Inclusion Solutions CONNECT Emergency Management Plan

CONNECT is our proven methodology to identify, engage with and include people with disabilities in your planning process, as suggested by 2010 FEMA Functional Needs Support Services (“FNSS”) Guidelines.

All communities have people with disabilities — on average, 20% of the population. It is the responsibility of Emergency Management to develop an All Hazard Mitigation Plan that takes into account the differing needs of those with access and functional needs — no easy task!

For example:

• What is the best way to communicate to a blind person from which direction a storm is coming?

• What is the best way to alert a person with spinal cord injury at night, when he or she doesn’t have immediate access to the wheelchair, of an impending hazard?

• What is the best way to communicate at the scene of an accident with a person who is deaf, and no ASL interpreter is available?

Call 847-869-2500 or contact us today for more information on how ISEM Connect and our emergency management consulting can help you productively engage members of your community with disabilities in the planning process, or to learn about more than 300 products that make shelters accessible to people with disabilities.