Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Ideas

Continuing with the whole community approach, we should encourage each family to establish a FAMILY OPERATIONS CENTER, with basic communications, reunification plans, and emergency provisions. If a particular family is overwhelmed, they would report to their NEIGHBORHOOD OPERATIONS CENTER, which ultimately supplies information (situation and needs) to the local jurisdiction EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER. Each level should ...more »

Community and Governance and my own life depends on the Home Owners Association that is part of my real Title. All minutes should be online as well. That is my first USA governmental agency. This would streamline all emergency communications and even training. The total is greater than the sum of its parts. One defective part lessens the effect of the total.

In addition to mapping of risk and protective factors, this process makes the whole community more resilient by: a) Bringing the community together to collectively plan, which increases the sense of ownership and responsibility on the disaster response and recovery activities b) Addressing issues that have been ignored for a long time c) Giving voice to the marginalized groups including those with access and functional ...more »

While the new "Whole Community" concept properly includes everyone with functional and mobility access concerns, I think that they will be lost as a smaller percentage of the general population. In order for people with needs to be properly considered and included in the planning they need to also stand as a separate activity which focuses upon functional and mobility access needs. I applaud the attention of the past ...more »