September 22 - 24 FEMA held "Getting Real" The 2010 Inclusive Emergency Management National Capacity Building Training Conference in Baltimore. It was a three-day interactive training conference bringing the disability and emergency management community leaders together from across the country to build national capacity for inclusive emergency management practices. This has been such a hot topic and of course not everyone could attend, so they made a web cast of the whole conference, and it is now up to be shared with others. The link is below. There was great information. Marcie Roth & David Garrett from FEMA, Richard Devylder from US DOT, William Lynch from US DOJ and Administrator Fugate were among the wonderful & knowledgeable presenters.
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It's too bad that FEMA can't follow it's own advice and help people with disabilities including people in their own headquarters.
ReplyDeleteIn case of a fire or bomb threat FEMA has no way to evacuate people with mobility problems from the FEMA headquarters.Anyone that has been hurt or left behind in an evacuation is left on their own.
This conference is another CYA move engineered to cover FEMA's lack of vision and lack of planning. Roth is the "bought" disability spokesperson who would say and do anything to advance her career, even selling out her supposed constituency. She tells Congressman Thompson, Kareem Dale and others what they want to hear, while drinking from the firehouse.(following the company line),
At least Dyvelder is honest and would not turn his back on others for a job title.
FEMA's real message is===you are on your own.
People with disabilities are used to that treatment. We should continue to hold tight to our convictions and not buy the promises of the same bureaucrats that were and are willing to let a certain number of people die, as we witnessed in Katrina. There will be no real change until FEMA cleans house of
people that fake news conferences and give single source bids to friends under the table.DHS needs it's own office of disability policy that is not a catchall of projects that affect children and the disabled. And they need someone with some real integrity to lead, not follow.