EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS RESOURCES FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN DELAWARE

Available Resources in Delaware

Delaware EAS Radio Stations Delaware Statewide Traffic County Call Sign Frequency Advisory Radio New WDEL 1150 AM WTMC 1380 AM Castle WILM 1450 AM WWTX 1290 AM Delaware NOAA NWR Radio WNWK (Span) 1260 AM Stations WSTW 93.7 FM County Call Sign Frequency WJBR 99.5 FM New Castle WNG704 162.425 Kent WDOV 1410 AM New Castle KIH28 162.475 WAMS 1600 AM New Castle WXK97 162.500 WRDX 92.9 FM Kent WXJ94 162.550 WDSD 94.7 FM Kent WXK97 162.500 Sussex WSSR 900 AM Sussex WXJ94 162.550 WZBH 93.5 FM Sussex KEC92 162.475 Marine Marine Channel 16 Sussex WXK97 162.500

PrepareDE

PrepareDE is a new emergency preparedness website created by Delaware Citizen Corps just for Delawareans! Visit PrepareDE at: http://www.preparede.org/

Delaware Citizen Corps

Get involved in preparing your community with Delaware Citizen Corps! Delaware Citizen Corps provides training for emergency preparedness and response; participates in community preparedness and response exercises; and prepares volunteers to support local first responder efforts. To learn more and to get involved, contact Delaware Citizen Corps by phone at (302) 836-1656 or by visiting them on the web at www.delawarecitizencorps.org

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For more information about Delaware Citizen Corps, contact:

Bob George Citizen Corps Program Manager Email: [email protected]

Marny (Mac) McLee Citizen Corps Training & Outreach Coordinator Email: [email protected]

Delaware Emergency Management Agency (DEMA)

DEMA is the lead state agency for coordination of comprehensive emergency preparedness, training, response, recovery and mitigation services in order to save lives, protect Delaware's economic base and reduce the impact of emergencies.

For more information about DEMA, contact:

Delaware Emergency Management Agency 165 Brick Store Landing Road Smyrna, DE 19977 Phone: (302) 659-DEMA (3362) or (877) SAY-DEMA (877) 729-3362 (Delaware only) Website: http://dema.delaware.gov/services/disaster_prep.shtml

American Red Cross of the Delmarva Peninsula

The American Red Cross (ARC) of the Delmarva Peninsula serves Delaware and six counties in Maryland. The mission of the ARC, a humanitarian organization led by volunteers and guided by its Congressional Charter and the Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross Movement, is to provide relief to victims of disaster and help people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies.

For more information about the American Red Cross of the Delmarva Peninsula, contact:

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American Red Cross of the Delmarva Peninsula 100 West 10th Street, Suite 501 Wilmington, DE 19801-6604 Phone: (302) 656-6620 Fax: (302) 656-8797 Toll Free: (800) 777-6620 Web: http://www.redcrossdelmarva.org/

National & Federal Resources

The following list of national resources for persons with disabilities was gathered by the Disaster Information Management Research Center of the National Library of Medicine and is available at the following website: http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/outreach/specialpopulationsanddisasters.html

Persons with Disabilities

 Community Planning Toolkit for State Emergency Preparedness Managers U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: http://www.hhs.gov/od/disabilitytoolkit/index.html

 Disability Preparedness DisabilityPreparedness.gov: http://www.disabilitypreparedness.gov/

 Emergency Evacuation Planning Guide for People with Disabilities (PDF, 900 KB) National Fire Protection Association: http://www.nfpa.org/assets/files/PDF/Forms/EvacuationGuide.pdf

 Emergency Preparedness and Individuals with Disabilities Departmental Office of Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Transportation: http://www.dotcr.ost.dot.gov/asp/emergencyprep.asp

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 Emergency Preparedness: Addressing the Needs of People with Disabilities (PDF, 900 KB) National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University: http://www.ncdp.mailman.columbia.edu/files/DISABILITIES.pdf

 Evacuation Preparedness Guide Center for Disability Issues and the Health Professions, Western University of Health Sciences: http://www.cdihp.org/evacuation/toc.html

 Fire Safety for People with Disabilities U.S. Fire Administration, FEMA: http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/citizens/disability/

 Hurricane Information for Specific Groups U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: http://emergency.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/groups.asp

 Making Community Emergency Preparedness and Response Programs Accessible to People with Disabilities (PDF, 3,613 KB) Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice: http://www.ada.gov/emerprepguideprt.pdf

