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Project

Unable to Self Evacuate

Center:

WY-Wyoming Institute for Disabilities, UCEDD

Fiscal Year:

2008

Contact Information:

Dave Schaad
[email protected]
307-766-2095

Project Description:

The Wyoming INstitute for Disabilities (WIND) recently established a contract with the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) Hospital Preparedness Program to work with staff from the Wyoming Office of Homeland Security and county emergency management directors to facilitate and foster local collaboration to ensure local emergency planning efforts includes people with disabilities. Project focus is to provide training and technical assistance for: 1) people with disabilities in creating personal emergency plans, 2) providers of services to people with disabilities for developing emergency plans, 3) emergency managers to ensure emergency plans include provisions for people with all categories and types of disabilities and assist emergency managers in contacting people with disabilities to help coordinate local plans, and 4) inclusion of plans for people with disabilities in all hospitals throughout the state.

Keyword(s):

emergency preparedness, evacuation

Core Function(s):

Performing Technical Assistance and/or Training, Developing & Disseminating Information

Area of Emphasis

Quality Assurance, Health-Related Activities

Target Audience:

Community Trainees / Short term trainees, Professionals and Para-Professionals, Family Members/Caregivers, Adults with Disabilities, General Public

Unserved or Under-served Populations:

Rural/Remote, Specific Groups

Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:

State