reducing risks by increasing resilience

Reducing Risks by Increasing Resilience

Carol DunnCity of BellevueOffice of Emergency Management

cdunn@bellevuewa.gov

3 Steps to Resilience

1.Learn to objectively think about risks

2.Identify risks & take steps to reduce them

3.Don’t try to do it alone

Denial is our default state.

Our systems block out future risk

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Identify Risks

Local Assessment/GIS Information

Take Steps to Reduce Risks

• Make avoiding harm easy• If you face specific risk from a slides,

flooding, fire: mitigate in advance!• Help Responders:

– Easy to find your location– your gas, electrical and water shut off– Someone who has specific information

about your facility-put up contact information/phone.

Don’t go it alone!

• Your residents are your best resource– Manage expectations– Build into communication from move in– Encourage & reward self motivation

• There are partners in your community: – Local Red Cross– Local Emergency Management/Fire

And very first step:

Plan