 People with Disabilities and Other Special Needs Ready.gov: http://www.ready.gov/america/getakit/disabled.html

 People with Disabilities National Fire Protection Association: http://www.nfpa.org/categoryList.asp?categoryID=824&&cookie%5Ftest=1

 Preparing for Disaster for People with Disabilities and Other Special Needs (PDF, 731 KB) American Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org/images/pdfs/preparedness/A4497.pdf

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 Removing the Barriers: A Fire Safety Factsheet for People with Disabilities and their Caregivers (PDF, 470 KB) U.S. Fire Administration, FEMA: http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/fswy22.pdf

 Resources on Emergency Evacuation and Disaster Preparedness U.S. Access Board: http://www.access-board.gov/evac.htm

 Supporting Special Needs and Vulnerable Populations in Disaster PrepareNow.Org: http://www.preparenow.org/pop.html

 World Disasters Report 2007 - Focus on discrimination (PDF, 3.8 MB) International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies: http://www.ifrc.org/Global/Publications/disasters/WDR/WDR2007- English.pdf

Seniors

 Disaster Planning Tips for Older Adults and their Families (PDF, 105 KB) U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: http://www.cdc.gov/aging/pdf/disaster_planning_tips.pdf

 Disaster Preparedness for Seniors by Seniors (PDF, 521 KB) American Red Cross: http://www.redcrosstbc.org/pdf/DisasterPreparednessSeniors.pdf

 Emergency Assistance Guide (PDF, 81 KB) U.S. Administration on Aging: http://www.aoa.gov/AoARoot/Preparedness/Resources_Network/pdf/Atta chment_1356.pdf

 Emergency Preparedness Tips for Older Adults American Geriatrics Society: http://www.healthinaging.org/public_education/emergency_tips.php

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 Just In Case: Emergency Readiness for Older Adults and Caregivers (PDF, 874 KB) U.S. Administration on Aging: http://www.aoa.gov/AoARoot/AoA_Programs/HCLTC/Caregiver/docs/Just_ in_Case030706_links.pdf

 Older Adults and Fire (PDF, 131 MB) U.S. Fire Administration, FEMA: http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/tfrs/v1i5-508.pdf

Hearing Impaired

 Emergency Warnings for People Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing National Weather Radio: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/special_need.htm

 Sign Language for Emergency Situations (PDF, 325 KB) Prepare.org: http://nwnc-redcross.org/signlangemergency.pdf

 Special-needs NOAA Weather Radio for deaf and hard-of-hearing persons National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu/safety/specialneeds.html

 What to Do In an Emergency American Association of the Deaf-Blind: http://www.aadb.org/information/emergency_preparation/emerg_plan.ht ml

Visually Impaired

 Emergency Preparedness and People Who are Blind and Visually Impaired: A Handbook for the Consumer (Microsoft Word document) American Council of the Blind: http://www.njcounciloftheblind.org/brochures/emergency_preparedness_ and_people_who_are_blind_and_visually_impaired.htm

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Home Health Care Providers

 Disaster Planning Guide for Home Health Care Providers (PDF, 641 KB) U.S. Department of Homeland Security: http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/oha-home-health-care- preparedness.pdf

 Preparedness Planning for Home Health Care Providers U.S. Department of Homeland Security: http://www.dhs.gov/files/programs/gc_1221055966370.shtm

Health Care Providers and First Responders

 Guidance for Integrating Culturally Diverse Communities into Planning and Responding to Emergencies: A Tool Kit (PDF, 438.4 KB) National Consensus Panel on Emergency Preparedness and Cultural Diversity: http://www.texashealthinstitute.org/files/OMHDiversityPreparednessToolk it.pdf

 Meeting the Needs of Vulnerable Populations in Emergency Response Public Health - Seattle and King County, Washington State: http://www.apctoolkits.com/vulnerablepopulation/

 Tips For First Responders U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Disabilities: http://www.hhs.gov/od/tips.html

 Public Health Emergency Preparedness Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: http://www.ahrq.gov/prep/

Women and Gender

 Disaster or Emergency Preparedness Plan for Women National Women's Health Information Center, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: http://womenshealth.gov/tools/disaster.cfm

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 Gender and Disaster Sourcebook Gender and Disaster Network: http://www.gdnonline.org/sourcebook/

 Gender, Women and Health. Gender and Disaster World Health Organization: http://www.searo.who.int/EN/Section13/Section390_8282.htm

