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special needs CAUCUS
Caucus Chair:
Elizabeth Davis, edavis@eadassociates.com
Caucus Vice Chair:
Steve Detwiler, steveorange2003@yahoo.com
Board Liaison:
Bruce Lockwood, CEM, brucelockwood@ci.bristol.ct.us
 Governor Cuomo Announces First in the Nation Reforms to Protect People with Special Needs and Disabilities (05/07/12)
Iowa 911 call center becomes first to accept texts (08/13/09)
Blinded by Nazis, guided by a dog (08/13/09)
Help Seniors And Those With Special Needs Apply For Disaster Assistance; Aid Not A Threat To Other Benefits (05/22/09)
Frail Elderly Disaster: Ensuring Seniors Are Safe and Secure During Disasters (05/22/09)
FEMA Speaks Your Language (North Dakota) (05/08/09)
FEMA for Seniors Reaches Out to Texans at High Risk in Disasters (04/16/09)
Transition Team Follow-up Memo: The Convergence of Emergency Management and Special Needs Issues
South Huntington Fire Chief Makes Himself Heard (03/04/09)
IAEM Special Needs Committee Comments on Americans with Disability Act (ADA) Access Requirements (DAP9525.5)
California's single seniors can't make ends meet: Recession likely to put those living alone at even greater economic risk (02/24/09)
Older Adults Among Newer Members on Social Networking Sites (USA Today, 01/14/09)
Emergency Planners Struggle to ID Millions Who Need Power for Medical Reasons (AP, 01/12/09)
FEMA Community Relations Specialists attend a deaf and hard of hearing community event. Using American Sign Language translators, applicants who had been affected by Hurricane Ike speak with the CR personnel to have their FEMA related questions answered.
 Preparing the Workplace for Everyone: Accounting for the Needs of People with Disabilities (08/29/11)
Lessons Learned: Emergency Preparedness Strategies for People with Special Needs - a follow-up report on lessons learned at a symposium on emergency preparedness for people with special needs, caregivers, and providers (01/27/11)
LA County Operational Area Emergency Response Plan: Access and Functional Needs Annex (09/09/10)
National Organization on Disability's (NOD) Emergency Preparedness Initiative (EPI) Guide 2009
After Action Report of the Listening Session on At-Risk Individuals in Pandemic Influenza and Other Scenarios, held Aug. 14, 2009, at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (30 Nov 2009)
Final Workshop Report: Emergency Preparedness for Persons with Disabilities and Special Needs (May 2009) A publication of the ANSI Homeland Security Standards Panel.
Report: Katrina and the Women of New Orleans (February 2009) A collaborative effort of the Gender and Disasters Research Group at the Newcomb College Center for Research on Women,
the goal in writing this report was to analyze the ways the hurricanes of 2005 affected the lives of women and girls and to bring those findings to the attention of policy makers, community leaders, scholars, grant makers, and disaster managers.
The ten chapters of the report focus on the pre-storm vulnerability and post-storm resilience of New Orleans women, and tackle the dearth of qualitative data specific to women to report on housing, employment and earnings, women’s physical and mental health, and domestic violence.
The report is available for download and redistribution as a single PDF, and as PDFs of individual chapters.
The Role of Transit in Emergency Evacuation (The National Academies, July 2008)
(Center for Disability Issues and the Health Professions, Mar. 2008)
This paper addresses the use of registries in emergency preparedness and response for people with disabilities and activity limitations. It examines the problems, challenges, and key elements of registries and offers cautions and research recommendations. Download the report here.
