Organizational Preparedness Survey Results-2011 Houston

Nearly three-fourth of the organizations identified themselves as a health service agency.

Close to half of the organizations had more than 20 employees.

Organizational Preparedness Survey Results-2011 Houston

A majority of organizations reported that they had a particular person responsible for disaster planning?

Two-thirds of organizations reported that they had a committee responsible to address disaster planning?

Organizational Preparedness Survey Results-2011 Houston

Majority of the organizations reported that they had a written disaster plan.

Majority of the organizations reported that they had a written disaster plan.

Nearly four-fifth of the organizations do not use social media to communicate with their clients .

Organizational Preparedness Survey Results-2011 Houston

Dimensions of Disaster Preparedness

No. Items (Activities) on

Checklist

Preparedness Mean

Score

Preparedness Standardized Ratio Score

Hazard Knowledge 21 items 12.80 .61

Management Direction & Coordination 6 items 3.27 .54

Formal & Informal Response Agreements 2 items .63 .32

Supportive Resources 1 items .31 .31

Protection 5 items 2.92 .58

Coping & Restoration 2 items 1.47 .73

Initiation of Recovery 1 item .57 .57

Organizational Preparedness Survey Results-2011 Houston

Interpretation

Coping and Restoration is the well prepared domain among the surveyed organization. Seventy –three percentage of the organizations that took part in the survey were prepared in “Coping and Restoration” domain of Preparedness.

However, majority of the agencies are ill-prepared in domains such as “Formal & Informal Response Agreements” and “Supportive Resources”. Only 32 and 31 % of the organizations were prepared in the “Formal & Informal Response Agreements” and “Supportive Resources” domains, respectively.

Organizational Preparedness Survey Results-2011 Houston

Response Agreements

Time Frame Score

Items 6 mo 1 yr 2-3 yrs >3 yrs Never Missing

Entered into formal preparedness agreements with city/county government

14.29 19.39 1.02 1.02 51.02 13.27 0.3367

Entered into formal preparedness agreements with other organizations outside the Houston area

13.27 16.33 3.06 3.06 46.94 17.35 0.2959

Time frame of Organizations that entered into formal Preparedness/ Response Agreements

Organizational Preparedness Survey Results-2011 Houston

Supportive Resources

Time Frame Score

Item 6 mo 1 yr 2-3 yrs

>3 yrs

Never Missing

Provided services like food, water, and electricity for employees

15.31 15.31 18.37 5.1 33.67 12.24 .31

Provided Supportive Resources