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Book Synopsis Evacuating Populations with Disabilities Or Other Access and Functional Needs by : Robert Havens
Download or read book Evacuating Populations with Disabilities Or Other Access and Functional Needs written by Robert Havens and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The City of Port Arthur needed an evacuation guide to aid in the evacuation of populations with disabilities or other access and functional needs in the event of a natural or manmade disaster/emergency. This project developed an evacuation guide for the City of Port Arthur that will aid in facilitating the evacuation of residents with disabilities or other access and functional needs.
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security. Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness and Response Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :88 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (318 download)
Book Synopsis Caring for Special Needs During Disasters by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security. Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness and Response
Download or read book Caring for Special Needs During Disasters written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security. Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness and Response and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Readiness Registries by : Kyle Jon Oneth
Download or read book Readiness Registries written by Kyle Jon Oneth and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Populations with access and functional needs are a demographic group that requires specific planning and response considerations to ensure their safety during disasters. People with disabilities face greater exposure to physical hazards and are more likely to experience negative social, economic, political and psychological consequences when impacted by disasters (Wolkin, Patterson, Harris, Soler, Burrer, McGeehin and Greene, 2015). People with disabilities, therefore, are more socially vulnerable when compared to the rest of the population. This social vulnerability is further exacerbated by the higher rate of poverty and lower level of education experienced by people with disabilities. (American Psychological Association, 2019). A direct consequence of being more socially vulnerable is that people with disabilities reside in areas that are more frequently impacted by hazards correlated to lower housing costs (Hallegatte, Vogt-Schilb, Bangalore and Rozenberg, 2017). Further, on average people with disabilities have lower levels of personal preparedness than people without disabilities (Smith & Notaro, 2009). As a response to the greater level of social vulnerability to disasters and a lack of adequate local and state emergency planning, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) required that those with disabilities are incorporated into emergency plans (Federal Emergency Management, 2010). Collecting basic demographic and location information about people with disabilities is a necessary first step towards more comprehensive emergency planning for people with disabilities. Statewide access and functional needs registries are a government program aimed at collecting information about people with disabilities. The data collected through these registries is intended to be utilized for emergency planning and response services. The intent of a registry varies based upon state emergency management program capabilities, and data collected can be utilized for varied planning and response interventions such as the incorporation into geographic information systems for analysis, situational awareness, priority warning, communication, decision making, evacuation, sheltering and connection of available support and resources. Multiple states have developed access and functional needs registries including Texas, New Jersey, Florida, Utah, Pennsylvania, North Dakota, Rhode Island and Delaware. These registries all have similar concepts but often vary in form and function based upon particularities of statewide needs. Despite the benefits of the information gathered from access and functional needs registries, there are some inherent difficulties in implementation that can potentially impact the overall effectiveness and success of these programs. Some issues can include advertising the program, displaying the importance of voluntarily registering, making the process accessible, ensuring security and privacy of personal information, as well as utilizing the information for the intended purposes. Due to problems similar to ones mentioned above, the access and functional needs registry program in Kansas was discontinued a few years after development, and state initiatives were redirected towards other projects. The problems faced in Kansas with the implementation of the access and functional needs registry program need to be mitigated to improve the success of the program and ensure maximum effectiveness. Through an analysis of the Texas, Florida and New Jersey access and functional needs registries, the report gathers insight into their utilization, challenges faced and perspectives, that will help identify potential variables that could impact the program's effectiveness. Once identified, these inherent issues with access and functional needs registries can be mitigated so the effectiveness, success and benefits provided by these registries can be utilized for the integration into emergency plans and to help create an environment for an inclusive planning process involving some of the most vulnerable populations in the state of Kansas.
Book Synopsis Evacuating Populations with Special Needs by :
Download or read book Evacuating Populations with Special Needs written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evacuation operations are conducted under the authority of, and based on decisions by, local and state authorities. The purpose of this primer, Evacuating Populations with Special Needs, is to provide local and state emergency managers, government officials, transportation agencies, and other organizations involved in disaster response with best practices and tools to accommodate people with special needs in an evacuation. This primer is designed to assist emergency managers and transportation personnel in developing an evacuation plan that includes the coordination of transportation resources that meet the requirements of people with special needs. This document constitutes the third of a primer series entitled "Routes to Effective Evacuations." This primer focuses on special needs populations who require assistance during a local or multi-jurisdictional emergency evacuation.
