Academy releases emergency preparedness tools to enable millions more people to shelte... (Foundation. In 2004 the Academys resear...)

Academy releases emergency preparedness tools to enable millions more people to shelter in place

Date:9/13/2007

Foundation. In 2004, the Academys research study, Redefining Readiness: Terrorism Planning Through the Eyes of the Public, predicted that large numbers of people would suffer or die unnecessarily in emergencies, because planners were developing instructions for the public to follow without finding out whether it is actually possible, or safe, for all groups to do so. The prediction was proven to be correct during Hurricane Katrina, when many people could not follow instructions to evacuate due to barriers that had not been identified or addressed beforehand.

Over the past two years, the Academy has been working to prevent such needless death and suffering with teams in four Redefining Readiness demonstration sites in Carlsbad, NM; Chicago, IL; Savannah, GA; and southeast Oklahoma. In more than 200 small group discussions, almost 2,000 residents from diverse backgrounds explored the particular problems they would face trying to protect themselves in shelter-in-place emergencies, and the actions that they and other people and organizations could take. Because of these efforts, we now know how to protect many more Americans in shelter-in-place emergencies than is currently possible, said Lasker.

The insights generated in the small group discussions provided the basis for the Academys four Shelter-in-Place Issue Sets, which are tailored specifically to people in households, work places, schools and early childhood/youth programs, and governments. These practical toolswhich consist of sets of questions rather than instructionsare designed to help users become aware of critical protection problems that their own household or organization can address and to develop workable solutions. The four issue sets are available on-line in Spanish as well as English.

Nan D. Hunter, JD, Director of the Center for Health, Science, and Public Policy at Brooklyn Law School and a co-author of the Academys new report, highlighted the importance of these
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Contact: Kathryn Cervino
kcervino@nyam.org
212-822-7285
New York Academy of Medicine
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