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Disasterville 2026

Disasterville 2026

Disasterville is returning.

August 6, 7:00 PM, EOC 640 South Franklin, Greenfield

The sirens are silent, the howl of the wind has stopped. You come out of your basement to discover part of your roof is scattered across the neighbors lawn. Now what? Is your family prepared to pitch in with your neighbors to respond? 

Disasterville: A Training, Skills Refresher and Educational Tool 

Disasterville is designed as a table-top activity simulating a neighborhood set up with small buildings and figurines, including infrastructure damages, structure damages, and victim conditions.  The exercise will train you on the life-saving steps to take until the professionals can get there. 

 Disasterville is an interactive hands-on activity that helps as a great knowledge refresher/training tool, and is useful for preparedness education. 

Disasterville is useful for Community Organizations Active in Disasters (COAD), as well as local officials, Emergency Managers, professional responders, and the general public. 

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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.