A Collaborative Community Based Approach to Disaster Management

Deborah Tootle, Bo Beaulieu and Rachel Welborn

Overview

• Background

• Program Summary

• Challenges

• Discussion

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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

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Disaster Management Cycle

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CED Involvement in Cycle

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FEMA’s Response

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Improving the CPG 101 Process

Step 1: Form a

Collaborative Planning

Team

Step 2: Understand

the Situation

Step 3: Determine Goals & Actions

Step 4: Plan

Development

Step 5: Plan Preparation, Review, & Approval

Step 6: Plan Implementa

tion & Maintenanc

e

Step 1: Form a Collaborative Planning TeamStep 2: Understand the SituationStep 3: Determine Goals & ActionsStep 4: Develop the PlanStep 5: Prepare, Review, & Approve the PlanStep 6: Implement & Maintain the Plan

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Form Collaborative Planning Team

Community

Core Team

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CommunityCoach

Planning Team: FEMA Suggests…

Planning Team

Fire Services Health Services

UtilitiesEducationSocial Services

Agriculture & Farming

Children’s ServicesNational GuardCivic

OrganizationsEmergency ManagerLaw Enforcement

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Who is missing?

Understand the Situation

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Vulnerability

Determine who or what is at risk

Community capacity

Identify assets and networks to build local capacity

RESILIENCE

Understand the Situation

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Vulnerability

Determine who or what is at risk

Community capacity

Identify assets and networks to build local capacity

RESILIENCE

BOUNCE!

Community Based Vulnerability Assessment

Assessing the “at-risk” . . . People

Buildings

Communications links

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Determine Goals and Actions

Emergency

Support

Functions

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Which of these should become part of your goals?

SMART Goals

• What do you want to achieve?• Why is this goal important?• Where will you focus your efforts?

Specific

• How do you plan to measure progress towards your goal?• What is the end result as well as the milestones along the way?Measurable

• Do you have the resources to achieve the goal? (People, organizations, money, physical resources, skills, attitude, etc.)

• Are there factors that might prevent you from achieving these goals?Attainable

• Is this an important enough goal for your community to pursue? • Is it something that matters (or should matter) to your community?• Is it one that will bring benefit to your community?

Relevant

• When do you want to achieve this goal?• What is the target date for accomplishing the goal?Time Framed

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Develop the Plan

Specific Steps Person(s) Responsible

Other Partners

Other Assets Timeline

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Your SMART Goal: ESF#Your Action:

Prepare, Review and Approve Plan

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• Scenario assessment of plan

• Revise

• Submit to appropriate officials for approval

• Distribution to public, especially vulnerable populations

Implement and Maintain Plan

• Establish strategy for testing plan

• Creating schedule for maintaining plan

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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

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Discussion

Given the challenges we’ve identified, what do you suggest we do to keep participants

engaged in the process?

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For More Information:

• Contact Persons:

Rachel Welborn: rachelw@srdc.msstate.edu Southern Rural Development Center

Bo Beaulieu: ljb@purdue.eduPurdue Center for Regional Development

Deborah Tootle: dmtootle@iastate.eduIowa State University

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