Emergency Preparedness Program

VOLUNTEER TODAY!

Volunteer to Help People with Disabilities and the Elderly in Emergency Shelters

After a disaster, people with disabilities and the elderly need your help during their stay in emergency shelters. YOU can help in so many ways.

You can read to someone who is blind, help orient someone to the shelter’s layout, assist with dressing, eating, getting in and out of his/her cot, getting to the restroom, etc. With your help an already difficult experience can be a little less stressful. To volunteer go to www.lava.dhh.louisiana.gov.

 

EMDAC - Louisiana's Emergency Management Disability & Aging Coalition is conducting trainings around the state focused on...

VOLUNTEER SHELTER CAREGIVING

Next Training: TBA

Participants will learn about four major areas of emergency shelter caregiving:

1. Role & Expectations of a Volunteer Shelter Caregiver

2. Disability Awareness

3. Shelter Operations & Shelter Overview

4. Supports Within Shelters: Personal Care Assistance & Assistive Technology (A.T.) Devices


EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & RECOVERY RESOURCES

Shop for Emergency Supplies at the specialty Emergency Preparedness section of Overstock.com. (LATAN does not endorse this website or its products - resource awareness only.)

Register for NOLA's Text Message Alert System to receive updates on emergencies and disasters via text on your mobile phone. Another method of registering is by texting NOLA4U (665248).

Individual Preparedness for People with Disabilities, Their Families and Support Networks In addition to the LATAN Emergency Preparedness DVD(c), the above link will take you to a website resource offering many documents, videos, and tools focused on the topic of individual preparedness.

FEMA has a new mobile website, m.fema.gov, for accessing tools needed to prepare for and, when needed, recover from disasters. Before, during, and after disasters, many individuals will need to access important information by using their mobile devices. As a result, FEMA recently rolled out a mobile version of its website, so that people can get the information they need when disaster strikes. The new site is laid out in a user-friendly, questions-and-answer format that walks users through several important issues they face when dealing with disasters. Over the next few months, several enhancements will be made to this site, including the ability to apply for individual assistance when a disaster has been declared by the President, check on the status of an application, and update an existing application.  This could be an extremely valuable source of information for families with members who have disabilities and/or who are elderly. For detailed information, visit http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/04/28/announcing-fema-mobile

Louisiana Emergency Preparedness and Recovery Resource List 142 KB (Word) - Compiled by LATAN, Fall 2009

National Emergency Preparedness and Recovery Resource List 574 KB (Word) - Compiled by LATAN, Fall 2009

Louisiana Emergency Management Disability and Aging Coalition 36.5 KB (Word)

Volunteer Caregiver Process 26.5 KB (Word)

Assistive Technology (AT) Needs Shelter Process  85 KB (Word)

The Take and Go Emergency Book 48.5 KB (Word)

Emergency Preparedness: Best Practices Guidelines 255 KB (Word)

State Evacuation Information Guide in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese (opens in web browser)

Emergency Communication Boards (opens in another window) - Temple University Institute on Disabilities

FCC PUBLIC NOTICE, DA 10-1107, Released: June 22, 2010, Reminder regarding Video Programming Distributors' (VPD) obligation to make emergency information accessible to persons with hearing or vision disabilities. 177 KB (PDF)