Greetings!

1. Greetings!

2. “Whenever they thought about it they felt terrible. And so, at last, they came to a fateful decision.

3. They decided not to think about it.” • Peter McWilliams

4. YOU MAY NOT BE ALONE BUT YOU MIGHT BE ON YOUR OWN! Brian Kayes 2011

5. Next 50 minutes • Preparedness • Procrastination • Having a strategy • 72 hours

6. Think about this! • “If you have always done it that way, it is probably wrong.” • Charles Kettering

7. Emergency Preparedness • Preparedness activities are those “pre-impact activities that establish a state of readiness to respond to extreme events.” • (Lindell and Perry, 2008, p.114)

8. Level of Community’s Coping Resources Impact on the Community Range of Impacts Accidents/Incidents Emergencies Disasters What is Preparedness Disaster Threshold

9. Level of community’s coping resources Impact on the community Disaster Threshold Range of Impacts Accidents Emergencies Disasters What is Preparedness

10. Principles of Emergency Preparedness • Preparedness and improvisation are foundations of emergency management. • Preparedness is a continuous process. Kreps, G. 2001. "Chapter 2: Organizing for Emergency Management" pp79-100 in T. Drabek, and G. Hoetmer (eds.) 1991. Emergency Management: Principles and Practice for Local Government. Washington: International City Management Association.

11. Principles of Emergency Preparedness • Preparedness reduces unknowns during an emergency. • Preparedness is an educational activity. • Kreps, G. 2001. "Chapter 2: Organizing for Emergency Management" pp79-100 in T. Drabek, and G. Hoetmer (eds.) 1991. Emergency Management: Principles and Practice for Local Government. Washington: International City Management Association.

12. Principles of Emergency Preparedness • Preparedness is based on knowledge. • Preparedness evokes appropriate action. Kreps, G. 2001. "Chapter 2: Organizing for Emergency Management" pp79-100 in T. Drabek, and G. Hoetmer (eds.) 1991. Emergency Management: Principles and Practice for Local Government. Washington: International City Management Association.

13. Emergency Preparedness • Disaster Preparedness or • Emergency Preparedness?

14. Value of Preparedness • Disaster do not happen to places they happen to people • What is the value of people?

15. Let’s Get Personal • Preparedness is a personal responsibility • Me - You • My family - Your family • My home - Your home • My livelihood - Your livelihood • My community - Your community

16. Who we are • Gender • Socioeconomic status • Race • Age • Mileti, Dennis. (1999). Disasters by design: a reassessment of Natural Hazards in the United States. Joseph Henry Press, Washington D.C.

17. Value of Procrastination • Procrastination • Now that is something we have practiced.

18. What is procrastination • Yea, I’ll get to it later…

19. Think about this! • ”The trouble with the future is that it usually arrives before we’re ready for it.” • Arnold H. Glasow

20. Think about this! • “As you’re the only one you can really change, the only one who can really use all your good advice is yourself.” • John Roger & Peter McWilliams

21. Public Apathy to Disasters • The statistical probability is that when a disaster strikes, it will strike elsewhere-primarily because there is so much ‘elsewhere’”. • Drabek, T. E. (1991). Emergency management: principles and practice for local government. Washington, D.C.: International City Managers Association.

22. Apathy to Disasters • Disasters are low-probability events • Lack of experience • Lack of Awareness • Underestimation of risk • Overestimation of capabilities • Auf der Heide, Erik. (1989). Disaster Response: Principles of Preparation and Coordination, online edition. Center of Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance. USA.

23. Apathy to Disasters • Temperament • Personal values • Cultural background • Gender • Decision making ability • Education

24. Public Apathy to Disasters • Reliance on technology • Fatalism/denial • Social pressures • Defeatism • Auf der Heide, Erik. (1989). Disaster Response: Principles of Preparation and Coordination, online edition. Center of Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance. USA.

25. Government Apathy to Disasters • Lack of Political Support • Opposing Special Interest Groups • Difficulty Sustaining Benefits of Preparedness • Lack of Organized Advocacy for Preparedness • Priorities Competing with Low Probability Events • Overestimation of Capability • Auf der Heide, Erik. (1989). Disaster Response: Principles of Preparation and Coordination, online edition. Center of Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance. USA.

26. Think about this! • “Faced with the choice between changing one’s mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everybody gets busy on the proof.” • John Kenneth Galbraith

27. Preparedness Strategy • Pre-action Not • Reaction

28. Preparedness Strategy • Expect the expected • Prepare when you travel • Take disaster threats personally • Be selfish

29. Preparedness Strategy • Make preparedness a part of your life • Protect your livelihood

30. Preparedness Strategy • Learn from experience

31. Preparedness Strategy • Stock your own resources • Have insurance

32. Preparedness Strategy • Get on a team • Play well together • Turn knowledge into action

33. Preparedness Strategy • Engage in planning • Family plans • Workplace plans • Business continuity plans • Special needs plans • Practice your plans

34. Preparedness Strategy • Know your plans • Know your family’s plans • Mother’s plan • Father’s plan • Children‘s plans

35. Preparedness Strategy • Know your workplace plans • Know your schools’ plans • Know your community’s plans

36. Preparedness Strategy • Increase your knowledge • Learn about warnings • Learn about hazards

37. Will you Panic? • Three things to help you panic: • a perception of immediate danger, • blocked escape routes • feeling that you are isolated

38. 72 Hours • You and your wooden bead

39. “The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.” • Oscar Wilde • Thank you