Emergency Preparedness Demonstration EPD Project

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Emergency Preparedness Demonstration (EPD)
Project
Community Leadership Emergency Management
Agencies
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What is the EPD Project?

• A community planning process to increase disaster
  awareness and preparedness in at risk communities.

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Purpose of the EPD Project

• Determine promising practices
• Make recommendations for other communities

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Partners of the EPD Project

• FEMA worked with
• MDC, Inc.
• University of North Carolina

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Who EPD Considered to Be At Risk?

• People who
• Are elderly
• Have small children
• Have disabilities
• Have limited incomes
• Do not speak English
• Lack transportation
• Live in disadvantaged neighborhoods

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EPD Steps

• Site Selection
• Community Connections
• Community Orientation
• Community Assessment
• Plan Development
• Plan Implementation

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Step One Site Selection

• The EPD Project chose sites that had
• Recently experienced a disaster
• Large numbers of at risk people
• Key people willing to help
• Supportive community-based organizations
• Supportive local Office of Emergency Management

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Step Two Community Connections

• Community Coach meets with local leadership to
• Clarify purposes, roles, and responsibilities
• Discuss availability of resources
• Set community meeting schedule
• Identify neutral meeting locations
• Decide who should be invited to participate

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Step Three Community Orientation

• Introduce the community to the project
• Recruit volunteers to
• Conduct the Community Assessment
• Map vulnerable areas of the community
• Develop the plan
• Implement the plan

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Step Four Community Assessment

• Assess existing plans
• Survey community needs
• Conduct Focus Groups
• Complete a Vulnerability Assessment

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Step Four Community Assessment
Vulnerability Assessment

• Map of important community features
• Hazards
• Areas of greatest risk
• People and property at risk
• People with special needs
• Major employers critical facilities
• Environmental threats

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Step Four Community Assessment
Vulnerability Assessment
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Step Four Community Assessment
Vulnerability Assessment
Flood Zones
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Step Four Community Assessment
Vulnerability Assessment
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Step Four Community Assessment
Vulnerability Assessment

• Community Feedback

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Step Five Plan Development

• Vision statement
• Goals and objectives
• Community review
• Final plan
• Accountability
• Sustainability

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Step Six Plan Implementation

• Fund Raising
• Technical Assistance

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The Community Coach

• Leads the community through the steps
• Helps identify resources
• Connects communities to technical assistance
• Helps resolve conflict
• Acts as a sounding board for the community

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Questions?