reducing risks by increasing resilience
Post on 19-Oct-2014
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Short presentation at the Washington State Chapter Community Associations Institute Luncheon. The key to resilience is to identify and reduce risks, get residents involved, and to reach out and work with community partners.TRANSCRIPT
Reducing Risks by Increasing Resilience
Carol DunnCity of BellevueOffice of Emergency Management
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