{"id":58064,"date":"2021-05-28T09:27:16","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T14:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=58064"},"modified":"2021-05-28T09:27:16","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T14:27:16","slug":"community-county-collaboration-for-neighborhood-preparedness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=58064","title":{"rendered":"Community-County Collaboration for Neighborhood Preparedness"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header \">\n<div class=\"ast-single-post-order\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transitionus.org\/community-county-collaboration-for-neighborhood-preparedness\/\">Community-County Collaboration for Neighborhood Preparedness<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content clear\">\n<p>Port Townsend\u2019s unique county-community neighborhood preparedness project, NPREP, grew from a big-hearted sister-city project that took volunteers from a coastal town in Washington State to Bay St. Louis, Mississippi (pop 9,260). That isolated community had been hard hit by Hurricane Katrina. Federal aid dollars poured into nearby New Orleans, while Bay St. Louis struggled to recover.<\/p>\n<p>Judy Alexander was one of the Katrina sister city project organizers. \u201cWhen we came back, we recognized the similarities between our communities, and we thought about the exposure we had to earthquake risk.\u201d\u00a0 After hearing Judy\u2019s stories, Deborah Stinson reflected that, \u201cWe could be in the same situation, but would have no advanced warning. We knew we had to do something to make ourselves more resilient.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Katrina volunteers met with folks from Local 20\/20, a newly formed sustainability and resilience group.\u00a0 Local 20\/20 got on board with starting an Action Group to increase community preparedness.<\/p>\n<p>Judy and Deborah began by surveying the community to see who else was working on this issue. \u201cWe did a little gap analysis, but mostly we were mapping assets,\u201d Deborah said.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s when they invited Bob Hamlin, Director of Jefferson County\u2019s Department of Emergency Management (DEM),\u00a0 over to Judy\u2019s house for lunch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were fascinated with Bob and the impressive network of resources and connections he\u2019d established over the years,\u201d Deborah said. \u201cTogether, we recognized that DEM\u2019s biggest challenge would be incorporating engaged residents into that network. In the spirit of partnership, we said, \u2018We have the capacity to organize neighborhoods and if we can connect with your officialdom, we can expand your capacity to respond to emergencies.\u2019 He was receptive, fascinated, and a bit dumbfounded.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now they needed to show him that their fledgling group could deliver.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community-County Collaboration for Neighborhood Preparedness Port Townsend\u2019s unique county-community neighborhood preparedness project, NPREP, grew from a big-hearted sister-city project that took volunteers from a coastal town in Washington State to Bay St. Louis, Mississippi (pop 9,260). That isolated community had been hard hit by Hurricane Katrina. 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