Hawaii Feeling Safe Being Safe Emergency Preparedness Training Strategies Dawn Skaggs Nicole Kelley Joanne Getty “Getting Real II” Promising Practices in Inclusive Emergency Management for the Whole Community September 12-14, 2011 Ho’omau Kaukau Putting Preparedness Within ReachBig Island Flood waters surround a home bskaggs@hawaii.eduBig Island Road Destruction with person standing inside cavity Nov. 2, 2000 -Hilo For All CommunitiesPhoto of hurricane Iniki Utility Damage with utility poles laying down along one side of the road as far as you can see and cars lined up on the other side of the road. bskaggs@hawaii.eduKauai-19982011 tsunami flood waters cover a community park and parking lot. Big Island -2011 And All IndividualsAll walls of an industrial building splayed out from high winds. bskaggs@hawaii.edu Oahu -2004Big Island -1989Photo of a man sitting in a car completely surrounded by lava. A Strategy that Supports Individuals •Project funded by the Administration on Developmental Disabilities, US Department of Health and Human Services •Administered by the University of Hawaii -Center on Disability Studies •Coordinating diverse agencies to create a System of Supports that builds on the existing strengths in the community bskaggs@hawaii.edu System of Support •State Agencies collaborating on inclusive accessible policies, plans, procedures •Community organizations providing face to face supports •Individual community leaders and groups, bringing families together bskaggs@hawaii.edu Individuals •Individuals who attend emergency preparedness training •Individuals who take action to become prepared •Individuals who commit to community leadership and to helping others bskaggs@hawaii.eduImage is of a bright yellow plumeria lei with a small orange ribbon surrounding the title. Community Strengths Strategy- Inclusion and IntegrationOriginal FeelingSafe Being SafeCurriculumHawaii Feeling Safe Being SafeTraining StrategyPartner Agencies and Non - Profits Department of Health and Human Services Department of Homeland Security Support-Equal Access Cultural Relevance Appropriate and AccessibleEmergency PreparednessTrainingFSBS training Agencies and Community Members Interested communitymembers Image is of a yellow plumeria flower lei being made. Ten plumeria flowers are strung onto a string. The string winds up to six more flowers being strung that are still on the needle. Trainers, Facilitatorsand Self DeterminationSelf AdvocatesFacilitatorsFollow up support Training Strategy Network of Individuals Individuals and FamiliesPrepared for Emergencies Reaching Whole Communitiesradial graph of CDS system of support producing trainers and facilitators who contact other community members bskaggs@hawaii.edu What does it look like?The center image is of a red backpack outlined in black, with a white medical cross symbol and the name Kimo on the front bskaggs@hawaii.eduThe lower right image is of a tri-fold workbook outlined in red and titled ‘Feeling Safe Being Safe My Personal Safety in and Emergency with the magnet image on the front. The image is of a DVD titled Feeling Safe, Being Safe with small images of the magnet and workbook and agency logos that are too small to be distinguishable. Illustration of a rectangular magnet outlined in red and divided into four sections with a nurse and a red cross image in one, a red backpack in another, a cell phone in another and the head and shoulders of three people a man, woman and child in the final box. The upper right corner image is of two hands in a hand shake the hands are various pigments of skin and the image box is outlined in red. Image is of yellow Plumeria flower lei, purple Crown flower lei and brown Kukui nut lei laying on top of each other and are intertwined with each other. Lei's arrive on the slide from different sides and land on eachother. Community Preparednessbskaggs@hawaii.eduTrainers, Communities and Agenciesworking together Faces of SuccessNine Hawaii Feeling Safe Being Safe trainers at the Pacific Rim International Conference in March 2011 bskaggs@hawaii.edu Validating the Efforts Hawaii FSBS Training Strategy includes key supports: –Trainer follow up with participants –Community based implementation –Electronic data management tool –Electronic training follow up supports –Data collection for quantifying effectiveness bskaggs@hawaii.edu Future and Adaptability "It'simportantforusasthewesterndoorofAmericatobeaspreparedaswecan,tohelpprotectnotonlyourpeoplehereinHawaiibutthenation." Dr. ChiyomeFukino Former Director Hawaii Department of Health bskaggs@hawaii.edu Replication Requirements •Interested Self Advocate Trainers •Start up support and coordination source •Materials adaptation and production coordination bskaggs@hawaii.edu Next StepsStrengthening the ‘Ohanaillustration of Disney's Lilo and Stitch on a hammock together. Hammock is tied to a tree and ocean and tiki torches are in the background. Lilo is playing the ukulele and text at the bottom is 'Aloha Ohana'. bskaggs@hawaii.eduRemember: ‘Ohana is Never Leaving Anyone Behind Ho’omau Kaukau! Dawn Skaggs Principle Investigator Hawaii Emergency Preparedness System of Support bskaggs@hawaii.edu 808-956-9797 bskaggs@hawaii.edu