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This seems to be Resilience Week here in my lane of the information access road. Poking at Oregon's recent report on the Cascadia Subduction Zone (discussed previously) put me on to the Resilient City initiative from the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR). SPUR appears to do some broader work in disaster planning policy advocacy, but I'm particularly impressed by what I've read so far in their Resilient City documentation. I don't know if any such initiative is translatable into action - I remain unapologetically cynical where human behavior under stress is concerned - but it's one of the better visions I've seen for citizen-level preparedness.
I also like the "disaster hub" concept, which establishes pre-hardened public buildings (libraries in the current draft) as neighborhood assembly points, coordination centers, and relief supply distribution points. I'll need to think some more before I decide if it's really workable because it presupposes (1) hardening sufficient to withstand whatever quake or other disaster occurs, (2) cross-trained library staff who are capable of shifting to crisis operations, (3) community access to the facility, and (4) adequate security for personnel and supplies. I don't think all of those factors are as guaranteed as the concept's authors seem to assume, but I'm willing to extend them the benefit of the doubt for now.
Also, 72hours.org is a well-done preparedness outreach site with basic information for the citizen who doesn't spend all day thinking about this stuff. See my previous post for thoughts on the whole 72 hour rule, but... you gotta start somewhere.
I also like the "disaster hub" concept, which establishes pre-hardened public buildings (libraries in the current draft) as neighborhood assembly points, coordination centers, and relief supply distribution points. I'll need to think some more before I decide if it's really workable because it presupposes (1) hardening sufficient to withstand whatever quake or other disaster occurs, (2) cross-trained library staff who are capable of shifting to crisis operations, (3) community access to the facility, and (4) adequate security for personnel and supplies. I don't think all of those factors are as guaranteed as the concept's authors seem to assume, but I'm willing to extend them the benefit of the doubt for now.
Also, 72hours.org is a well-done preparedness outreach site with basic information for the citizen who doesn't spend all day thinking about this stuff. See my previous post for thoughts on the whole 72 hour rule, but... you gotta start somewhere.