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Disaster Preparedness Training

Learn how to create a comprehensive disaster plan for individuals, families, and congregations. Develop evacuation and communication plans, care for vulnerable members, and protect church records.

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Disaster Preparedness Training

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  1. Disaster Preparedness Insert your name and date of training

  2. This is a disaster plan.

  3. Individual/Family Preparedness

  4. What do you wish you had done last week? What do you do now?

  5. Congregation Disaster Plan Is our congregation willing to prepare ourselves and our facilities for the eventuality of a disaster?

  6. One with a passion for disaster ministry • One who likes to keep notes • One with persistence People to Recruit for Your Disaster Team

  7. Congregation Disaster Plan Create a small task force of key people according to your congregation’s culture and tradition.

  8. What are the Possibilities? A basic plan includes: Plan for continuation of the ministry of the church Have an evacuation plan Plan to care for vulnerable members Review and update insurance coverage

  9. Ensure continued ministry of the church Continue regular worship services Protect church records Communication plan

  10. Where to start? Task force should ask more questions. Refer to: Congregational Preparedness Questions Congregational Preparedness Checklist

  11. Review other church plans Photo by Shaun Gulang

  12. Mid Council Preparation Does your presbytery have a disaster plan? Is the plan up-to-date?

  13. What does a presbyterydisaster plan include? Designated Disaster Preparedness/Response Team Plan for response to a disaster event Communication plan

  14. Plan for Congregations Presbytery facilities Educating the presbytery and congregations Next Steps

  15. Where to Start Initiate contact with presbytery council Propose a disaster planning task force Ask questions

  16. Ensure continued operation of presbytery Chain of responsibility Security of documents Plan to notify PDA Inventory of disaster response resources

  17. PDA Contacts PDA web Page www.pcusa.org/pda Jim Kirk, Associate for Disaster Response (U.S.) jim.kirk@pcusa.org Beth Snyder, Associate for Program Administration beth.snyder@pcusa.org Eden Roberts, National Call Center – 866-732-6121 PDA.callcenter@pcusa.org

  18. David Monson

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