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Community Preparedness: Engaging Consulates & NPOs/NGOs to Improve Disaster Response Elisa Estrada, MPA Office of Emergency Preparedness & Response, NYC DOHMH

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Community Preparedness: Engaging Consulates & NPOs/NGOs to Improve Disaster Response. Elisa Estrada, MPA Office of Emergency Preparedness & Response, NYC DOHMH. Local Communities Chosen. Earthquake in January 2010 - Haiti Earthquake in February 2010 - Chile - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Community Preparedness:  Engaging Consulates & NPOs/NGOs to Improve Disaster Response

Community Preparedness: Engaging Consulates &

NPOs/NGOs to Improve Disaster Response

Elisa Estrada, MPA

Office of Emergency Preparedness & Response, NYC

DOHMH

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Local Communities Chosen

Earthquake in January 2010 - Haiti

Earthquake in February 2010 - Chile

Floods in July-August 2010 - Pakistan

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Purpose of the study

Roles Most useful, practical experiences Barriers Recommendations

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Respondents’ Roles During Disasters

Consulates NPOs/NGOs Relationship

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Respondents’ Roles During Disasters

Consulates Daily operations Emergencies

Update expatriates on latest developments Give press conferences

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Respondents’ Roles During Disasters

NPOs/NGOs – MSF, Amnesty Intl’, etc. Prepare containers Coordinate support Provide counseling Give referrals

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Respondents’ Roles During Disasters

Relationship (Consulates/NPOs/NGOs) Familiarity

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Common Barriers to Disaster Response

Space Containers in ports Hospital policies

regarding patient information

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Barriers to Disaster Response

Space Cost Location

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Barriers to Disaster Response

Containers in ports Backlog Bureaucracy Political environment “not a known organization”

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Barriers to Disaster Response

Hospitals policies regarding patient information Experience in London Concerns about a disaster in NYC

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Most useful & practical Experience

Unity Generous donations Family Assistance Center (FAC)

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Most useful & practical Experience

Unity Support, coordination, cooperation, speed Non-paid overtime

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Most useful & practical Experience

Generous donations Offers Tetanus shots

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Most useful & practical Experience

Family Assistance Center (FAC) > 10 fatalities Agencies and NPOs/NGOs involved NYPD operations Rapid return Up-to-date information Daily briefings Ask questions

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Summary & Recommendations: Opportunities for Local Government Involvement

Inform all consulates on FAC services OEM, OCME, DOHMH

Sponsor a conference Consulate/NGOs

Potential to re-direct stockpile supplies Rotation

Opportunities for OEPR

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Acknowledgements Dale McShine, MS Christopher Godfrey, PhD Haitian, Chilean & Pakistani

Consulates Gabriela Mistral Foundation Chile Club Haitian American Nurses

Association Haitian Americans United

for Progress Pakistani American

Pharmaceutical Association

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Questions, comments