Special Needs Populations Toolkit
For Local & Regional Emergency Planners
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Comprehensive and
thoughtful planning is the key to effective response to the needs
of persons with special needs during an emergency event,
especially large scale events.
To provide information and resources to assist in planning
for these populations, the Missouri Disaster Recovery Partnership
formed a Special Needs Populations Taskforce (SNPTF) lead by DHSS
and the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation and supported by
SEMA. The SNPTF has
identified and catalogued resources in the form of a CD library
for emergency planners, whether they are associated with municipal
or county government, hospitals, public health or other
organizations active in disaster.
With the assistance of committees representing disaster
response organizations, human service agencies and individuals
representing those with special needs, the SNPTF produced a series
of CDs that comprise the toolkit, specifically: · Planning
for Seniors and People with Disabilities · Planning
for Children and Youth · Culturally
Competent Disaster Planning and Response To provide a comprehensive
compendium of materials and to allow each CD to be useful
independent of the others, some information is duplicated between
CDs due to its value for multiple groups. |
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Due to the federal emphasis
on planning after 9/11 and the 2001 anthrax incidents, there was a
great investment in resource development by public and private
entities. These CDs
reflect the resources available to catalogue in 2005.
The record-setting 2005 hurricane season including
Hurricane Katrina and increasing public awareness of avian flu as
a potential threat will undoubtedly result in more publications
and lessons learned for special populations.
The CD user is encouraged to check for more current
information or updates to any of these resources using the links
in addition to the copies of material provided on the CDs.
Information on the CD represents material in the public
domain and may be reproduced or adapted for local application in
planning efforts with proper attribution. |
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For additional copies of the
CD, to download its contents from the web or to get information
about planning for special needs populations, please contact
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| Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services | |||
| Center for Emergency Response & Terrorism | |||
| P.O. Box 570 | |||
| Jefferson City, Missouri 65102
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| Phone: 573-526-4768 | |||
| Web: www.dhss.mo.gov
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| State Emergency Management Agency
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| Missouri Department of Public Safety
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| PO Box 116
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| 2302 Militia Drive | |||
| Phone: 573-526-9101
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| Web: http://sema.dps.mo.gov/semapage.htm
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All of the information on
the CD library is in Adobe Acrobat format pdf format or in MS word
or both in some instances. To
view the files contained on the CD, put the CD in the appropriate
drive and double click on the My Computer icon on the desktop.
Double click on the icon for your CD drive. When the CD opens, double click on files and folders to
access them. These
files and folders can be saved to the user’s computer.
A table of contents is included on each CD and will include
the CD introduction and Use as a file as well as the catalogue of
the CD’s contents. CD contents can also be viewed in a webpage
by double-clicking on "Index". |
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