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July Meeting – Emergency Communications

July Meeting – Emergency Communications

You have seen the ADT ads: your phone alerts you there is a water leak in your home while you are away. You remotely unlock your door so a neighbor can save the day.

You have seen the news reports of the devastation in Merrillville. You have elderly family there that you need to check on.

When a disaster hits your neighborhood or that of a family member–

Who will you contact?

How will you contact them?

Now is the time to make those plans. Come to the July meeting of the Hancock County Emergency Management Volunteers to learn about your options.

Thursday, July 2, 7:00 PM

EOC,640 South Franklin, Greenfield

Someone will go home with this cool set in time for your weekend family BBQ.

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Family Reunification-Emotional & Spiritual Care

Following any emergency in Hancock County, the availability of emotional and spiritual support for impacted families is critical. To provide those services for an emergency of even moderate scope will require a large number of volunteers in addition to the available professionals. This is a chance for God’s people to serve their neighbors in a meaningful way.

The regular June meeting of the Hancock County Emergency Management Volunteers will be June 4th at 7:00 PM.

LOCATION _ Vernon Township Training Center 602 Vitality Drive, Fortville

Presenters will give an overview of the Hancock County Health Departments Family Reunification Plan and the resources available through Hancock Health (Critical Incident Stress Management team and Mobile Reponse Team) to provide emotional & spiritual care at this location (when activated) as well as the other disaster response locations such as shelters and family assistance centers.

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May Emergency Management Volunteers Meeting

Do you know which of your neighbors might need extra help when an emergency occurs? Who might you turn to if you need help? Come to the May meeting to hear about the advantages of setting up a Neighborhood Response Team. Details here

“ALL DISASTERS ARE LOCAL”

When the F5 tornado hit Joplin, Missouri some years back, the response was remarkable for its efficiency and success in minimizing the impact on the local citizens. Part of that success lies in the initial push by the local emergency leaders. They worked through the churches and schools to take advantage of existing calling trees. They asked those organizations to reach as many of their constituents as possible and ask two questions: 1) Do you need help? And 2) Can you help? Once the response were gathered the emergency management leadership matched people with resources to those needing help.

Hancock County COAD (Community Organizations Active in Disasters) would like to establish a similar approach, proactively taking that resource inventory/needs tracking to the neighborhood level. Our vision is to establish Neighborhood Response Teams, consisting of 3-4 people, to reach out to their neighbors and ask those same questions: Will you need help/Will you help. The COAD will offer those teams support in the form of survey forms, educational preparedness materials to hand out and mobile communications.