Emergency Preparedness

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Emergency Preparedness

• A Guide for
• Youth Involvement

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Community Emergency Planning

• This guide suggests ways youth can participate as
  an active asset in the community to promote
  emergency and disaster planning.

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Objectives

• Empower 4-H Youth to
• Raise awareness of critical need for emergency
  planning.
• Encourage individuals, families, businesses
  communities to prepare before emergencies.
• Encourage civic and business leaders to plan and
  to promote preparedness, not panic.

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Why plan?

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Why plan?

• Planning strategies before a disaster or
  emergency occurs can reduce panic, loss of family
  or business assets, and prevent loss of life.

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Did you know?

• Federal and state level emergency and disaster
  planners recommend local emergency personnel,
  business and industry, community organizations,
  schools and families know what to do in the event
  of an emergency on the scale of a pandemic
  their resources would be overwhelmed in days.
  Its up to us.

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4-H Outcomes

• Leadership
• Communication
• Citizenship

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Getting Started

• Raise Awareness (pages 2 3 in guide)
• Beginner Activities
• Intermediate Activities
• Advanced Activities

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Emergency Exercise Participants
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Emergency Exercise (cont.)
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Emergency Exercise (cont.)
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Connecting to Community Partners

• Emergency Disaster Responders Planners
• Extension
• Business/Industry
• Governmental Agencies
• Nonprofit Organizations
• Education
• (pages 3 4 in guide)

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READY Business/Pandemic Planning

• What is it?
• Where are the tools?
• How can youth become involved?

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Initiating Discussion Back Home

• Who to Contact
• Schools
• Business/Industry Leaders
• Chamber of Commerce
• Service Clubs
• Other Community Organizations
• Faith-Based Groups/Churches
• But dont forget Families Individuals!
• (page 5 in guide)

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Resources

• (Pages 5 6 in Guide)
• http//crn.mystateusa.com
• Materials presentations from the conference
• Pandemic Flu Planning Checklist for Individuals
  Families
• www.pandemicflu.gov

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Thank you

• Adam Dorn
• adam_d_dorn_at_hotmail.com
• Dave Filson
• dfilson_at_psu.edu
• Debbie Stevens
• dstevens_at_oacdg.org