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Preparedness, Warnings and Protective action
DeeDee BennettOklahoma State
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Purpose
Preparedness
Warnings
Protective Action
Objectives
Materials
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Preparedness
What are some factors that in:luence individual and household’s ability to properly prepare?
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Warnings
Why don’t people automatically heed to warning messages?
What factors in:luence one’s willingness to heed to warning messages?
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Protective Action
What circumstances affect individual and household protective action?
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ObjectivesReinforce the concepts on warnings, receiver characteristics and protective action
Understand the decision process in taking protective action
Appreciate costs and hindrances that accompany planning and preparedness
Introduce and explain the sociopolitical ecology theory
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ProceduresSplit the class
Emergency Managers
Citizens
Explain roles
Pass out materials
Instruct each half of the class separately
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Materials
Map of impact area (Everyone)
Description of the threat (EMs only)
Demographics of impact area (EMs Only)
Character cards (Citizens only)
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SampleMap
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Sample DemographicsFemale 51.2%
White 73.8%
Black 10.3%
Asian 4.1%
Hispanic or Latin origin 21.2%
Foreign Born 12.6%
Persons below poverty 20.3%
Language other than English in the home 21.2%
Home ownership 47.3%
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Citizen CharacteristicsLandlord in debt
Local business owner without disaster plan
Grandparents with child
Grad student
Visitor
Single mother of 2
Person with sensory disability living independently
Family of 4 with pets
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DiscussionEMs discuss their plan
Citizens discuss their ability to heed the warnings
Class discusses
items left out
issues they forgot
What they learned
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Helpful Links
http://www.fantasymapmaker.com/about/
http://www.noaa.gov/
http://www.census.gov/
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Thank You
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