Promising Practices in Inclusive 
Emergency Management for the 
Whole Community 2011Stasia Place Richardson
County of San Diego

Office of Emergency Services


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Overview
•San Diego County’s Access and Functional 
Needs Planning





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Access and Functional Needs (AFN) 
Planning
•Transportation and Evacuation of Licensed 
Residential Care Facilities Ad Hoc Committee 
of UDC Operations Section –2005



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Access and Functional Needs 
Planning
•Initiated collaborative effort for AFN Planning 
efforts with Public Health and Aging and 
Independence Services –2006
•Emergency Shelters: Identifying Specific 
Functional Needs Forum–April 2007



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Access and Functional Needs 
Planning
•Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Summit –SNF 
Model
•Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly Care 
Summit



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Access and Functional Needs 
Planning
•Adult Day Health Care Centers/ Adult Day Care 
Centers 
•Cache of shelter supplies



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Access and Functional Needs 
Planning


•AFN Table top Exercises
•Development of AFN Working Group 



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Access and Functional Needs 
Planning
•Accessible Alert San Diego
•Disaster Preparedness Brochures 
–Specific to AFN Population
–Translated into Braille/ Audio Recordings






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Access and Functional Needs 
Planning
•What is AccessibleAlertSanDiego?


http://deaflink.com/video/sdvideo/player.html

•Sample message:


http://deaflink.http.internapcdn.net/deaflink/SDalert/SAMPLE.html



Access and Functional Needs 
Planning
•Contracts with North County Transit District and 
Metropolitan Transit System
•In-Home Support Service List Distribution
•AFN Coordinator in County’s Emergency 
Operations Center



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Any questions?

Stasia Place Richardson

Senior Emergency Services Coordinator

County of San Diego 

Office of Emergency Services

Stasia.Place@sdcounty.ca.gov

(858) 715-2207


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