November 20, 2013

1. 2013 Whole Community Conference Individual State Overview Wisconsin Ben Schliesman SE Region Director WI Emergency Management RCPT: Citizen Preparedness Sub-Committee Ben.Schliesman@wisconsin.gov November 20, 2013

2. 2013 Whole Community Conference Individual State Overview Wisconsin • Wisconsin’s Involvement in RCPT • 2008 Kenosha County original • member • 2012 Three additional WI Counties • joined RCPT: Dane, Milwaukee & • Racine and the State of Wisconsin

3. 2013 Whole Community Conference Individual State Overview Wisconsin Kenosha County • Meetings/Training Held 2008 – 2013 • Citizen Preparedness Committee • Mass Care & Sheltering Workshop • NMETS Training and Kit Received • Participated in Risk Assessment • Participated in Risk Assessment Data Collection

4. 2013 Whole Community Conference Individual State Overview Wisconsin Kenosha County Continued • Regional Catastrophic Coordination Plan Workshop • Animal Services Regional Catastrophic Plan Workshop • Gear-Up Get Ready Train-the-Trainer Workshop • Gear-Up Get Ready Outreach Campaign: • 900 Households reached at various Events • 347 Contacts made on the ground and by canvassing • 5,846 Direct mailings to households

5. 2013 Whole Community Conference Individual State Overview Wisconsin Dane County • Meetings/ Trainings Held – 2013 • NMETS Training & Kit Received • Pilot Test NMETS in WI • Gear-Up Get Ready Train-the-Trainer Workshop • Gear-Up Get Ready Outreach Campaign: • 1,337 Contacts made on the Ground and by canvassing • 6,720 Direct mailings to households

6. 2013 Whole Community Conference Individual State Overview Wisconsin Milwaukee County • Meetings/ Trainings - 2013 • Citizen Preparedness Committee Mtg. • NMETS Training and Kit Received • Gear-Up Get Ready Train-the-Trainer Workshop • Gear-Up Get Ready Outreach Campaign: • Outdoor Digital Billboard (Month of June) • Newspaper Article • 1,800 Households reached at various Events • 1,800 Contacts made on the Ground and by canvassing • 7,732 Direct mailings to households

7. 2013 Whole Community Conference Individual State Overview Wisconsin Racine County • Workshops/Trainings- 2013 • NMETS Training and Kit Received • Gear-Up Get Ready Train-the-Trainer Workshop • Gear-Up Get Ready Outreach Campaign: • TV Story • 1,486 +Households reached at various Events • 1,486 Contacts made on the Ground and by canvassing • 6,622 Direct mailings to households

8. 2013 Whole Community Conference Individual State Overview Wisconsin State of Wisconsin • SE WI Radio & TV Campaign “Gear-Up • Get Ready” Ran month of June • Provided Data from SE WI Counties for • the Logistics Database for the • Development of the Regional Logistics • Resource Management Plan

9. 2013 Whole Community Conference Individual State Overview Wisconsin State of Wisconsin • 2014 • Kenosha and Dane Counties plan on conducting more “Gear-Up • Get Ready” outreach events beyond the term of the project • State of Wisconsin looking to adopt NMETS as its State-wide • Mass Evacuation Platform • State of Wisconsin looking to do an NMETS Workshop/Exercise • with Kenosha, Dane, Milwaukee and Racine Counties • State of Wisconsin looking at the feasibility of adopting the • Regional Logistics Resource Database as its Statewide Resource • Database

10. 2013 Whole Community Conference Individual State Overview Wisconsin • Where are we going from Here? • State of Wisconsin will continue to be • involved with the RCPT to bring back “Best • Practices” to the State and Wisconsin • Counties. • State of Wisconsin will continue to monitor • work being done by other RCPTs so as to • implement “Best Practices” on a statewide • basis and encourage Wisconsin Counties to • do the same.