ESF #14- Long Term Community Recovery, Special Needs Populations Impact Assessment White Paper (DHS, Oct. 2008)
Providing Access to Resilience-Enhancing Technologies for Disadvantaged Communities and Vulnerable Populations (Dec. 2008)
Emergency Management Survey Report (November 2008)
Access Alerts Project: Access to Emergency Alerts for People with Disabilities
Marcia Brooks, Trisha O’Connell
WGBH-Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family National Center for Accessible Media
(07/16/07)
At the request of Daniel Gade,
Associate Director for Domestic Policy at the White House, the IAEM Special Needs Committee prepared a Special Needs Briefing. Each section of the briefing follows a set organizational formula of issue, background and recommendations:
- Sheltering people with special needs
- Service providers for special needs populations
- Community assessment and special needs populations
- Emergency management support needs
- Credible communication during emergencies
- Personal preparedness for people with disabilities and other disaster-related special needs
- Housing
- Transportation and evacuation
In 2005, the IAEM Editorial Committee published a special focus issue of the IAEM Bulletin on the theme of "Emergency Preparedness for Individuals with Disabilities," with the assistance of Elizabeth Davis, chair of the Special Needs Committee.
- Directory of Disaster Response and Recovery Resources, U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
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SERT Disability Awareness Training Video (Florida) (31 Mar 2010)
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U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Planning for the Entire Community: A Function-Based Approach (30 Nov 2009)
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Identifying Special Needs Populations in Hazard Zones: How to Use Tapestryâ„¢ Segmentation for Disaster Evacuation Planning
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Community Vision: Understanding Vulnerable Populations for Evacuation Planning Case Study
- EMA Evacuee Support Planning Guide and Concept of Operations
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Emergency Management - Making Improvements for Communities and People with Disabilities - The Live Meeting Recording of today’s EMForum.org presentation is now available at: http://www.emforum.org/pub/eiip/lm090826.wmv
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The ADA & H1N1 Compliance Concerns
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FEMA 2009 Annual Operating Plan National Preparedness Directorate
- Pediatric Disaster Resource and Training Center
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Hospitals Rising to the Challenge: The First Five Years of the U.S. Hospital Preparedness Program and Priorities Going Forward (Evaluation Report)
- CDC Interim Guidance for Homeless and Emergency Shelters (Influenza A, H1N1 Virus)
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"Floridaized" version of the DOJ's ADA based checklist
- National Council on Disability, Effective Emergency Management: Making Improvements for Communities and People with Disabilities Report
- orth Carolina Disability and Elderly Emergency Management Report of Recommendations, September 2008
- Easter Seals' "Friends Who Care" Disability Awareness Curriculum - new program designed to help children better understand what it means and how it feels to be a young person with a disability.
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Save the Children, the Disaster Decade: Lessons Unlearned for the United States
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Texas Division of Emergency Management, Accessible Version of PSAs for persons who are Deaf, Hard-of-hearing, Blind, or Visually Impaired
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Emergency Management Ontario, Emergency Preparedness Guide for People with Disabilities / Special Needs Guide
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Community Emergency Preparedness Information Network Facebook Page
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National Commission on Children and Disasters (Website)
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Cultural Competency Curriculum for Disaster Preparedness and Crisis Response
Free online educational program designed for First Responders of disaster preparedness and crisis response including Emergency Medical Technicians, Psychologists, Psychiatrists and Social Workers.
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Promoting Safe Egress and Evacuation for People with Disabilities
The National Disability Authority (NDA) has launched an important new publication entitled "Promoting Safe Egress and Evacuation for People with Disabilitie." The publication is aimed at ensuring the speedy and safe evacuation of public buildings by people with a disability, particularly in the event of an emergency. This publication will be of special interest to facilities managers, accommodation officers, health and safety personnel, access officers, disability liaison officers and human resource professionals in the public sector. Read the report.
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Deaf Link Facebook Page
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Fifty State Survey of Vulnerable Persons Statutes
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Save the Children, The Disaster Decade: Lessons Unlearned for the United States
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Disaster Accountability Project, "Report on Southern Louisiana Emergency Preparedness." Spring 2009
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New Numbering and E911 Requirements for VRS and IP Relay Video in American Sign Language (ASL)
- ICC Workplace Subcommittee Completes Addendum to the Framework of Guidelines: "Preparing the Workplace for Everyone" - The Workplace Subcommittee has continued its mission to ensure that individuals with disabilities are included in emergency preparedness planning in the workplace, and have access to everything they need to evacuate during an emergency. As part of an effort to provide up-to-date information to employers and emergency managers, the Subcommittee has completed an addendum to the Framework of Guidelines: "Preparing the Workplace for Everyone," that addresses the needs of individuals with disabilities when evacuating using stairwells. This Stairwell Addendum is available online on the Department of Labor's Website here.
