Relief Headquarters Website for Persons with Disabilities of Japan’s Tohoku-Kanto Great Earthquake

Now Available in English to support persons with disabilities affected by the Tohoku-Kanto Great Earthquake DPI-Japan, JIL, Yumekaze Foundation and other disability organizations have established “Relief Headquarters for Persons with Disabilities of Tohoku-Kanto Great Earthquake”.  This blog is now available in English and is providing updates from the "Relief Headquarters for Persons with Disabilities of Tohoku-Kanto Great Earthquake".  This headquarters is organized by persons with disabilities to support persons with disabilities affected by the great earthquake.

http://dpi.cocolog-nifty.com/en/

FCC National Survey - People with Disabilities and Calling 911

Friends -

There is a national survey being conducted by the Emergency Access Advisory Committee of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to see how individuals with disabilities want to call 9-1-1 in the future when they can use the Internet to send pictures, video, texts, as well as voice telephone calls.  This is an important accessibility objective!  When you need to call for help, how will you call 9-1-1?  Let the FCC and the Advisory Committee know!  This survey will be available until April 24, 2011.

To learn more about this Advisory Committee and the survey, go online to: www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro/EAAC/.

To take the emergency access NG911 national survey NOW, click on one of the options below:

English and American Sign Language (ASL): http://fcc.eaac.sgizmo.com/s3.

Acesso la Encuestra en Espanol: http://fcc.eaac-es.sgizmo.com/s3 .

 

Thank you,
Cheryl King
Cheryl.King@fcc.gov

Fire Safety Resources for People with Disabilities from the Inclusion Preparedness Center

The Inclusive Preparedness Center (IPC) for five years has worked to develop technical assistance and planning materials to be used by trusted community organizations to teach disaster readiness practices to people who are served by the organizations.  This national project of the IPC, Residential Fire Safety Planning for Difficult to Reach Residents (RFSP), provides training and planning materials to local fire service agencies and partner community organizations to increase installation and testing of smoke alarms in high fire-risk residences, and initiate more effective smoke and fire safety planning by the individuals and families living in those residences. The materials and a training webinar are available through this website.

http://www.firesafetyplanner.org/

The White House Celebrates Emergency Preparedness for People with Disabilities

The White House Blog

The White House Celebrates Emergency Preparedness for People with Disabilities

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/03/11/white-house-celebrates-emergency-preparedness-people-disabilities 

 

Earthquake Preparedness in Japan

How many Americans, apart from residents of the West Coast, feel any need for earthquake preparedness? Probably not enough of us.  Japan lies at the juncture of major tectonic plates and all residents are schooled in preparedness. That was not enough to overcome the devastation of earthquake and tsunami, but it could have been worse.

Kirk Spitzer, a former co-worker, is an award-winning journalist who has covered several major wars. In recent days he has been using his blog to do what he does best -- tell us the story. He was at home when the recent earthquake struck Japan. Home is on the 57th floor of a building in Tokyo. Read about his experience and the level of preparation expected of all Japanese citizens at this link:
 http://web.me.com/kirksp123
In Japan, A Culture Of Being Prepared

-- Trish Redmon

California Department of Developmental Services Webpage “Feeling Safe, Being Safe”

Emergency Preparation
 

California Department of Developmental Services Webpage “Feeling Safe, Being Safe”
http://www.dds.ca.gov/ConsumerCorner/fsbs/index.cfm
Webcasts, videos and materials concerning emergency preparation for people with disabilities.