The purpose of this document is to provide planning guidance that can be incorporated into existing shelter plans to State emergency managers and shelter planners to meet access and functional...
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FEMA Guidance on Planning for Integration of Functional Needs Support Services in General Population Shelters
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FEMA: Office of Disability Integration and Coordination
Mission The Office of Disability Integration and Coordination leads FEMA's commitment to achieving whole community emergency management, inclusive of individuals with disabilities and...
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Feeling Safe, Being Safe Webcast Training: Being Prepared
Feeling Safe, Being Safe webcast training: take steps to be prepared by creating your own emergency worksheet, completing an emergency information magnet for first responders, put personalized...
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Feeling Safe, Being Safe Webcast Training: Community Supports
Feeling Safe, Being Safe webcast training: take steps to be prepared by creating your own emergency worksheet, completing an emergency information magnet for first responders, put personalized...
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Feeling Safe, Being Safe Webcast Training: Introduction & Materials
Feeling Safe, Being Safe webcast training: take steps to be prepared by creating your own emergency worksheet, completing an emergency information magnet for first responders, put personalized...
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Feeling Safe, Being Safe Webcast Training: The Emergency Kit
Feeling Safe, Being Safe webcast training: take steps to be prepared by creating your own emergency worksheet, completing an emergency information magnet for first responders, put personalized...
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Feeling Safe, Being Safe Webcast Training: The Emergency Worksheet
Feeling Safe, Being Safe webcast training: take steps to be prepared by creating your own emergency worksheet, completing an emergency information magnet for first responders, put personalized...
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Fire Safety and Disabilities Guide
There are dangers associated with fire for everyone, but people with disabilities face unique challenges in these emergencies....
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Get Ready
campaign helps Americans prepare themselves, their families and their communities for all disasters and hazards, including pandemic flu, infectious disease, natural disasters and other emergencies...
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Inclusion Solutions CONNECT Emergency Management Plan
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...
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Inclusion Solutions Functional Needs Support Services (FNSS) Shelter Tool Kit
Modeled on the ADA Checklist for Emergency Shelters, our FNSS Shelter Tool Kit will be your guide as you prepare shelters for members of your community with access and functional needs....
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McGuire Associates Disability Evacuation Plan (DEP)
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) mandates that all emergency evacuation plans include measures to ensure the safe evacuation of people with disabilities....
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Moving Beyond “Special Needs” - A Function-Based Framework for Emergency Management and Planning
JOURNAL OF DISABILITY POLICY STUDIES Moving Beyond “Special Needs” A Function-Based Framework for Emergency Management and Planning...
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NYC Emergency Management
Established in 1996, NYC Emergency Management is a coordinating agency for the City of New York....
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Notify NYC
New York City has created a dedicated emergency notification office operating out of the Office of Emergency Management (OEM)....
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PSA: We Prepare Everyday by FEMA, the Ready Campaign and Ad Council
A 2-minute video brought to you by the Ready Campaign and Ad Council showing people with disabilities taking charge to prepare themselves and their families for emergencies....
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Paratransit Emergency Preparedness and Operations Handbook
The National Acadamies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Transit Cooperative Research Program Paratransit Emergency Preparedness and Operations Handbook Sponsored by the Federal...
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Portlight Inclusive Disaster Strategies
We foster community relationships with these agencies to promote inclusiveness in disaster preparedness and response plans and to demand provisions for transportation and shelter accessibility...
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Preparing for Emergencies for People with Disabilities
By evaluating your own individual needs and making an emergency plan that fits those needs, you and your loved ones can be better prepared....
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Preparing for Emergencies: A Checklist for People with Neuromuscular Diseases
Preparing for Emergencies: A Checklist for People with Neuromuscular Diseases (4-page PDF) By: Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) People can prepare for home emergencies by completing...
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Research and Training Center on Independent Living (RTCIL): Emergency Preparedness Trainings and Resources for People with Disabilities
Census figures suggest that at least one in six Americans is at increased risk of injury or death in emergency situations by virtue of his or her disability. ...
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State of California Department of Developmental Services - Feeling Safe, Being Safe
State of California Department of Developmental Services Feeling Safe, Being Safe
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State of Texas Functional Needs Support Services Tool Kit
As such, resource gaps have historically existed in mass care planning for meeting access and functional needs in general population shelters, resulting in disparate treatment and the denial...
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The Right to be Rescued
Released days before the 10th anniversary of the storm, our goal is to make emergency planners aware of the specific needs of people with disabilities and push them to alter their disaster...