Archived Inclusive Emergency Management Webinars

WEBINAR POSTPONED: ADA National Network Learning Session: Geographic Differences in Disaster Risk Vulnerability for People with Disabilities in the U.S.: A Look at Data and Mapping

10th November, 2022

Notice: This webinar has been postponed to a later date. New details will be posted to the schedule page when a rescheduled date has been finalized. This webinar will ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: What Did They Say - Why Effective Communications is Critical in Emergency Management

11th August, 2022

This webinar reviews the importance of effective communication in emergency management. Using real life examples and from the field, the speakers will address what effective ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: The Realities of Emergency Management: Understanding Our Realities and How They Impact Inclusive Emergency Management

12th May, 2022

Emergency Management Directors (EMDs) deal with some surprising and sometimes immovable obstacles in their operations including tiny budgets, small to no staff, and a lack of ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Managing Service and Emotional Support Animals in Emergencies

14th April, 2022

In preparation for a disaster or other emergency, emergency management agencies have many things to consider such as accessibility of emergency messages, and accessible ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Operationalizing the Principles of Inclusive Emergency Management

10th March, 2022

This presentation will outline how key principles for inclusive emergency management are being used by the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES), Kern ...

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ADA National Network Special Session: Has the COVID19 Vaccine Effort Worked for People with Disabilities?

9th November, 2021

In this presentation, CDC survey data will be reviewed that shows adults with a disability are more likely to report difficulty getting a COVID-19 vaccine compared to adults ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Global Disability Leadership Before, During and After Disasters

9th September, 2021

Disability leaders are very active in global disability inclusive disaster and climate initiatives. Learn about what's happening in Emergency Preparedness, Disaster Risk ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Achieving Whole Community Inclusion in Emergency Management

12th August, 2021

Are you "planning for or planning with" the whole community? Ensuring inclusion is a daunting task with many variables to consider that impact all of your agency's core ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: How Personal Assistance Services Promote the Self-Determination of People with Disabilities Recovering from Disaster.

8th July, 2021

The Personal Assistance Services Addendum to the Mass Care/Emergency Assistance Pandemic Planning Considerations released in January 2021 increases collaboration, planning, and ...

read more about the webinar, "ADA National Network Learning Session: How Personal Assistance Services Promote the Self-Determination of People with Disabilities Recovering from Disaster."

ADA National Network Learning Session: Disability Inclusion and Considerations in Vaccination Centers and Operations

10th June, 2021

This session will discuss accessibility considerations for vaccination centers centered primarily around physical accessibility, communication access, and programmatic access ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Prepared4ALL: Whole Community Emergency Planning

13th May, 2021

Disasters and emergencies, like the current COVID-19 pandemic, disproportionately affect Americans with disabilities, chronic and mental health conditions (PWD). To close this ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: A Closer Look: COVID-19 Accessible Materials for People with Disabilities Project

11th February, 2021

COVID-19 has disproportionately affected many groups, including the 61 million people in the United States living with a disability. As part of the COVID-19 Accessible ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody Colorados Development of a statewide Access & Functional Needs Program

14th January, 2021

"Access & Functional Needs" is one of the current fault lines of effective emergency planning and response. While the concepts and importance of access & functional needs ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: American Red Cross Disaster Response During the COVID-19 Pandemic

8th October, 2020

This webinar will cover several aspects of disaster response from the perspective of the American Red Cross during the COVID-19 pandemic including preparation and guidance ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Listos California Emergency Preparedness Campaign - An Innovative Community Based Approach to Disaster Preparedness

10th September, 2020

This webinar will highlight the efforts of this ground breaking $50 million approach to whole community preparedness. We will discuss how centering the community first, ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: FEMA Perspective on Emergency Management, COVID-19 and People with Disabilities

13th August, 2020

This session will provide an overview of FEMA's roles and responsibilities in the midst of COVID-19, how FEMA continued to serve people with disabilities during that response, ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: California Emergency Plans for Wildfire Season in a COVID19 Environment