Book Synopsis Developing and Maintaining Emergency Operations Plans by : United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
Download or read book Developing and Maintaining Emergency Operations Plans written by United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 101 provides guidelines on developing emergency operations plans (EOP). It promotes a common understanding of the fundamentals of risk-informed planning and decision making to help planners examine a hazard or threat and produce integrated, coordinated, and synchronized plans. The goal of CPG 101 is to make the planning process routine across all phases of emergency management and for all homeland security mission areas. This Guide helps planners at all levels of government in their efforts to develop and maintain viable all-hazards, all-threats EOPs. Accomplished properly, planning provides a methodical way to engage the whole community in thinking through the life cycle of a potential crisis, determining required capabilities, and establishing a framework for roles and responsibilities. It shapes how a community envisions and shares a desired outcome, selects effective ways to achieve it, and communicates expected results. Each jurisdiction's plans must reflect what that community will do to address its specific risks with the unique resources it has or can obtain.
Book Synopsis Crises, Conflict and Disability by : David Mitchell
Download or read book Crises, Conflict and Disability written by David Mitchell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-03 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People with disabilities are among the most adversely affected during conflict situations or when natural disasters strike. They experience higher mortality rates, have fewer available resources and less access to help, especially in refugee camps, as well as in post-disaster environments. Already subject to severe discrimination in many societies, people with disabilities are often overlooked during emergency evacuation, relief, recovery and rebuilding efforts. Countries party to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities must take all necessary measures to ensure the protection and safety of people with disabilities during situations of armed conflict, humanitarian emergencies, and natural disasters. Such aid should be designed to support preparedness, response, recovery and rebuilding. This book includes perspectives from around the globe and explores the implications at the policy, programme, and personal level, discussing issues such as: How can national laws, policies, and regulations provide guidance, methods and strategies to integrate and coordinate inclusive emergency management? What should people with disabilities know in order to be prepared for emergency situations? What lessons have we learned from past experiences? What are the current shortfalls (physical and cultural) that put people with disabilities at risk during emergencies and what can be done to improve these situations (e.g. through new technologies and disaster planning)? How does disability affect people’s experiences as refugees and other displaced situations; what programmes and best practices are in place to protect and promote their rights during their period of displacement? How must disabled people with disabilities be factored in to the resettlement and rebuilding process; does an opportunity for ensuring universal access exist in the rebuilding process? What is the impact of disasters and conflicts on such special populations as disabled women, disabled children, and those with intellectual disabilities? Spotlighting a pressing issue that has long been neglected in emergency planning fields, this innovative book discusses how to meet the needs of people with disabilities in crises and conflict situations. It is an important reference for all those working in or researching disability and inclusion, and emergency and disaster management, both in developed and developing countries.
Book Synopsis Disability and Disaster by : I. Kelman
Download or read book Disability and Disaster written by I. Kelman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disability and Disaster adds disaster research to the expanding area of disability studies. The book includes writings by international scholars and first-hand narratives from individuals with disabilities affected by disasters around the globe. Hazards described in these narratives include earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, fires, and war.
Book Synopsis Guide for All-Hazard Emergency Operations Planning by : Kay C. Goss
Download or read book Guide for All-Hazard Emergency Operations Planning written by Kay C. Goss and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1998-05 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meant to aid State & local emergency managers in their efforts to develop & maintain a viable all-hazard emergency operations plan. This guide clarifies the preparedness, response, & short-term recovery planning elements that warrant inclusion in emergency operations plans. It offers the best judgment & recommendations on how to deal with the entire planning process -- from forming a planning team to writing the plan. Specific topics of discussion include: preliminary considerations, the planning process, emergency operations plan format, basic plan content, functional annex content, hazard-unique planning, & linking Federal & State operations.
