June
Isaacson Kailes, Disability Policy Consultant
Note
to reader,
These
resources are selected based on an informal analysis of:
Emergency
Evacuation
Preparedness:
Taking Responsibility For Your Safety, A Guide For People with
Disabilities
and Other Activity Limitations -
** last accessed 01.29.10
From June Kailes [2002], contents includes:
Reprint any of the written
text attached for
your web
sites, listservs, and mailing lists.
Feeling
Safe, Being
Safe –
Webcasts,
videos and materials developed with, for and by people with
disabilities.
Easy-to-use tools that employ a simple learning method, Think-Plan-Do.
Uses
plan language and accessible formats to ensure use by a broad rand of
individuals who may have limitations in reading, understanding,
learning, and
remembering, Training is available through webcast individual training
as well
as group training. **
Last accessed 05.21.11
Disaster Preparedness
Tips for
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, ** [English and Spanish]
by June
Kailes - Although these
"Tip Sheets" focus on earthquake safety, they are useful for
all types of disaster preparedness: power outages, fires, floods,
hurricanes,
nuclear power plant accidents, tornados, tsunamis, volcanoes, winter
storms and
very cold or very hot weather. last accessed 01.29.10
Food
Supplies
Prepare in a Year – one hour each month helps you be ready for disasters whenever they occur. last accessed 01.29.10, from the Emergency Management Division, State of Washington
Preparing for Disaster for People with Disabilities - Available in Spanish Formats: PDF, TXT, last accessed 01.29.10, [2004] from FEMA
Psychological
Preparedness for Stressful Events - from the virginia.gov last
accessed 01.3.12
From
Buildings
Transportation
Training
and planning materials to be used by trusted
community organizations to teach disaster readiness practices to people
who are
served by the organizations. Useful local fire service agencies
and
partner community organizations to increase installation and testing of
smoke
alarms in high fire-risk residences, and provide effective smoke and
fire
safety planning by the individuals and families living in those
residences. last
accessed 05.21.11
Impact
of 2003 Wildfires on People with
Disabilities,
Format: Word,
Posted 12.26.09
NFPA's
Center for High Risk Outreach, last accessed 01/30/08
Earthquake Information from U.S. Geological
Survey
Pasadena Office , last accessed
01/30/08, includes
minute by minute current information,
including:
Living and Lasting on Shaky
Ground: An Earthquake
Preparedness Guide for People with 
Disabilities, 1996, 147
pages.
** Format PDF: A,
B, C,
D, E,
F
Provides
practical and disability-specific information used as a preparation
tool for
individuals with disabilities, their friends, families and service
providers.
Guide also serves as a training tool kit for disability-related
organizations
who offer workshops on earthquake preparedness for people with
disabilities.
Topics includes:
understanding why
preparation is important, creating practical plans, identifying
resources,
developing strategies and putting plans into practice.
Disabled
People and Disaster Planning
a group of people primarily from Los Angeles County who met during 1996
and
1997 and formulated recommendations to reduce problems with
accessibility that
many people with disabilities experienced after the Northridge
Earthquake of
1994. This group included individuals with disabilities and individuals
from
the disaster planning and response professions. ** last
accessed 01/17/08
Disaster
Preparedness For Persons With Disabilities Improving California's
Response:
A Report
by The California Department of Rehabilitation, April 1997. ** last
accessed 01.3.12
Emergency
Preparedness and Emergency Communication Access: Lessons Learned Since
9/11 and
Recommendations the work of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Consumer
Advocacy Network (DHHCAN), The report represents
an extensive summary of personal experiences by individuals who are
deaf and
hard of hearing on the fateful day of September 11, 2001 and thereafter
under
different circumstances.** last accessed 12.26.09
September
11, 2001: A Day to Remember,**
New Mobility, 11/0, last accessed
01/17/08
Unsafe
Refuge, Why did so many wheelchair users die on Sept. 11? ** New Mobility, 12/01, last accessed 01/17/08
Why
We Don't Prepare Floods, Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Wildfires,
Earthquakes
..., by AMANDA RIPLEY/ BOULDER, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2006, Time Magazine
–An
excellent and thought provoking article. Word Format
Emergency Evacuation Preparedness: Taking Responsibility For Your Safety, A Guide For People with Disabilities and Other Activity Limitations - ** last accessed 01.29.10, From June Kailes [2002], contents - see description under Guides
Emergency
Preparedness: Taking Responsibility For Your Safety - Tips for People
with
Activity Limitations and Disabilities
Los Angeles County Emergency Survival
Program [2006] **, Formats: PDF, Microsoft Word 1 & 2, last
accessed 01.29.10, contents - see description
under Guides
Map Your Neighborhood
last accessed
05.24.11
A
promising
practice, from Washington State, helps neighborhoods prepare
for disasters
Students at Oregon School
for the Deaf created a video in
American Sign Language to help the American Red Cross Williamette
Chapter in
Salem, Oregon reach more people in the community. It informs people
about 3 important
preparedness actions for emergencies – Get a Kit, Make a Plan, and Be
Informed. - 5 minutes
Emergency
Car Kit: 10 Essentials for a Road Evacuation - 2 minutes, last
accessed 02.5.10, Access
Issues: not
captioned, but text transcript is
included on the web page!
