Disaster Preparedness for People with Disabilities

Updated  9/19/01

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collasped parking structure, Cal. State University Northridge 1/94Earthquake Tips for PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES written by June Kailes:

Although these "Tip Sheets" focus on earthquake safety, they have significant applicability for all types of disaster preparedness for people with disabilities.  Much of the information is also helpful in preparing for emergencies and disasters such as power outages, fires, floods, hurricanes, nuclear power plant accidents, tornados, tsunamis, volcanoes, winter storms and very cold or very hot weather.

  1. People With Disabilities
  2. Consejos para Personas con Incapacidades en un Terremoto
  3. Collecting Emergency Documents
  4. Creating an Emergency Health Information Card
  5. People With Visual Disabilities
  6. People Who Are Hearing Impaired
  7. Consejos para Personas Sordas o con Dificultad en Oir en un Terremoto
  8. People With Cognitive Disabilities
  9. People With Environmental Illness or Chemical Sensitivities
  10. Consejos para Personas con Enfermedades Ambientales o Sensitivas a Multiples Productos Quimicos en un Terremoto
  11. People With Mobility Disabilities
  12. Consejos para Personas can Incapacidades de Movilidad en un Terremoto
  13. People Who Use Life Support Systems
  14. Consejos para Personas que Usan Sistemas para Sostener la Vida en un Terremoto
  15. People With Communication and Speech Related Disabilities
  16. People With Psychiatric Disabilities
  17. Consejos para Personas con Incapacidades Psiquiatricas en un Terremoto
  18. Service Animals and Pet Owners
     
Disaster Preparedness for People With Disabilities [Red Cross Publication] includes: Disaster Preparedness For Persons With Disabilities Improving California's Response: A Report by The California Department of Rehabilitation, April 1997. [once at the site search for this title].

Disabled People and Disaster Planning (DP2) -  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 inculded individuals with disabilities and individuals from the disaster planning and response professions.

This website includes:

Additional Resources:

A Guide to Organizing Neighborhoods for Preparedness, Response, and Recovery, Volunteer Center of Marin

Disaster & Emergency Preparedness Information, Services and Supplies

Disaster Plan
 

book cover"Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country," handbook released to Southern Californians in October of 1995 - includes:

Sample Neighborhood Earthquake Preparedness Program, Yerba Buena Area of San Francisco
 

damaged 3-story apartment with 1st-level garage - 2 wings of building collapsed into each other across formerly intervening courtyard during partial collapse of parking level. (photo: Gregory Davis).U.S. Geological Survey Pasadena Office Earthquake Information - includes minute by minute current information, including:


Volunteer Center Response Plan, The Volunteerism Project

Workbook for Service Providing Agencies, Monterey County Office of Aging, Community, & Employment Services
 

FEMA PUBLICATIONS:

Assisting People With Disabilities In A Disaster

ADA Applies to Restoration of Damaged Facilities 9/94

Disaster Preparedness For People With Disabilities 6/98

Work Sites:

Emergency Procedures Manual for Office Employees with Disabilities 2/97

Emergency Procedures for Employees with Disabilities in Office Occupancies

Fire:

Fire Safety and People with Disabilities
 
Fire Safety for People with Disabilities
 
FIRE STOPS WITH YOU: Removing the Barriers: A Fire Safety Factsheet for People with Disabilities and their Caregivers

Resources to Order:

Living and Lasting on Shaky Ground: An Earthquake Preparedness Guide for People with Disabilities, 1996, 147 pages.

 Table of Contents
 I. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS II. INTRODUCTION III. WHY PREPARE FOR EARTHQUAKES? IV. EARTHQUAKE TIPS FOR ALL PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES V. EARTHQUAKE TIPS FOR SPECIFIC DISABILITIES VI. HAZARDS VII. COLLECTING EMERGENCY SUPPLIES VIII. EARTHQUAKE PLANNING IX. PRACTICE ASSERTIVENESS X. DURING AN EARTHQUAKE XI. AFTER THE SHAKING STOPS

XII. NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN

XIII. WORKSHOP ACTIVITIES

XIV. REFERENCES AND RESOURCES To: ORDER PAGE which  includes other disaster preparedness publications
 

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