9th July, 2020

This presentation will focus on plans for fire season and specifically address California's efforts regarding practicing integrated emergency communication, ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Integrating the Access and Functional Needs Coordinator Role into your Emergency Operations Center

11th June, 2020

This webinar will cover how a local agency has incorporated the role of the Access and Functional Needs (AFN) Coordinator into its Emergency Operations Centers and review some ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Using the California Power Safety Power Outages for Inclusive Emergency Planning

14th May, 2020

This webinar will focus on the 2019 California Public Safety Power Shut-offs (PSPS) including stories from the community, barriers experienced, coordination across public and ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Research on ADA Coordinators involvement in accessible emergency management

9th April, 2020

ADA Coordinators assist state and local governments in making the agency's program and services accessible as required under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Inclusive Emergency Planning

13th February, 2020

Inclusive emergency planning isn't as scary and out of reach as it sometimes feels. Emergency managers from city, county and state level and FEMA's Region IX Disability ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Earthquake Preparedness For Everyone, With Everyone

9th January, 2020

Everyone, everywhere should know how to protect themselves before, during, and after earthquakes. People with Access and Functional Needs (AFN) or disabilities need to be aware ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: FEMAs Section 504 Disability Access Plan

12th December, 2019

FEMA is engaged in implementing its Section 504 Disability Access Plan to enhance access for people with disabilities and strengthen compliance with Section 504 of the ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: A Disability Justice Approach to Disaster Assistance

10th October, 2019

An interactive virtual workshop on Disability Justice approaches to disaster assistance that recognizes histories of harm and centers communities of color. The session will be ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: FEMAs Office of Disability Integration & Coordination - Who We Are & How We Serve

8th August, 2019

This session highlights an overview of the strategic vision of FEMA's Office of Disability Integration & Coordination (ODIC). In this session, members of ODIC will discuss the ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: The Recommendations from DHS Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) after the Disasters of 2017

11th July, 2019

Following the major hurricanes and wildfires of 2017, the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) and FEMA conducted listening sessions in a number of areas of the ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Emergency Stair Travel Devices

13th June, 2019

Safe, efficient travel along stairs is a key component of an emergency evacuation plan, in a high-rise or any building where the evacuation path includes stairways. There is a ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Fitting Accessibility into the Design and Construction Standards of Storm Shelters

9th May, 2019

The ICC 500 is a standard for the design and construction of storm shelters for protection from tornados and hurricanes. This course will review where storm shelters are ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: We All Want Disability Inclusion in Emergency Management - New Research on What is Actually Happening

11th April, 2019

This webinar will review findings from new research conducted by New York University and the Pacific ADA Center on what local emergency managers in federal region 9 say they ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Recovery After Disasters and Individuals with Disabilities - What We Know and What We Do Not

14th March, 2019

Of the phases of the disaster cycle, the recovery phase is the longest but the least explored with respect to the experiences of people with disabilities. This session will ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Feeling Safe, Being Safe Going Forward

14th February, 2019

Feeling Safe, Being Safe was the first online emergency preparedness training series developed by people with intellectual disabilities for people with disabilities and older ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: The latest in American Red Cross efforts to integrate people with disabilities in emergency planning and response.

10th January, 2019

The webinar will outline the American Red Cross Disability Integration program that is rolled out across the US to Red Cross regions and Divisions. Current disaster relief ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Inclusive Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery - Getting It Right

8th November, 2018

This webinar will review new legislation, crafted by inclusive disability disaster advocates with U.S. Senate leaders, led by Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA). The legislation focuses on ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: One year after Hurricane Maria, how is Puerto Rico faring and how are they planning for the next disaster?

11th October, 2018

Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico about one year ago. In this presentation, members of the Puerto Rico Disability Community Relief Network (PRDCRN) will review the impact of the ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: One year after Hurricane Harvey, How is Houston Making Its Disaster Planning Disability Inclusive?

