FEMA is the only entity we have identified that has recently provided emergency transportable housing units to disaster survivors and will be affected by the final rule....
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Executive Order 13563 (Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review) and Executive Order 12866 (Regulatory Planning and Review)
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3. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) The final rule applies to entities subject to the ADA or ABA that provide emergency transportable housing units to disaster survivors....
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Costs
Costs FEMA maintains a baseline target inventory of emergency transportable housing units ready to deploy in response to major disasters and emergencies based on historical usage, lead...
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Benefits
FEMA provided approximately 145,000 emergency transportable housing units to the survivors Hurricanes Katrina and Rita....
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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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Effective Emergency Management: Making Improvements for Communities and People with Disabilities
The report is divided into three segments: The Life Cycle of Comprehensive Emergency Management....
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Federal Agencies
Below is a list of the relevant federal agencies....
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Chapter 7 Addendum 1: Title II Checklist (Emergency Management)
General Emergency Management Policies and Procedures 1. ...
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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...
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F. Emergency Shelter Programs
The first of these technical assistance documents – “The ADA and Emergency Shelters: Access for All in Emergencies and Disasters” is in Addendum 2 to this Chapter at www.ada.gov/pcatoolkit...
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C. Preparation – Advance Planning for Emergencies and Disasters
An emergency management plan is the all-important first step in ensuring an effective response to emergencies and disasters....
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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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FEMA Guidance on Planning for Integration of Functional Needs Support Services in General Population Shelters
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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Effective Emergency Management: Making Improvements for Communities and People with Disabilities
The report is divided into three segments: The Life Cycle of Comprehensive Emergency Management....
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Chapter 7, Addendum 3: ADA Checklist for Emergency Shelters
Chapter 7, Addendum 3: ADA Checklist for Emergency Shelters...
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Chapter 7 Addendum 2: The ADA and Emergency Shelters: Access for All in Emergencies and Disasters
Providing emergency shelter during disasters and emergencies is a basic way of carrying out this duty. Shelters are sometimes operated by government entities themselves....
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D. Notification – Alerting the Public to an Emergency
Officials must act quickly to alert the public to an impending emergency situation. But many traditional emergency notification methods are not accessible to people with disabilities....
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B. Accessibility
Even the best emergency managers cannot say with certainty when an emergency will strike, how extensive the damage will be, and which shelters will remain available to house people who must...
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FEMA
FEMA’s mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond...
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C. Eligibility Criteria
Emergency managers and shelter operators sometimes wrongly assume that people need to be housed in special needs or medical shelters simply because they have a disability....
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A. Advance Planning
Many of these needs cannot be met during emergencies and disasters without advance planning....
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I. Other Resources
Other issues are addressed in Chapter 7 of the “ADA Best Practices Tool Kit for State and Local Governments,” “The ADA Guide for State and Local Governments: Making Emergency Preparedness...
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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....
