Emergency Preparedness & Response Visuals

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Do you know what your local unit of government has prepared in the event of a

natural disaster, weather incident, or other emergency evacuation situations?

All municipalities should have some kind of plan in place; if you're interested

in making sure that people with disabilities are represented in the plans, take

a peek at yours and then consider sharing some of the information in this state

of Texas free resource guide. Love the visuals! Worth sharing with your local

elected officials.

Here's the link:

https://www.preparingtexas.org/preparedness.aspx?page=32137bc8-eed7-42bb-ad7e-27\

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Here's a description:

The Functional Needs Support Services (FNSS) Tool Kit is a set of resources for

communities/local government entities to use as they make plans for responding

to disasters or catastrophic emergencies. It was prepared in response to the

legal requirements in the Americans with Disabilities Act, and their impact on

things like planning for, and providing emergency shelters that are accessible

to everyone. Most of the guide is made up of forms and checklists that bring

together legal requirements and the actual needs of people with varying

disabilities. The guide is broken up into the following three parts:

Part I: Planning Tools (These forms and checklists provide communities with

ideas to consider when making a community plan in case of a catastrophic

emergency or disaster)

Part II: Operational Tools (These forms and checklists provide communities with

ideas about how to accommodate the needs of people with disabilities during the

disaster or emergency)

Part III- Recovery (These forms and checklists provide communities with ideas

about how to help people after the emergency or disaster)

Part IV Additional Resources

The entire 102-page book can be downloaded for free as either a MS Word document

or a PDF file.