Date post: | 19-Oct-2014 |
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Reducing Risks by Increasing Resilience
Carol DunnCity of BellevueOffice of Emergency Management
3 Steps to Resilience
1.Learn to objectively think about risks
2.Identify risks & take steps to reduce them
3.Don’t try to do it alone
Denial is our default state.
Our systems block out future risk
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Identify Risks
Local Assessment/GIS Information
Take Steps to Reduce Risks
• Make avoiding harm easy• If you face specific risk from a slides,
flooding, fire: mitigate in advance!• Help Responders:
– Easy to find your location– your gas, electrical and water shut off– Someone who has specific information
about your facility-put up contact information/phone.
Don’t go it alone!
• Your residents are your best resource– Manage expectations– Build into communication from move in– Encourage & reward self motivation
• There are partners in your community: – Local Red Cross– Local Emergency Management/Fire
And very first step:
Plan