13th September, 2018

Hurricane Harvey hit the Houston area about one year ago. In this presentation, Maria Town of the Houston Mayor's Office on Disability takes a look back at the inclusive ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Getting It Right - An After Action Report on major disasters of 2017-18

9th August, 2018

This webinar is a discussion and review of the Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies' After-Action Report, Getting It Wrong: An Indictment with a Blueprint for Getting ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: The Disaster Response Efforts of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

12th July, 2018

The Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) leads the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) commitment to protecting civil rights in natural and man-made ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Smart911 Program Outcomes during the Missoula 2017 Wildfire Season - Lessons from a whole community approach to emergency planning

14th June, 2018

In February 2012, Missoula County acquired Smart911 and later added SmartPrepare and Rave Alerts. The Missoula LEPC and DPC integrated these systems into emergency management ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Recovery from the recent disasters: Lessons for disability planning in remote areas

8th March, 2018

Any community can become isolated during a disaster even if they aren't directly impacted. Through a historical perspective and actual disaster experiences, three FEMA Regional ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Review of Emergency Preparedness Litigation

8th February, 2018

The ADA was passed before major emergencies such as September 11th, Hurricane Katrina and Sandy Hook. As a result, the text of the ADA does not specifically reference the ADA's ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: A Frontline View of the Oroville Dam and Sonoma and Napa Wildfire Disasters

11th January, 2018

Two significant disasters have hit Northern California over the past year - the failure of the Oroville Dam and the series of wildfires that hit Sonoma and Napa counties and ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Innovative Ideas for Ensuring Your Emergency Operations Plans are Inclusive for the Whole Community

9th November, 2017

Ensuring your Emergency Operations Plans are inclusive of the whole community can come with challenges. In this presentation, we will explore innovative, efficient, and ...

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How Functional Assessment Service Teams (FAST) are being implemented in 3 states

12th October, 2017

When people are displaced from their homes during a disaster and find it necessary to stay in a community shelter, it is essential that community officials, responders, and ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Emergency Planning for Institutional Facilities

13th July, 2017

The International Building Code and International Fire Code have unique emergency criteria for assisted living facilities, nursing homes, hospitals and jails. In these types ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Clear & Effective Emergency Communications over Wireless Devices

11th May, 2017

During an emergency, alert and warning officials need to provide the public with life-saving emergency messages that inform those in the impacted area and compel them to take ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Emergency communications approaches during and after an emergency

9th March, 2017

It is well known that people who are deaf or hard of hearing can experience communication issues during emergency announcements. It is also well-known that meetings need ...

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FEMA Promising Practice: Engaging Emergency Management Leadership to be Champions of Disability Integration and Inclusive Planning

9th February, 2017

The Commonwealth of Virginia has learned that a whole community approach to emergency management requires leadership that promotes and champions inclusive emergency planning ...

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Including Disability: The Updated California Office of Emergency Services Active Shooter Awareness Guidance

12th January, 2017

On December 2, 2015, terrorists attacked the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California. Because the center serves individuals with intellectual disabilities, initial ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Perspectives of Building Occupants with Mobility Impairments on Fire Evacuation and Elevators

8th December, 2016

Safe and effective evacuation during a fire or other catastrophic event requires planning, practice, and available options to exit the building. Building occupants with ...

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FEMA Promising Practice: Working with Disability Partners in FEMA Long-Term Recovery Programs

10th November, 2016

FEMA Disability Integration Advisors work closely with disability partners to ensure they are imbedded into all areas of recovery. Disability partners play a crucial role in ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: National Fire Protection Association- Emergency Evacuation Planning for People with Disabilities

27th October, 2016

PLEASE NOTE: This webinar was rescheduled to October 27, 2016 AT 2:30 Eastern Time. General advice about major disasters says each of us will very likely need to take ...

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FEMA Promising Practices: Fire preparedness and Post-Disaster Accessibility Issues in the Home

8th September, 2016

This webinar will have two presentations that look at fire preparedness for people with disabilities and accessibility issues in the home. The first is Home Fire Safety ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Disaster Behavioral Health and People With Access and Functional Needs: Resources from the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

11th August, 2016

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is the agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that leads public health efforts to ...

