS , the Foundation and the City both desire to enter into a relationship setting out the working arrangements that each agree are necessary to enhance community resilience in response to disasters, to provide support for members of the Perkins Homes community, and facilitate and ongoing partnership
RESILIENCE • The ability of the community to anticipate, accommodate, and positively adapt to or thrive amidst changing climate conditions or hazard events and enhance quality of life, reliable systems, economic vitality, and conservation of resources for present and future generations.
RESILIENCY HUB REQUIREMENTS • Large interior open space • ADA accessible • Landline (non-cell phone dependent communication capability • Area to store medical supplies • Hygiene facilities (access to toilet/sink/running water) – if available during emergency • Refrigerator/freezer • Accessible for deliveries • Roof considerations for solar or available nearby land for solar installation • Indoor space for solar storage • Not located in the regulated floodplain • Safe, secure location for personal property and/or lock box
RESILIENCY HUB PHASE I SUPPLIES • Ansi Class A 1 st Aid Kit or comparable • Battery powered radio • Can opener • Flashlight • Snow shovel • Snow blower • Shovel • Fresh water • Board games
EMERGENCY ACTIVATION • Occurs when the Office of Emergency Management determines that Resiliency Hubs should be notified that their services should be available to the Community • City will give at least 24 hours’ notice of an emergency activation. If less than 24 hours’ notice can be given, it is understood that the Foundation will activate as soon as it, in its sole discretion, determines it is feasible to do so. • The Foundation will identify and provide the City with the lead contact and four backup contacts responsible for opening and maintaining the Foundation Resiliency Hub.
Community Emergency Response Team CERT is a training program that prepares people to help themselves, their families and their neighbors in the event of a disaster in their community. Through CERT, citizens can learn about disaster preparedness and receive training in basic disaster response skills such as fire safety, light search and rescue, and disaster medical operations. With this training, volunteers can provide critical support by giving immediate assistance to victims before emergency first responders arrive on scene.
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