Resource | Time (hrs) | Registration Required | Provider |
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A Shelter Story: Integrating Functional Needs Support Services (FNSS) into Emergency Shelter Plans - online course | 1 | Yes | Upper Midwest Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Center |
Risk Communications for Special Populations - online course | 1.5 | Yes | Upper Midwest Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Center |
Shelter & Mass Care: Fictitious County Emergency Operations Plan - publication | Self-paced | No | EPlan, LLC |
Care and Shelter Planning Template for Local Jurisdictions - publication | Self-paced | No | California Department of Social Services (CDSS) |
Provider: Upper Midwest Preparedness and Emergency Response Center
Course Description: This course tells the story of one community’s efforts to collaborate on improvements to its emergency shelter plans. You are invited to participate in these efforts, working with the county's Emergency Manager and other stakeholders to update plans last revised five years ago. As the story unfolds, you encounter questions asking you to identify relevant facts or to select the best course of action for making improvements to the planning process and its outcomes. Need help answering a question? Click on Help to see excerpts from publications included in the FNSS Resource Toolkit that comes with this training.
Time to complete: 1 hour
Learning objectives:
After participating in this scenario, learners should be able to:
Target audience: Emergency managers, shelter planners, and other mid-level public health professionals responsible for community preparedness
Access at A Shelter Story: Integrating Functional Needs Support Services (FNSS) into Emergency Shelter Plans [1]
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Course Description: Recent events have shown the need to reach everyone in the community, including those outside of the "mainstream". Must define these groups, locate them and ascertain how best to communicate with them. Some regions have done more on this than others. In wide-spread emergencies public health efforts must be inclusive. The goal is to make sure every member of the community understands the information needed to prepare, cope and recover from health emergencies.
There are five main sections in this course:
Time to complete: 1.5 hours
Learning Objectives:
On successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
Target Audience: This specialized course is intended for anyone responsible for communicating risk to special populations during an emergency situation. Prerequisite course for a basic understanding of risk communication: Don't Panic! Principles of Crisis and Risk Communication Scenario [3]
Access at Risk Communication for Special Populations [4]
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Provider: EPlan, LLC
Description: A planning tool that contains helpful appendixes such as a Triage Help Tool, Pre-Registration Tool, Flowchart of Authority, Flow of Residents, and Shelter Registration Form
Access at Shelter & Mass Care: Fictitious County Emergency Operations Plan [6]
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Provider: California Department of Social Services (CDSS)
Course Description: This online document details the four primary elements in planning for care and shelter operations:
Access at Care and Shelter Planning Template [8] (PDF Format)
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Links
[1] http://prepareiowa.training-source.org/training/courses#overlay=training/courses/A%2520Shelter%2520Story%253A%2520%2520Integrating%2520Functional%2520Needs%2520Support%2520Services%2520%2528FNSS%2529%2520Into%2520Emergency%2520Shelter%2520Plans/detail
[2] http://prepareiowa.training-source.org/sites/default/files/u2/06%20A%20Shelter%20Story.pdf
[3] http://prepareiowa.training-source.org/training/courses/#overlay=training/courses/Don%2527t%2520Panic%253A%2520%2520Principles%2520of%2520Crisis%2520and%2520Risk%2520Communication%2520Scenario/detail
[4] http://prepareiowa.training-source.org/training/courses#overlay=training/courses/Risk%2520Communication%2520for%2520Special%2520Populations/detail
[5] http://prepareiowa.training-source.org/sites/default/files/u2/07%20Risk%20Communication%20for%20Special%20Pops.pdf
[6] http://www.eplanonline.com/WebVer/SHELTER.htm#Attachment_1
[7] http://prepareiowa.training-source.org/sites/default/files/u2/08%20Shelter%20%26%20Mass%20Care%20Fictitious%20EOP.pdf
[8] https://braininjury.training-source.org/sites/default/files/u433/doc15.pdf
[9] http://prepareiowa.training-source.org/sites/default/files/u2/09%20Care%20%26%20Shelter%20Planning%20Template%20Local%20Jurisdictions.pdf