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Are You Ready? Disaster Preparedness for People with

Disabilities - Part II

Service Learning Project September 2006 – May 2007

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Project Goals Participates will be provide information and materials to

help individuals to:• Understand Disasters• Create A Personal Support Network• Complete A Personal Assessment• Make Personal Disaster Preparation • Identify needed Disaster Supplies • Make your Home or Office Safer

Participants will be given a copy of:Disaster Preparedness for People With Disabilities (American Red Cross Disaster Services) and a participants notebook.

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Understand Disasters:

• What kind of disasters may occur in your community?

• How are area residents informed of possible disasters?

• What are the effects of disasters on you and your community?

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Create A Personal Support Network

• How to organize a network (pages 8-10)• Who are your network members (minimum of

three in each location where you regularly spend a lot of time)

• Give your network members copies of your emergency documents and personal disaster plan. (Appendix C)

• Agree on how you and your network will contact each other during an emergency.

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Complete A Personal Assessment

• This tool helps you decide what you will be able to do for yourself and what assistance you may need before, during and after a disaster.

• Helps you to consider : Daily Living, Getting Around, Evacuating (pages 11- 15)

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Make Personal Disaster Preparation

Learn how to complete the following:• Emergency Information List (pages16 and 43)• Medical Information List (pages 17 and

44)• Disability-Related Supplies and Special

Equipment List (page 45)• What You Can Do to Prepare for a Disaster

(pages 18-23)

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Identify Needed Disaster Supplies

Learn which type of Disaster Supplies you need:• Basic Disaster Supplies Kit (pages 24,33-35)• Disability-Related Supplies and Special Equipment

(pages 25 and 36)• Portable Disaster Supplies Kit (pages 25 and 36)• Disaster Supplies for Your Car (pages 26 and 36)• Service Animal and Pet Supplies (pages 26 and 36)• Power-Dependent Equipment (pages 26-27)• Additional Information on Equipment and Supplies

(pages 27- 29)• Storing Supplies (page 29)

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Make your Home or Office Safer

Learn ways to make your home and/or office safer before a disaster strikes.

• Helpful suggestions can be found on page 31.

For more information contact: Tim or Linda Moore, P.O. Box 174, Rockville,

Virginia 23146, (804) 749-3895 or voicegapkids@yahoo.com