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A Collaborative Community Based Approach to Disaster Management

A Collaborative Community Based Approach to Disaster Management. Deborah Tootle, Bo Beaulieu and Rachel Welborn. Overview. Background Program Summary Challenges Discussion. Background. Story begins with Katrina and Rita FEMA Post-disaster assessment

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A Collaborative Community Based Approach to Disaster Management

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  1. A Collaborative Community Based Approach to Disaster Management Deborah Tootle, Bo Beaulieu and Rachel Welborn

  2. Overview • Background • Program Summary • Challenges • Discussion

  3. Background • Story begins with Katrina and Rita • FEMA • Post-disaster assessment • Disadvantaged differentially affected • Need for reducing negative impacts for disadvantaged • Turned to CES for assistance • Funded SRDC & partners to assess strategies • Community based roundtables in 5 states; key findings

  4. Disaster Management Cycle

  5. CED Involvement in Cycle

  6. FEMA’s Response

  7. Improving the CPG 101 Process Step 1: Form a Collaborative Planning Team Step 2: Understand the Situation Step 3: Determine Goals & Actions Step 4: Develop the Plan Step 5: Prepare, Review, & Approve the Plan Step 6: Implement & Maintain the Plan

  8. Form Collaborative Planning Team Community Coach

  9. Planning Team: FEMA Suggests… Who is missing?

  10. RESILIENCE Understand the Situation

  11. RESILIENCE Understand the Situation BOUNCE!

  12. Community Based Vulnerability Assessment Assessing the “at-risk” . . . • People • Buildings • Communications links

  13. Determine Goals and Actions Which of these should become part of your goals?

  14. SMART Goals

  15. Develop the Plan Your SMART Goal: ESF# Your Action:

  16. Prepare, Review and Approve Plan • Scenario assessment of plan • Revise • Submit to appropriate officials for approval • Distribution to public, especially vulnerable populations

  17. Implement and Maintain Plan • Establish strategy for testing plan • Creating schedule for maintaining plan

  18. Challenges • CES support -- Do we have a role? If so, what is our role? • Episodic nature of disasters • Engaging community and emergency managers (and gaining their acceptance) • Length of planning process and maintaining continued engagement • Technical support for planning teams • Evaluation

  19. Discussion Given the challenges we’ve identified, what do you suggest we do to keep participants engaged in the process?

  20. For More Information: • Contact Persons: • Rachel Welborn: rachelw@srdc.msstate.edu • Southern Rural Development Center • Bo Beaulieu: ljb@purdue.edu • Purdue Center for Regional Development • Deborah Tootle: dmtootle@iastate.edu • Iowa State University

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