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FEMA Promising Practice: Strategies for Effective Communication with People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing in Emergencies

14th July, 2016

This presentation will provide two examples of practices for effective communications with people with disabilities in emergencies. The first is a partnership between Center ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Cal OES Office of Access and Functional Needs (OAFN) Web Map - Integration Through Innovation

9th June, 2016

A key component of disaster response is the capability to rapidly identify and deploy the resources needed before, during, and after emergencies. These resources, which are ...

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FEMA Promising Practice: Disability Inclusion in Planning and Hawaii Personal Preparedness

12th May, 2016

Full and meaningful inclusion of individuals with disabilities and others with access and functional needs in the emergency management process needs shared understanding, ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Including People with Disabilities in Emergency Planning- Projects from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

14th April, 2016

At the federal level, while FEMA gets most of the attention for doing work around emergencies, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is also involved. CDC funds ...

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FEMA Promising Practice: Establishing Disability Community Preparedness

10th March, 2016

In this webinar, two presentations will demonstrate practices in the field that assist in the preparedness of people with disabilities. In the first half, presenters will ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Accessible Means of Egress/Emergency Evacuation

11th February, 2016

The way someone enters and moves into a building is not always the same way they move to evacuate a building in an emergency. In addition to accessible entry, persons with ...

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FEMA Promising Practice: Communication Outreach and Toolkits

14th January, 2016

This webinar will have two presentations that address responding to communications and outreach needs of the whole community. In the first presentation, we will hear from ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Building and Maintaining National Partnerships for Improving Emergency Preparedness, Response and Recovery to Individuals with Disabilities: Lessons Learned

10th December, 2015

Presenters will discuss the strategies involved in developing a partnership between national organizations. They will share what they have learned during the past three years, ...

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FEMA Promising Practice: Inclusive Emergency Management Practices in Vermont

12th November, 2015

On August 28, 2011, the State of Vermont was devastated by Tropical Storm Irene, resulting in several deaths, hundreds of homes destroyed, over a thousand Vermonters displaced, ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Making Your ShakeOut Earthquake Drill Accessible to People with Disabilities

8th October, 2015

This presentation will include a brief history of the Earthquake Country Alliance (ECA), how the Great California ShakeOut began, and the approach ECA and San Francisco Bay ...

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FEMA Promising Practices: Preparedness Planning for People with Respiratory Issues and those with Intellectual Disabilities

10th September, 2015

This webinar will cover important aspects of consideration during the proactive development and implementation of a disaster plan for people with developmental disabilities and ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Strengthening Emergency Communication Strategies Among Responders and People who are Disproportionally Impacted

13th August, 2015

The ability to receive information and communicate efficiently and effectively with first responders and other health personnel during an emergency or disaster can be ...

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FEMA Promising Practice: Overnight Shelter Experiences

9th July, 2015

There are many reasons to undertake an exercise such as the Overnight Shelter Exercise with the Disability Community, such as, the lack of appropriate and accessible services ...

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FEMA Promising Practices: Closing Gaps in Local Emergency Plans and Grassroots Emergency Planning

14th May, 2015

This presentation will share two practices that brought people together to bring about increased knowledge and action on emergency preparedness. First, we will hear about the ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Looking at power issues from 2 perspectives: a utility and the American Red Cross

9th April, 2015

Loss of power remains an acute and complex emergency threat for those people with disabilities and others with access and functional needs whose margin of resilience is ...

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FEMA Promising Practice: Community Maps to Catalyze Partnerships, Planning and Advocacy for Access and Functional Needs

12th March, 2015

This webinar will highlight a state-wide mapping project aimed at bridging the gap in current emergency preparedness and response planning and resources, especially for those ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: What Large-Scale Planned Events can Teach us About Inclusive Planning for Disasters: Lessons Learned from the 2014 World Series Championship Parade & Civic Celebration in San Francisco.

