Featuring talks on Local Disaster Preparedness by Holly and Dorie and a Disaster Registry by Cassie
Top Ten Things You Can Do Now to Prepare your Community Organization
- Like on the airplane: Put your oxygen mask on first! What is your personal preparation plan? Do you have a list of what you should have? https://www.ready.gov/build-a-kit
- Board and Staff Meeting Agenda under “New Business”: Disaster planning. Download an example Disaster Planning Process www.standardsforexcellenceinstitute.org
- Talk about what role your community program may need to play in the disaster.
- Join RV Recovers now: www.Roguevalley.recovers.org
- Assess your building. If it is built with unreinforced masonry, have a qualified engineer give you an assessment.
- What can fall over in your building? Fasten what you can to the walls.
- Can your staff get home or get to work or will downed bridges or overpasses stop traffic? Have a pair of walking shoes in the office or in your car.
- Are there emergency supplies in your office?
To coordinate on OCF grant asks, please contact Leigh Madsen, LTRG (Leigh lmc@ccountry.net) or (alex.campbell@oregon.gov). Here’s a link to the OCF opportunity I was referring to: https://oregoncf.org/grants-and-scholarships/grants/community-rebuilding-fund-grants/
Just wanted to share this as an example disaster prep campaign: https://www.listoscalifornia.org/disaster-preparedness/
A great video on the Cascade Subduction Zone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHloUvnU0s8
Sign up for the Disaster Registry: https://rvcog.org/home/sds-2/emergency-preparedness/disaster-registry/
Sign up for Citizen Alert: https://jacksoncountyor.org/emergency/resources/citizen-alert
Additional resources:
https://www.do1thing.com/ https://jacksoncountyor.org/emergency/Preparedness/Overview https://jacksoncountyor.org/emergency/Preparedness/Access-and-Functional-Needs https://www.ready.gov/ https://www.ready.gov/kids http://www.rvem.org/
Click here for the PDF of the chat transcript from the meeting.