 Gender Perspective: Working Together for Disaster Risk Reduction. Good Practices and Lessons Learned (PDF, 788KB) International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, United Nations: http://www.unisdr.org/eng/about_isdr/isdr-publications/09-gender-good- practices/gender-good-practices.pdf

 The IASC Handbook for Gender Equality in Humanitarian Action (PDF, 3.3 MB) World Health Organization: http://www.who.int/hac/network/interagency/news/gender_handbook_dr aft/en/index.html

Pregnancy

 Giving Birth “In Place”: A Guide to Emergency Preparedness for Childbirth (PDF, 215 KB) American College of Nurse-Midwives: http://www.midwife.org/siteFiles/education/giving_birth_in_place.pdf

 Prepare for a Disaster: Pregnancy March of Dimes: http://www.marchofdimes.com/stayingsafe_disaster.html

 Prepare for a Disaster: Information for anyone caring for a newborn March of Dimes: http://www.marchofdimes.com/environment_disaster.html

 QuickInfo: Disaster Preparedness (PDF, 67 KB) American College of Nurse-Midwives: 8

http://www.midwife.org/siteFiles/education/Disaster_Preparedness_6_08. pdf

Children

 2010 Report to the President and Congress National Commission on Children and Disasters: http://www.ahrq.gov/prep/nccdreport/

 Coping with Crisis - Helping Children with Special Needs National Association of School Psychologists: http://www.nasponline.org/resources/crisis_safety/specpop_general.aspx

 Emergency Preparedness for Children with Special Health Care Needs American Academy of Pediatrics: http://www.aap.org/advocacy/emergprep.htm

 FEMA for Kids FEMA: http://www.fema.gov/kids/

 Helping Children Cope with Crisis: A Guide for African American Parents U.S. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/cope_with_crisis_book/index .cfm

 Ready Kids U.S. Department of Homeland Security: http://www.ready.gov/kids/home.html

 National Child Traumatic Stress Network National Child Traumatic Stress Network: http://www.nctsn.org/

 Trinka and Sam: The Rainy Windy Day (PDF, 1.54 MB) National Child Traumatic Stress Network:

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http://www.nctsnet.org/sites/default/files/assets/pdfs/trinka_and_sam_fi nal.pdf

Diabetes

 Diabetes: Tips for Emergency Preparedness American Diabetes Association: http://www.diabetes.org/living-with-diabetes/treatment-and- care/medication/tips-for-emergency-preparedness.html

 Diabetes Disaster Preparedness (PDF, 210 KB) Division of Family Health Services, State of New Jersey: http://www.nj.gov/health/fhs/documents/diabetes_disaster_guidelines.pd f

 Diabetes Care During Natural Disasters, Emergencies, and Hazards U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/news/docs/disasters.htm

American Indians

 Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness National Congress of American Indians: http://www.ncai.org/Homeland_Security_Emergency.35.0.html

Foreign Language Materials

 Emergency and Community Health Outreach Emergency and Community Health Outreach: http://www.echominnesota.org/

 Emergency Preparedness Resources Center for Multicultural Health, Utah Department of Health: http://health.utah.gov/cmh/multilinguallibrary/topic/emergency.htm

 Emergencies: What to do in an Emergency: A Checklist (Multi-media emergency preparedness information in multiple languages)

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Healthy Roads Media: http://www.healthyroadsmedia.org/topics/emergencies.htm

 Other Languages FEMA: http://www.fema.gov/media/resources/languages.shtm

 RHIN - Refugee Health Information Network RHIN provides quality multilingual, health information resources for those providing care to resettled refugees and asylees: http://www.rhin.org/

 Translated Materials: Brochure/Handout National Resource Center on Advancing Emergency Preparedness for Culturally Diverse Communities: http://www.diversitypreparedness.org/Resources/Subtype/47/resourceTyp eId__7782/subtypeId__16058/

Información en Español

 Preparación para casos de desastre para personas con discapacidad y otras necesidades especiales (PDF, 8 MB) Cruz Roja Americana: http://www.cruzrojaamericana.org/pdf/A4497 s.pdf

 Preparación para Enfrentar Catástrofes Especialmente Dedicato a Personas de Edad Avanzada y Realizado por Personas de Edad Acanzada Cruz Roja Americana: http://www.cruzrojaamericana.org/pdf/seniorsSP.pdf

 Seguridad contra incendios para personas con discapacidad La Seguridad de Fuego, FEMA: http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/espanol/disability/index.shtm