12th February, 2015

We often think of disaster planning in terms of a big fire, earthquake, tornado, or terrorist attack. However, many large-scale planned public events require similar emergency ...

read more about the webinar, "ADA National Network Learning Session: What Large-Scale Planned Events can Teach us About Inclusive Planning for Disasters: Lessons Learned from the 2014 World Series Championship Parade & Civic Celebration in San Francisco."

FEMA Promising Practice: Whole Community Inclusion Emergency Preparedness Planning at the State Level

8th January, 2015

The webinar will cover two state efforts. Utah - The webinar will summarize the new model of planning, and the improvements made as a result of a taskforce formed ...

read more about the webinar, "FEMA Promising Practice: Whole Community Inclusion Emergency Preparedness Planning at the State Level"

ADA National Network Learning Session: Inclusive Emergency Planning – Lessons from the City of Los Angeles Lawsuit

11th December, 2014

This webinar provides an overview of major lessons observed as The City of Los Angeles works to strengthen its inclusion of people with disabilities and others with access and ...

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FEMA Promising Practice: Including Emergency Management in Independent Living Centers to Maximize Potential for Whole Community Preparedness

13th November, 2014

Without cooperative approaches people with disabilities will be greatly impacted during all phases of disaster. This presentation will engage audiences on how offices of ...

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ADA National Network Learning Session: Effective Communications with People who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing

9th October, 2014

In an emergency, communication is crucial to the safety of all citizens. What happens to persons who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf blind during an emergency? This session ...

read more about the webinar, "ADA National Network Learning Session: Effective Communications with People who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing"

Registries: Its not about the list!

11th September, 2014

"Registries: Its not about the List!" - the next session in the Emergency Management and Preparedness - Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities Webinar Series will be held on ...

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Including Disability in State and Local Offices of Emergency Management

1st July, 2014

"Including Disability in State and Local Offices of Emergency Management" - the next session in the Emergency Management and Preparedness - Inclusion of Persons with ...

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Nontraditional Emergency Shelters and People with Disabilities

8th May, 2014

“Nontraditional Emergency Shelters and People with Disabilities” - the next session in the “Emergency Management and Preparedness - Inclusion of Persons with ...

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Evacuation Chairs: Recent Research and New Performance Standards

27th March, 2014

“Evacuation Chairs: Recent Research and New Performance Standards” - the next session in the “Emergency Management and Preparedness - Inclusion of Persons ...

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Oakland's Journey from Emergency Management Defendant to Model City for Inclusionary Practices

8th January, 2014

"Oakland California's Journey from Emergency Management Defendant to Model City for Inclusionary Practices" is the part of the "Emergency Management and Preparedness - ...

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Communication with People with Disabilities in Disasters

12th November, 2013

"Communication with People with Disabilities in Disasters Webinar" is the part of the "Emergency Management and Preparedness - Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities" series of ...

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Evacuation and Transportation in Emergencies for People with Disabilities

26th September, 2013

"Evacuation and Transportation in Emergencies for People with Disabilities Webinar" is the part of the "Emergency Management and Preparedness - Inclusion of Persons with ...

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Using FEMA's Functional Needs Guidance in Shelters

26th June, 2013

"Using FEMA's functional needs guidance in shelters" was the part of the "Emergency Management and Preparedness - Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities" series of webinars and ...

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High Rise Evacuation for People with Disabilities

10th April, 2013

"High Rise Evacuation for People with Disabilities" – is the next session in the "Emergency Management and Preparedness - Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities Webinar ...

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The State, Local and Community Response to Emergencies - How Disability Fits (Part 2 - Response)

25th October, 2012

"The State, Local and Community Response to Emergencies" – is the next session in the "Emergency Management and Preparedness - Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities ...

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The State, Local, and Community Response to Emergencies- How Disability Fits (Part 1- Planning)

13th September, 2012

In the first of a two part webinar, we will cover how state and local agencies plan for emergencies. We will cover State plans including the emergency support functions (such ...

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The Federal Response to Emergencies and Disasters - How Disability Fits

22nd August, 2012

"The Federal Response to Emergencies and Disasters Webinar" – is the next session in the "Emergency Management and Preparedness - Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities ...

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