Emergency planning

WHY?
Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Recent emergencies and disasters have:
increased awareness
prompted studies
built a body of knowledge

BPDD project:
best practices, standards, education, awareness, advocacy.

71% of Hurricane Katrina 71%
victims were older than 60.
People with special needs 29%

suffered disproportionately

“She asked me if the buses were coming.
I said, ‘Yeah, they’re coming.’
And then I said, ‘Ma, I’m going to pray to God to
help me. And you pray to God to help you.’”
Moments later, he realized she had stopped talking.

Many people with
disabilities in New
Orleans were
evacuated without their
medicine, medical
equipment, wheelchairs
or guide animals.

California wildﬁres 2003:
unable to see approaching danger
unable to hear announcements to evacuate
lack of transportation for those unable to drive
phones at evacuation sites not equipped for the deaf
phones not within reach of people in wheelchairs

Hurricane Gustav 2008:
1,300 ﬂed to a shelter
in Oklahoma that had:
inaccessible bathrooms
no wheelchair ramps
no phones for the deaf
inaccessible showers

46% of people with
disabilities say they do not
know whom to contact
about emergency plans.

The Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA)
requires that emergency
preparedness and
response programs be
accessible to people with
disabilities.


53% of people with
disabilities have not
made plans to
quickly and safely
evacuate their
homes.


Among people with
disabilities who are
employed full or
part time, 34% say
no plans have been
made to safely
evacuate their Text
Text
workplaces.


Only 20% of emergency managers have speciﬁc
guidelines to assist people with disabilities


57% of emergency managers do not know how many
people with disabilities live in their jurisdictions


Only 27% of emergency managers
have completed a FEMA course
to help responders understand the needs
of people with disabilities.


According to a
Harris poll,
more than half
of the disability
population have
no plan for
emergencies,
nor do they
know whom to
contact for
assistance in
preparing.


Few shelters are equipped to serve people with
disabilities. The more awareness we can raise among
emergency planners, the more they can meet their
obligations for reasonable accommodations, medical
requirements and personal needs.

WHAT?

Goal #1:
A commitment from all levels of government to to meet
the needs of people with disabilities in the event of an
emergency, disaster or act of terrorism.

Goal #2:
To account for people with disabilities in each community,
and to understand the most effective means to reach them.

Goal #3:
To provide counties and community agencies
resources to facilitate their planning.

HOW?

Raising awareness:
The project is contacting and consulting with stakeholders
across the state to make emergency planning for people
with disabilities living in the community a priority.


Toolkit:
This booklet is for people with disabilities, families and
support workers, and it contains checklists and hints on
preparing both for sheltering at home and evacuating.
The lists also help county planners prepare resources.

Voluntary Registry:
The “Toolkit” will also provide information needed for
the state online registry now being created by Wisconsin
Emergency Management. The voluntary registry will help
local rescue workers deﬁne, locate and reach at-risk
populations in an emergency.

Networking:
The project is working to break down walls between, and
encourage communication and collaboration among,
stakeholders across the state.


Emergency
Public Health Management

Planning for at-risk
populations

Human Services

No one part of county government can do this alone.
Collaboration is key.

Local and county
Person with a disability emergency planners

Planning for
emergencies.

Family members,
care givers and
support workers

A cooperative approach to planning in the community is
also essential to success during an emergency.

Consultation and training:

The project will provide on-
site and online training for
emergency planners, public
health ofﬁcials, human
services staff, ADRC staff,
Family Care MCO staff,
providers of home health
and personal care and
community agencies serving
people with disabilities.


Resource Library:
The project has created the
leading online source of
information on emergency
planning for special populations.

The online resource library is
organized by:

Type of Disability
Hazard Type
Resource Format
Target Audience
All Resources

www.wi-bpdd.org

State and county governments have a legal obligation, but
we all have a moral obligation to enhance emergency and
disaster planning for people with disabilities.
Contact us: We can help.

608-266-8337


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