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Accessible Emergency Communications

Accessible Emergency Communications. Andrew Perlman Executive Director, EPIC Associates Emergency Preparedness for Inclusive Communities ap@epicpreparedness.com e picpreparedness.com. Emergency management and preparedness. Non-existent. People with disabilities. Emergency Communication.

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Accessible Emergency Communications

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  1. Accessible Emergency Communications • Andrew Perlman • Executive Director, EPIC Associates • Emergency Preparedness for Inclusive Communities • ap@epicpreparedness.com • epicpreparedness.com

  2. Emergency management and preparedness Non-existent People with disabilities

  3. Emergency Communication • Emergency Notification • Public Announcements • Intake • Evacuation / Shelters • 9-1-1

  4. Target Audience • Limited English Proficiency • Rural communities • Deaf and hard of hearing • Blind and deaf-blind • Homeless

  5. Emergency Notification • TV – captions, interpreters, position? • Text alerts • NOAA radios • Smoke detectors • WEA

  6. Evacuation / Shelters • Staffing • Devices, supplies • Visual information

  7. Public Announcements • Captioning, interpreters • Positioning

  8. Intake • Shelters, DRC’s • Staffing • VRI, interpreters • Visual information

  9. 9-1-1 • TTY’s ? • NG 9-1-1 • Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) • Smart 9-1-1 • ? Do the people you serve know about this ?

  10. Case Studies • FEMA Administrator Fugate in Baltimore, MD • Faribault, MN • LAFD Twitter / Facebook

  11. Plan with, not just for Emergency management and preparedness A new paradigm People with disabilities

  12. Valuable Assets • Planning • Exercises • Liaison to community • Outreach • Trusted Sources

  13. Planning • What we know … • Advance planning • Resource management - when? • Service providers • Advocate agencies • Community outreach

  14. Questions?

  15. Thank you • Andy Perlman • ap@epicpreparedness.com • epicpreparedness.com

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