Emergency Preparedness Guidance

Hi Everyone,

The Connecticut Centers for Independent Living and State Independent Living Council with support from the CT Tech Act Project is looking to do trainings on Emergency Preparedness for people with disabilities. This is new for us, and I wonder if anyone has any materials you can share around trainings you've offered, any type of checklist you've sent home with attendees in your trainings of how to prepare, what to bring, things to think about? We want our attendees to have a checklist to leave with and the CILs want to provide a "Go Bag" to attendees that will include tools, items, or AT as a starting point. If anyone has any ideas for tools or AT items to go in the Go Bag, for example, I'm thinking of a portable battery charger, they are thinking of a warming blanket, please share. I'd love to hear from you and hoping to be able to borrow rather than having to create or recreate materials. Thank you so much! 

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    • Training and Technical Assistance Lead
    • Ryan_Rausch.1
    • 1 mth ago
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    Hi Arlene,

    I’m posting two documents from the Wyoming Institute for Disabilities (WIND) regarding emergency preparedness. While they’re from 2011 and may be outdated, they offer a good example of how to approach these materials.

    I hope these are helpful as you work on your training!

    Best,
    Ryan

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    • AT Program Manager, WisTech (Wisconsin)
    • Laura_Plummer
    • 1 mth ago
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    Arlene, WI has a great toolkit, app, and resources. https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/cpd/toolkit.htm

    • Maureen_Melonis
    • 1 mth ago
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    Hi Arlene, there are numerous resources on our Colorado web site under the emergency preparation tab that you may find helpful. You can go to our main emergency preparation site for everything or go here for go kit information (contents, training, etc). We also have short information videos recorded by individuals with disabilities.  We follow the CMIST framework for emergency management which is explained in the first video. There are lots of other resources there as well, including our work around back up power supplies.  Best of luck, hope this helps!  ~Maureen 

    • Arlene_Lugo
    • 3 wk ago
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    Thank you all! These are great and I will be sharing the docs and links with the team. Appreciate your replies!!! Sooooo helpful :) everyone be well!

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