2010 Getting Real: Inclusive Emergency Management National Capacity Building Training Conference

This page contains information about FEMA's September 22-24, 2010 Getting Real: Inclusive Emergency Management National Capacity Building Training Conference ("Getting Real") in Baltimore, MD.

In March, 2010, FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate said, “We don’t plan for easy in FEMA, we plan for real.” And virtually every community across the United States, as much as 50 percent of the population, needs assistance to prepare for emergencies and disasters. Among them, 20 percent of Americans have disabilities and may have access and functional needs that will affect their ability to read or understand preparedness information, hear alerts and warnings, utilize accessible transportation during an evacuation, maintain their independence in a shelter, find accessible housing if theirs has been destroyed, access services to enable them to return to work and deal with a myriad of other challenges. Despite this, real progress towards real preparedness is being made in communities that are committed to emergency planning that is inclusive of the participation and requirements of people with access and functional needs.

The “Getting Real” training conference was intended for members of the disability and emergency management communities.

The 3-day interactive training conference brought disability and emergency management community leaders together from across the country to build national capacity for inclusive emergency management practices, and the conference honored September as National Preparedness Month by training stakeholders in inclusive practices.

This conference prepared leaders for post-training responsibility to engage and educate others on how to effectively collaborate in emergency preparedness and disaster response and recovery.The conference was hosted by FEMA’s Office of Disability Integration and Coordination with partners from the FEMA National Protection and Preparedness Directorate, Individual & Community Preparedness Division; the Interagency Coordinating Council on Emergency Preparedness and Individuals with Disabilities; the National Council on Disability; the Department of Justice; the Department of Health and Human Services; the U.S. Department of Homeland, Security Science and Technology Directorate; the American Red Cross, and in coordination with the FEMA Emergency Management Institute.

• View the full 2010 Getting Real Agenda (PDF 66KB, TXT 4KB)
• Full Transcript: Day 1 - 9/22/2010
• Full Transcript: Day 2 - 9/23/2010
• Full Transcript: Day 3 - 9/24/2010
• Full Transcript - all days
• Day 1 - Speakers
• Day 2 - Speakers
• Day 3 - Speakers

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