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Training and Education

 Cultural Competency Curriculum for Disaster Response National Resource Center on Advancing Emergency Preparedness for Culturally Diverse Communities: http://www.diversitypreparedness.org/Topic/Subtopic/Record- Detail/18/resourceTypeId__7781/subtypeId__16065/resourceId__18407/

Guidance for Organizations and Governments

 Accommodating Individuals with Disabilities in the Provision of Disaster Mass Care, Housing, and Human Services FEMA: http://www.fema.gov/oer/reference/index.shtm

 At-Risk Populations in Emergencies: A Review of State and Local Stories, Tools, and Practices (PDF, 792 KB) Association of State and Territorial Health Officials: http://www.astho.org/Display/AssetDisplay.aspx?id=418

 Emergency Preparedness Planning Toolkit for Diverse Populations Center for Public Health Preparedness, Yale School of Public Health: http://info.med.yale.edu/eph/ycphp/Toolkit/HTMLfinal/index.html

 Emergency Readiness Resources American Hospital Association: http://www.aha.org/aha/issues/Emergency-Readiness/resources.html

 Functional Needs of People with Disabilities: A Guide for Emergency Managers, Planners and Responders (PDF, 166 KB) National Organization on Disability: http://nod.org/assets/downloads/Guide-Emergency-Planners.pdf

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 HIPAA Privacy Rule: Disclosures for Emergency Preparedness - A Decision Tool Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/special/emergency/ decisiontoolintro.html

 Making Community Emergency Preparedness and Response Programs Accessible to People with Disabilities: An ADA Guide for Local Governments U.S. Department of Justice: http://www.ada.gov/emergencyprepguide.htm

 National Disaster Life Support Program American Medical Association: http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/physician-resources/public- health/center-public-health-preparedness-disaster-response/national- disaster-life-support.shtml

 National Resource Center on Advancing Emergency Preparedness for Culturally Diverse Communities: http://www.diversitypreparedness.org/

Guidance for Employers

 Effective Emergency Preparedness Planning: Addressing the Needs of Employees with Disabilities Office of Disability Employment Policy, U.S. Department of Labor: http://www.dol.gov/odep/pubs/fact/effective.htm

 Emergency Procedures for Employees with Disabilities in Office Occupancies (PDF, 1.25 MB) U.S. Fire Administration, FEMA: http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/fa-154.pdf

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 Employers' Guide to Including Employees with Disabilities in Emergency Evacuation Plans Job Accommodation Network: http://askjan.org/media/emergency.html

Law and Policy

 Executive Order: Individuals with Disabilities in Emergency Preparedness The White House: http://georgewbush- whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2004/07/20040722-10.html

Lessons Learned from Prior Disasters

 Hurricane Katrina Bulletin: HIPAA Privacy and Disclosures in Emergency Situations (PDF, 30 KB) Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/special/emergency/ katrinanhipaa.pdf

 Lessons Learned From the World Trade Center Disaster: Emergency Preparedness for People with Disabilities in New York (PDF, 355 KB) Center for Independence of the Disabled: http://cidny.org/content/cidnyweb/Files/CIDNY_Views/Reports/2004/Less ons.Learned_report.pdf

 The Impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on People with Disabilities: A Look Back and Remaining Challenges National Council on Disability: http://www.ncd.gov/NCD/publications/2006/Aug072006#5f6eb7d5_3801_ 431d_83dd_a1d224b2b678

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Searches from the National Library of Medicine

MedlinePlus - Consumer health information

 Disasters Topic Index: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/disasters.html

 Coping with Disasters: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/copingwithdisasters.html

 Disaster Preparation and Recovery: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/disasterpreparationandrecovery.htm l

 Man-Made Disasters

o Biodefense and Bioterrorism: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/biodefenseandbioterrorism.ht ml

o Chemical Emergencies: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/chemicalemergencies.html

o Radiation Emergencies: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/radiationemergencies.html

 Natural Disasters

o Earthquakes http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/earthquakes.html

o Fires: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/fires.html

o Floods http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/floods.html

o Hurricanes http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hurricanes.html

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o Tornadoes http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tornadoes.html

o Tsunamis http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tsunamis.html

o Volcanoes http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/volcanoes.html

o Winter Weather Emergencies: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/winterweatheremergencies.ht ml

PubMed - Biomedical journal literature

 Disabled persons and disaster preparation: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Search&db=pubmed&term =disabled%20persons%5Bmh%5D%20AND%20%28disasters%5Bmh%5D%2 0OR%20rescue%20work%5Bmh%5D%29

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