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“Whenever they thought about it they felt terrible. And so, at last, they came to a fateful decision.

They decided not to think about it.”

Peter McWilliams

YOU MAY NOT BE ALONE

BUT

YOU MIGHT BE ON YOUR OWN!

Brian Kayes 2011

Next 50 minutes

PreparednessProcrastinationHaving a strategy72 hours

Think about this!

“If you have always done it that way, it is probably wrong.”

Charles Kettering

Emergency Preparedness

Preparedness activities are those “pre-impact activities that establish a state of readiness to respond to extreme events.”

(Lindell and Perry, 2008, p.114)

What is Preparedness

Level of Community’s Coping Resources

Impact on the Community

Accidents/Incidents Emergencies Disasters

Range of Impacts

Disaster Threshold

What is Preparedness

Impact on the community

Accidents Emergencies DisastersRange of Impacts

Level of community’s coping resources

Disaster Threshold

Principles of Emergency Preparedness

Preparedness and improvisation are foundations of emergency management.

Preparedness is a continuous process.

Kreps, G. 2001. "Chapter 2: Organizing for Emergency Management" pp79-100 in T. Drabek, and G. Hoetmer (eds.) 1991. Emergency Management: Principles and Practice for Local Government. Washington: International City Management Association.

Principles of Emergency Preparedness

Preparedness reduces unknowns during an emergency.

Preparedness is an educational activity.

Kreps, G. 2001. "Chapter 2: Organizing for Emergency Management" pp79-100 in T. Drabek, and G. Hoetmer (eds.) 1991. Emergency Management: Principles and Practice for Local Government. Washington: International City Management Association.

Principles of Emergency Preparedness

Preparedness is based on knowledge.

Preparedness evokes appropriate action.

Kreps, G. 2001. "Chapter 2: Organizing for Emergency Management" pp79-100 in T. Drabek, and G. Hoetmer (eds.) 1991. Emergency Management: Principles and Practice for Local Government. Washington: International City Management Association.

Emergency Preparedness

Disaster Preparedness or

Emergency Preparedness?

Value of Preparedness

Disaster do not happen to places they happen to people

What is the value of people?

Let’s Get Personal

Preparedness is a personal responsibility

Me - YouMy family - Your familyMy home - Your home

My livelihood - Your livelihoodMy community - Your community

Who we are

GenderSocioeconomic statusRaceAge

Mileti, Dennis. (1999). Disasters by design: a reassessment of Natural Hazards in the United States. Joseph Henry Press, Washington D.C.

Value of Procrastination

Procrastination Now that is something we have

practiced.

What is procrastination

Yea, I’ll get to it later…

Think about this!

”The trouble with the future is that it usually arrives before we’re ready for it.”

Arnold H. Glasow

Think about this!

“As you’re the only one you can really change, the only one who can really use all your good advice is yourself.”

John Roger & Peter McWilliams

Public Apathy to Disasters

The statistical probability is that when a disaster strikes, it will strike elsewhere-primarily because there is so much ‘elsewhere’”.

Drabek, T. E. (1991). Emergency management: principles and practice for local government. Washington, D.C.: International City Managers Association.

Apathy to Disasters

Disasters are low-probability events Lack of experience

Lack of AwarenessUnderestimation of riskOverestimation of capabilities

Auf der Heide, Erik. (1989). Disaster Response: Principles of Preparation and Coordination, online edition. Center of Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance. USA.

Apathy to Disasters

TemperamentPersonal valuesCultural backgroundGenderDecision making abilityEducation

Public Apathy to Disasters

Reliance on technologyFatalism/denialSocial pressuresDefeatism

Auf der Heide, Erik. (1989). Disaster Response: Principles of Preparation and Coordination, online edition. Center of Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance. USA.

Government Apathy to Disasters

Lack of Political SupportOpposing Special Interest GroupsDifficulty Sustaining Benefits of PreparednessLack of Organized Advocacy for PreparednessPriorities Competing with Low Probability EventsOverestimation of Capability Auf der Heide, Erik. (1989). Disaster Response: Principles of Preparation

and Coordination, online edition. Center of Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance. USA.

Think about this!

“Faced with the choice between changing one’s mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everybody gets busy on the proof.”

John Kenneth Galbraith

Preparedness Strategy

Pre-actionNot

Reaction

Preparedness Strategy

Expect the expectedPrepare when you travelTake disaster threats personallyBe selfish

Preparedness Strategy

Make preparedness a part of your life

Protect your livelihood

Preparedness Strategy

Learn from experience

Preparedness Strategy

Stock your own resourcesHave insurance

Preparedness Strategy

Get on a teamPlay well togetherTurn knowledge into action

Preparedness Strategy

Engage in planning Family plans Workplace plans Business continuity plans Special needs plans

Practice your plans

Preparedness Strategy

Know your plansKnow your family’s plans

Mother’s plan Father’s plan Children‘s plans

Preparedness Strategy

Know your workplace plansKnow your schools’ plansKnow your community’s plans

Preparedness Strategy

Increase your knowledgeLearn about warningsLearn about hazards

Will you Panic?

Three things to help you panic: a perception of immediate danger,

blocked escape routes feeling that you are isolated

72 Hours

You and your wooden bead

“The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.”

Oscar Wilde

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