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Disability Law Handbook - The Disability and Business Technical Assistance Centers Southwest ADA Center , a program of the Independent Living Research Utilization at The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research Memorial Hermann, announces the publication of The Disability Law Handbook, a 50-page guide to the basics of the Americans with Disabilities Act and other disability related laws. Written in an FAQ format, The Disability Law Handbook answers questions about the Americans with Disabilities Act, the ADA Amendments Act, the Rehabilitation Act, Social Security Act, the Air Carrier Access Act, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act, and the Fair Housing Act Amendments. Download your individual copy of The Disability Law Handbook.
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Promoting Safe Egress and Evacuation for People with Disabilities - The National Disability Authority (NDA) has launched an important new publication entitled "Promoting Safe Egress and Evacuation for People with Disabilities". The publication is aimed at ensuring the speedy and safe evacuation of public buildings by people with a disability, particularly in the event of an emergency. This publication will be of special interest to facilities managers, accommodation officers, health and safety personnel, access officers, disability liaison officers and human resource professionals in the public sector. Read the report here.
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Ready Classroom: Emergency Preparedness for Teachers, Students and Families Website
- IS-197.EM Special Needs Planning Considerations for Emergency Management
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Arizona Office for Americans with Disabilities, Emergency Preparedness for People with Disabilities: Best Practices Considerations White Paper (April 2008)
- Vulnerable Populations Web Site and Blog: Pierce County (WA) Dept. of Emergency Management (Tacoma, Washington)
Vulnerable Populations Coordinator Sheri Badger
has developed a Web site for the work they are doing with high risk populations at www.piercecountywa.org/hrp. She's also started a blog at www.PierceCountyHRP.blogspot.com where information can be shared. Additionally, she is spearheading some work on doing training with the area's homeless population.
- New York City Office of Emergency Management Ready New York Video:
This video was produced by the New York City Office of Emergency Management. This video is a portion of the Ready New York program to educate New Yorkers about emergency preparedness. This 11-minute video features former MTV host and current Community Emergency Response Team member Karen Duffy, along with Dr. Frank Field, former meteorologist and television personality.
- The Disability Rights Movement:
The ongoing struggle by people with disabilities to gain full access to American society is an important part of our heritage. This online exhibit from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History looks at the efforts of people with disabilities to secure the civil rights guaranteed to all Americans.
- Dialog in the Dark
- Disaster Preparedness Tips For Emergency Management Personnel, Communication Access for People with Limited Speech
- AMA Recommendations for Best Practices in the Management of Elderly Disaster Victims
- ASTHO At-Risk Populations in Emergencies: A Review of State and Local Stories, Tools, and Practices
- National Organization on Disability, Emergency Preparedness Initiative
- Disaster Preparedness for People with Disabilities
- CDC Shelter Assessment Tool
- Special Populations: Emergency and Disaster Preparedness
- Centers for Disease Control, Guide for Including People with Disabilities in Disaster Preparedness Planning
- Emergency Responders and the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community: Taking the First Steps to Disaster Preparedness
- Nursing Homes in Public Health Emergencies
- National Resource Center on Advancing Emergency Preparedness for Culturally Diverse Communities Website
- Federal Emergency Management Agency, Individuals with Special Needs Website
- FEMA, Comprehensive Preparedness Guide 301: Special Needs Planning
- Ready.Gov, People with Disabilities and Other Special Needs Website
- An ADA Guide for Local Governments-Making Community Emergency Preparedness and Response Programs Accessible to People with Disabilities
- Americans with Disabilities Amendment Act of 2008
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