Chemical
Sensitivities and Allergies, last accessed 01/17/08
HEPA (High Efficiency
Particulate Air
Filtration) Filter Fans
Once you have sealed a room
with plastic sheeting and
duct tape you may have created a better barrier between you and any
contaminants that may be outside. However, no seal is perfect and some
leakage
is likely. In addition to which, you may find yourself in a space that
is
already contaminated to some degree.
Consider a portable air
purifier, with a HEPA filter, to
help remove contaminants from the room where you are sheltering. These
highly
efficient filters have small sieves that can capture very tiny
particles,
including some biological agents. Once trapped within a HEPA filter
contaminants cannot get into your body and make you sick. While these
filters
are excellent at filtering dander, dust, molds, smoke, biological
agents and
other contaminants, they will not stop chemical gases.
Some people, particularly
those with severe allergies and
asthma, use HEPA filters in masks, portable air purifiers as well as in
larger
home or industrial models to continuously filter the air.
Why
Asbestos is a Threat After a Natural
Disaster
Throughout
most of the twentieth
century asbestos was widely used in construction materials. Over time,
these
materials degrade and may become damaged due to a number of forces,
such as
renovation, remodeling, or unexpected natural disasters. Asbestos
exposure is a
major concern because the material is highly toxic and is known to
cause a
variety of disabilities and terminal diseases, including asbestosis,
lung
cancer, and mesothelioma.
Unfortunately, these diseases are almost always diagnosed in late
stages of
development after receiving a mesothelioma prognosis, and are highly
resistant
to treatment. For example, a treatment rarely acts as a mesothelioma
cure because the cancer is so aggressive, and in most cases
it is
diagnosed far too late.
The Mesothelioma Cancer Center provides information on what steps to
take prior
to, and after each particular natural disaster occurs—in order to help
prevent
exposure to asbestos.
Permanently removing asbestos from the home can be extremely expensive.
However,
companies such as GLOBAL Encasement, Inc. have begun
making extremely
affordable, environmentally friendly products that are designed to
manage
hazardous materials, including asbestos, lead-based paint, mold and
mildew.
Posted 02.21.09
Deaf,
Hard of Hearing and DeafBlind People
Building
an Emergency Kit: Checklist, By
Elizabeth Spiers, 2007, Association for the Deaf-Blind, Last
accessed 01.11.12
Disaster
Preparedness for Deaf, Hard of Hearing and DeafBlind People
- Video is signed
and captioned, last
accessed
12.26.09
Videos with ASL
interpreters
advising how to prepare for and cope with emergencies. The 18 videos also have an audible voice over and
text appearing alongside the interpreter. Along with the videos
is the
Emergency Preparedness Guide formatted in Braille, large print, and
regular
font for download. Last accessed 12.26.09
National Fire Protection Association’s comprehensive guide on Smoke Alarms for People Who Are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing, (Format: PDF), last accessed 12.26.09
What to Do in an Emergency? By Elizabeth Spiers, 2007, Association for the Deaf-Blind, Last accessed 01.11.12
Developmental Disability
Living Safely -
Pocket Edition
- Self-directed learning sessions for 27 important safety skills
topics, uses visual
and auditory media. Targeted for people (i.e. autism, learning,
understanding, and
intellectual disability) who need support with understanding important
safety
skills necessary for daily living. Last accessed 01.21.12
Emergency
Power
Planning for People
Who Use Electricity and Battery Dependent Assistive Technology and
Medical
Devices, ** From June Kailes [2009], format: PDF,
contents - see description under Guides
Speech
Limited
Speech: Preparedness Checklist last accessed 09/18/08
Service Animals
Animals in Emergencies – What Owners Need to Know, 40 minute video 2007, captioned, last accessed 12.23.11, Spanish Version
Service Animal Emergency Preparedness, last accessed 01/17/08
Information
form: Interagency
Coordinating Council On Emergency Preparedness And Individuals With
Disabilities last accessed 09.2.10
Emergency Health
Information ** guides
you through developing your emergency health information. You should
keep
copies of this information in your wallet (behind driver's license or
official
identification card) and emergency kits. It tells rescuers important
information about you if they find you unconscious, or unable to
provide
information. It contains information about your medications, equipment,
allergies, communication difficulties, preferred treatment and medical
providers, and important contact people. Posted 12.17.11, Formats: PDF,
Microsoft
Word.
Are You Ready Guide
FEMA Guide,
American
Red
Cross Preparedness Publications, last accessed 12.26.09
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© 1998 - 2012 June Isaacson
Kailes, Disability Policy Consultant, All Rights Reserved.
Created 11/8/97
| Updated 01.22.12