Book Synopsis Integrating Mental Health and Disability Into Public Health Disaster Preparedness and Response by : Jill Morrow-Gorton
Download or read book Integrating Mental Health and Disability Into Public Health Disaster Preparedness and Response written by Jill Morrow-Gorton and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2022-08-18 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Integrating Mental Health and Disability into Public Health Disaster Preparedness and Response brings together the fields of mental/behavioral health, law, human rights, and medicine as they relate to disaster planning and response for people with disabilities, mental and behavioral health conditions and chronic illness. Children and adults with disabilities, mental/behavioral health conditions and chronic illness remain more vulnerable to the negative effects of emergencies and disasters than the general population. This book addresses the effects of emotional trauma, personal growth and resilience, the impact on physical health and systems of care, and legal compliance and advocacy. Following a philosophy of whole community emergency planning, inclusive of people with disabilities, the book advocates for considering and addressing these issues together in an effort to ultimately lead to greater resilience for individuals with disabilities and the whole community. Provides a public health framework on the phases of disasters, integrating mental health and disability into planning, responding to disasters, and recovering post disaster Offers solutions for disability and disaster needs, as well as planning and systems for service delivery at multiple levels, including individual, local, state and federal Provides global examples of real world tools, best practices and legal principles, allowing the reader to think about the role that disability and mental health play in disaster planning, response and recovery across the world Reflects the best thinking about disaster planning and response and disability-related issues and demonstrates new and creative ways of bringing together these fields to strengthen communities
Book Synopsis Disasters and Vulnerable Populations by : Lisa R. Baker
Download or read book Disasters and Vulnerable Populations written by Lisa R. Baker and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Print+CourseSmart
Book Synopsis Preparing Makes Sense for People with Disabilities by :
Download or read book Preparing Makes Sense for People with Disabilities written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Introduction to Emergency Management, Enhanced by : George Haddow
Download or read book Introduction to Emergency Management, Enhanced written by George Haddow and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2014-09-05 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction to Emergency Management, Fifth Edition, offers a fully up-to-date analysis of US emergency management principles. In addition to expanding coverage of risk management in a time of climate change and terrorism, Haddow, Bullock, and Coppola discuss the impact of new emergency management technologies, social media, and an increasing focus on recovery. They examine the effects of the 2012 election results and discuss FEMA’s controversial National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Introduction to Emergency Management, Fifth Edition, gives instructors and students the best textbook content, instructor-support materials, and online resources to prepare future EM professionals for this demanding career. Links added throughout the chapters for easy access to additional information Videos that play within the ebook to demonstrate important concepts Interactive labeling images with drag and drop terms. Interactive self-assessment questions at the end of every chapter. Pop-up glossary and interactive flashcards for key terms Introduction to FEMA's Whole Community disaster preparedness initiative Material on recent disaster events, including the Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Hurricane Sandy (2012), the Joplin Tornado (2011), the Haiti Earthquake (2011), and the Great East Japan Earthquake (2010)
Book Synopsis A Transportation Guide for All-hazards Emergency Evacuation by : Deborah Matherly
Download or read book A Transportation Guide for All-hazards Emergency Evacuation written by Deborah Matherly and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 2013 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 740: A Transportation Guide for All-Hazards Emergency Evacuation focuses on the transportation aspects of evacuation, particularly large-scale, multijurisdictional evacuation. The guidance, strategies, and tools in NCHRP Report 740 are based on an all-hazards approach that has applicability to a wide range of "notice" and "no-notice" emergency events. The report follows the basic planning steps of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 101. Each chapter parallels one of the six main CPG steps. Each chapter is further subdivided into smaller, discrete tasks, with cross-references to tools--such as templates or checklists--that are shown at the end of each chapter and are on a CD-ROM included with the print version of the report."--Publisher's description.
Download or read book Are You Ready? written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accompanying CD-ROM contains additional supporting materials, sample electronic slide presentations, and other resources.
Book Synopsis Preparing Makes Sense for People with Disabilities, Others with Access and Functional Needs and the Whole Community by :
Download or read book Preparing Makes Sense for People with Disabilities, Others with Access and Functional Needs and the Whole Community written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 3 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Orientation Manual for First Responders on the Evacuation of People with Disabilities by : U. S. Fire Administration
Download or read book Orientation Manual for First Responders on the Evacuation of People with Disabilities written by U. S. Fire Administration and published by FEMA. This book was released on 2013-04-20 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Orientation Manual provides practical information: both rescue techniques, and preparedness information for the first responder who will encounter people with visible and non-visible disabilities through their work. This publication can assist first responders in advance or make critical emergency decisions. This publication will help first responders to confidently work with the disability community toward the goal of protecting and saving lives and minimizing trauma.
Book Synopsis Paratransit Emergency Preparedness and Operations Handbook by : M. Annabelle Boyd
Download or read book Paratransit Emergency Preparedness and Operations Handbook written by M. Annabelle Boyd and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 2013 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 160: Paratransit Emergency Preparedness and Operations Handbook includes guidance, strategies, tools, and resources to help paratransit service providers plan and prepare for, respond to, and recover from a range of emergencies. The guidance has applicability to urban, suburban, rural, and tribal paratransit operating environments. The project that developed TCRP Report 160 also a PowerPoint presentation describing the entire project. A link to the HTML version of TCRP Report 160 will be available on this site by the second week of March 2013."--Pub. info.
