Planning for a Disaster: Individuals who use Assistive Technology and Families Carl T. Cameron, PhD Pat Heineman

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Planning for a Disaster Individuals who use
Assistive Technology and Families Carl T.
Cameron, PhDPat Heineman
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• What was learned from the FEMA Region IV Summit
• Individual Preparedness plans need to be in place
  before organizations can be expected to help one
  another in disasters.
• A valuable discussion about the role of reusable
  assistive technology (AT), including, but not
  limited to, durable medical equipment in disaster
  planning, response, recovery and mitigation for
  people with functional needs.
• The Summit provided a forum for AT, EM and
  Disability organizations to come together and
  address their role in disasters.
• The infrastructure for local, state and regional
  collaboration around AT Reuse needs to be
  defined.
• States need to coordinate and define action steps
  they can take to develop a sustainable network
  for addressing the AT needs of people in disaster
  preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation.
• Many agencies are at different levels in terms of
  their emergency preparedness planning. Agencies
  are working to understand what the AT needs will
  be following disasters, who has what AT equipment
  and resources and who is capable of responding,
  and assessing and defining capabilities to deploy
  resources as needed, following disasters.

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• Individual Readiness

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Disaster Readiness Planner and Planning Guide
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Step 1 What Disasters?

• Decide what disasters are likely to happen where
  you live.
• Use the boxes to check off what events could
  happen or have happened in the area.

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Step 2 My Concerns?

• Note your personal concerns about how a disaster
  might affect you and your family.

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Step 3 People Who Can Help

• Everyone needs a support network that they can
  count on during a disaster.

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Step 4 How to get Information and Warnings

• Communication is often called the most important
  part of being prepared.

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Step 5 Stay in Touch

• Having more than one way to stay in touch with
• family, friends, and organizations may prove
• critical.

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Step 6 Shelter at Home

• There are many shelter in place lists, but any
  list has to be adapted to meet the needs of your
  family.

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Step 7 Evacuation

• Get items together in a Go-Kit to be ready to
  leave quickly if you have to.

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Step 8 How You Leave

• Practice using different routes out of town.
  During an actual disaster people may have to use
  routes given by authorities.

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Step 9 Where You Go

• Plan in advance where you will go in the event
  of a disaster, and have two to three options
  available.

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Step 10 What To Do When You Return Home
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Disaster Readiness Guide
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The Guide

• The Disaster Readiness Guide explains how to use
  the Planner to help someone else prepare for a
  disaster
• The Guide can be used to train staff of a trusted
  organization to work with people the organization
  serves to help them prepare

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Disaster Readiness for Someone Who Uses Assistive
Technology
A supplement to the Disaster Readiness Planning
Guide
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What does IPC do?

• Training and Information
• Research
• Technical Assistance to States, localities
• and organizations
• Planning Templates
• www.inclusivepreparedness.org