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Preparing Houses of Worship for Emergencies

A new outreach strategy to build upon traditional roles of houses of worship in readiness and recovery. This program focuses on facility safety, congregant safety, and community involvement. Open to any faith-based organization or house of worship, activities are customizable based on the facility and congregation size.

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Preparing Houses of Worship for Emergencies

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  1. Preparing Houses of Worship for Emergencies

  2. A New Outreach Strategy Praise & Preparedness Build upon traditional roles of the house of worship in readiness & recovery: • Facility Safety • Congregant Safety • Community Involvement

  3. Who Can Participate? • Open to any faith-based organization or house of worship • No two houses of worship are the same and congregations are different sizes • Activities are scalable based on the size of the facility and congregation

  4. Facility Safety • Conduct a facility safety assessment and complete or update the emergency plan for all of the congregational buildings

  5. Facility Operations Plan • Customizable template • Easy-to-follow directions • Adaptable to various sizes/types of facilities [Insert name of house of worship]

  6. Facility Assessment • Customizable template • Checklist provides road map for assessment

  7. Congregant Safety • Encourage members of the congregation to develop family emergency plans for their homes

  8. Congregant Preparation Resources • Online toolkit includes: • Basic readiness steps flyer • Emergency supply checklist • Family emergency plan template • Family emergency contact pocket cards

  9. Praise & Preparedness Video

  10. Community Involvement Houses of worship encouraged to explore new opportunities to become involved in community emergency disaster relief efforts, feeding, and sheltering programs

  11. Disaster Relief Services Key

  12. Praise & Preparedness Website • www.praise.ga.gov

  13. Praise & Preparedness Website

  14. Praise & Preparedness Partnership Program Complete or update a facility emergency plan plus perform three (or more) of the actions listed below: • Create a communications plan to contact congregants in the event of an emergency • Work with other local organizations to organize, sponsor, or participate in an emergency preparedness fair • Conduct at least one evacuation drill each year or participate in at least one statewide drill, such as the tornado drill conducted during Severe Weather Awareness Week each February • Promote individual emergency preparedness to members, through a newsletter or other means • Download a Praise and Preparedness video and present to congregants

  15. Partnership Program Continued Each house of worship will have a checklist so that they can keep track of the actions that they’ve completed. Engage with your local EMA Houses of worship will receive a certificate of recognition and partnership once we have received their checklist

  16. Contact Your Local Emergency Management Agency Contact your local EMA to discuss the partnership program and how it can benefit the community, especially if you plan to conduct training related to local disaster relief. Once actions are completed, submit the checklist to praise@gema.ga.gov for recognition. Visit www.praise.ga.gov for more information.

  17. Good Day Atlanta

  18. Thank you! • Janay StargellFaith-based/NGO CoordinatorGeorgia Emergency Management AgencyOffice: (404) 624-2266Email: janay.stargell@gema.ga.govorpraise@gema.ga.gov

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