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Temporary work space: Crisis Camp:Portland/A way to organize this

Eventually (and sadly inevitably), the interest arising from events in Haiti will fade. Before it does, we need to build and test efficient and effective ways of promoting comprehensive and sound planning and preparedness efforts. Such measures should help us either prevent disasters or at least mitigate their effects on people property and the environment.

The Portland CrisisCamp team is working on a common and easily accessible knowledge base to support emergency management and business continuity planning by public, private, and non-profit entities consistent with established models and methods. These approaches seek to help users shorten the development cycle by:

  • Identifying hazards and sources of information about them relevant to local users
  • Organizing information according to essential support functions and emergency management functions referenced in standard planning protocols
  • Engaging users and contributors from different disciplines and locations to facilitate a shared understanding of emergency plans and procedures for mitigating disaster effects at the individual, household/family, business/organization/school, and community levels.

Beyond the wiki itself, we expect this project to facilitate the development and integration of emergency and business continuity plans across sectors, locales, and levels of government. We hope to eventually establishing either a common repository or search facility for accessing and using completed plans.

Italicized items are the content areas we're working on at present:

I am ...

  • Who
  • What (role)
  • Where

I need help to ...

  • Prevent
  • Mitigate
  • Prepare
  • Respond
  • Recover

For my ...

  • Self
  • Household/family
  • Business/organization
  • Neighborhood/community

In the event of ...

  • Earthquake
  • Severe weather (wind, rain, snow, sleet/ice, lightning, including hurricanes and tornadoes)
  • Flooding/storm surge/tsunami
  • Volcanic eruption, ashfall or lahar
  • Landslip, landslide, debris flow or subsidence
  • Wildland or wildland/urban interface fire
  • Urban fire, explosion, bombing
  • Transportation emergency (air, rail, truck, bus, etc. crash)
  • Hazardous material spill/release or chemical attack
  • Human or animal disease outbreak
  • Civil disturbance, mass migration/gathering, strike or parade
  • Utility disruption (water, wastewater treatment, telecommunication, electric power, fuel/energy)

Emergency Management and Essential Support Functions

  • Direction, Control and Coordination -- Who is in charge?
  • Warning and notification -- How do people get the word?
  • Communications -- How do people stay in informed and keep in touch?
  • Public order & law enforcement -- Who will keep the peace?
  • Public works & development -- How do I get permission to demolish, remove, build or repair?
  • Fire safety -- How do I keep a fire from starting or spreading?
  • Mass care & sheltering -- Where will people stay?
  • Transportation -- How will people get around?
  • Resources -- Where can we get stuff we need?
  • Facilities -- From where can people with supplies and equipment stage and operate?
  • Energy -- How will people power stuff?
  • Search & rescue -- Who can help me find and rescue people? What can I do to help?
  • Public health & medical care -- How do I avoid illness/injury or get care if I need it?
  • Food & water -- What will they eat and drink?
  • Natural resources -- How will we manage natural resources and environmental impacts?
  • Finance & administration -- How will we document and pay for it?
  • External affairs -- How will we manage interactions among responders with those affected by the event?

Introduction

Read information at the bottom of the page to orient yourself.


Orientation Links, please familiarize yourself with these:


Emergency Mgt / Preparedness Res

Introduction information

CrisisWiki.org is an editable directory of resources related to disaster response and emergency preparedness. Inspired by HurricaneWiki.org and other disaster wikis going back to the 2004 tsunami, CrisisWiki initially will focus on Haiti-related information. This time, however, the wiki is being designed so that it can easily expand to address future disasters, as well as collect important local, state, national and international emergency preparedness resources before a disaster strikes. Information collected on HurricaneWiki.org by the Crisis Camp meetups will be migrated to CrisisWiki.org. See the sources listed below for additional background.

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