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National Response Team Presbytery Leadership Seminar August 17, 2013 Karen E. Smith John C. Cheek Stuff Happens! 8/17/2013 Leadership Seminar - J.C. Cheek and K.E. Smith - 2 Stuff happens! We can make up a plan in the midst of the

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National Response Team

Presbytery Leadership Seminar

August 17, 2013 Karen E. Smith John C. Cheek

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Stuff Happens!

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Stuff happens!

  • We can make up a plan in the midst
  • f the disaster

Or

  • We can plan for it and implement

(and adapt) the plan.

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How to Plan for Stuff that Happens

  • Prepare for Disaster

– For Yourself – For your Congregation – For your Community

And

  • Recover From Disaster

– Immediate Needs – Long Term Recovery

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To reduce the impact of the disaster:

  • Anticipate difficulties
  • Know and understand the

communication issues

  • Have a plan in place
  • Practice the plan

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Preparation for Yourself and Your Household

  • Consider potential disaster scenarios

and decide what to plan for

  • Use reasonable measures to

minimize the impact of disaster

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  • Make sure you and your critical information

can be kept safe

  • Make sure that critical digital information is

backed up and secured in multiple locations

  • Make sure there is somewhere safe where

you can go

Preparation for Yourself and Your Household

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  • Ensure that all your life-critical stuff

– prescription medications – documents, – water, etc.

  • can be easily packed to take with you

– Go Bag!!

Preparation for Yourself and Your Household

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Preparation for Yourself and Your Household

Good Resources

  • – http://do1thing.com/
  • Household Go-Bag List - NRDC

– http://www.nrdc.org/living/waterair/disaster- preparedness/go-bags.asp

  • Household Go-Bag Kit – Red Cross Store

– http://www.redcrossstore.org/shopper/prodlist.as px?LocationId=1

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Preparation for your Congregation

  • Remember that you’re Presbyterians!

—Decently and in Order— form a committee

  • Consider potential disaster scenarios and

decide what to plan for

  • Use reasonable measures to minimize the

impact of disaster

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Preparation for your Congregation

  • Make sure critical Church information can be

kept safe

  • Make sure that critical digital information is

backed up and secured in multiple locations

  • Establish a means of contacting Members to

determine needs and disseminate information

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Preparation for your Congregation

From FEMA’s “Guide for Developing High-Quality Emergency Operations Plans for Houses of Worship”

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Preparation for your Congregation Good Resources

  • “Guide for Developing High-Quality Emergency

Operations Plans for Houses of Worship” FEMA

– http://www.fema.gov/media- library/assets/documents/33007?id=7649

  • Preparedness questions, check lists, example

plans

– John Cheek and Karen Smith (cards on back table)

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Preparation for your Community

  • Consider potential disaster scenarios and

decide what to plan for

– Hurricane/Tornado – Flood – Earthquake – Wild Fire

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– Industrial Explosion – Oil Spill – Shooting – Bird Flu

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Preparation for your Community

  • What resources can your Congregation Offer

– Evacuation Shelter Space – Ability to serve meals, in place or on site – Case management support – Medical assistance – Pet Shelter facilities – Trained emotional/spiritual caregivers – Donation management (and storage) – Volunteer management

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Preparation for your Community Good Resource

  • “Prepare to Care” Church World Services

– http://cwserp.fatcow.com/cwserp/PreparetoCare 2009comp.pdf

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Responding to Stuff

Typical Emotional Response during the Phases of a Disaster

From Community Arise – Emotional and Spiritual Care in Disasters rev. Revised and adapted by Presbyterian Disaster Assistance 2/2013

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Responding Immediate Needs

  • Don’t add to the chaos

– Be Presbyterian - Slow down

  • Find Overall Response

– Become a helpful part of it

  • Plug into system to find out about needs

– AZVOAD, AZDEM, County DEM

  • Set appropriate boundaries

– Discern your call, and offer that

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Responding Long-Term Recovery

  • Disasters are Physical and Emotional
  • Don’t make the mistake of focusing on one
  • ver the other
  • LTR – Commitment to stay at the table as long

as it takes to establish a new normal

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Responding Long-Term Recovery

  • Physical

– Care for and heal Injured Survivors – Repair Structures – Repair infrastructure – Restock and Reopen Stores – Rebuild Community Services – Build Community Memorials

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Responding Long-Term Recovery

  • Emotional

– What Disaster is within the Disaster

  • What has happened before to individual,

congregation, community

  • Concurrent Stressors

– Need a safe place to tell story

  • And tell story, and tell story

–and tell story again – Emotional First Aid

  • You will get better in time

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Responding Long-Term Recovery Good Resources

  • Physical

– “Long Term Recovery Guide” NVOAD

  • www.nvoad.org/library/doc_download/30-long-term-

recovery-guide

  • Emotional

– “Light our Way” NVOAD

  • http://www.nvoadstore.com/light-our-way.html

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How to Plan for Stuff that Happens Sum Up

  • Prepare for Disaster

– For Yourself – For your Congregation – For your Community

  • In Each Case

– Determine what can happen – Assess the risks – Decide what to Protect – Plan – Practice the Plan

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How to Plan for Stuff that Happens Sum Up

  • Recover From Disaster

– Immediate Needs

  • Be thoughtful
  • Plug into existing systems

– Long Term Recovery

  • Physical and Emotional
  • Commit to stay until new normal is established

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National Response Team

Good Resources

Karen E. Smith karen.evelyn.smith@gmail.com John C. Cheek jcheek@npctucson.org