# Presentation: 535870

## United States Department of Education,Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools

**Fiscal Year (FY) 05 Emergency Response and Crisis Management Grantee Meeting**
**January 9-11, 2006**
**Atlanta, GA**

## Hilary Styron, Director Emergency Preparedness Initiative (EPI)13 years as emergency management practitioner and first responderWhite House, Congress, and various Federal Agencies 

## EPI OBJECTIVES:1)	Include people with disabilities in all phases of 	emergency planning and at all levels of response.2)	Contribute to the nation's overall preparedness by 	enlisting the special qualities of people with 	disabilities, including resourcefulness, 	determination, and ingenuity.3)	Address the special needs of people with disabilities 	prior to an emergency to minimize the adverse 	impact.

**EPI OBJECTIVES:****1)****	****Include people with disabilities in all phases of ****	****emergency planning and at all levels of response.****2)****	****Contribute to the nation's overall preparedness by ****	****enlisting the special qualities of people with ****	****disabilities, including resourcefulness, ****	****determination, and ingenuity.****3)****	****Address the special needs of people with disabilities ****	****prior to an emergency to minimize the adverse ****	****impact.**

## Slide 4

## 76% did not have a paid staff person with 	expertise to deal with emergency 	preparedness for people with disabilities.

**76% did not have a paid staff person with ****	****expertise to deal with emergency ****	****preparedness for people with disabilities.**
**39% had not purchased specialized equipment.**
**36% were not offered special training.**

## 54% had plans for dealing with schools for 	students with disabilities.

**54% had plans for dealing with schools for ****	****students with disabilities.**
**59% did not have plans for pediatric populations.**
**73% said no funding had been received to ****	****address emergency planning for people with ****	****disabilities. **

## Slide 7

## January 2006: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 		    and Arkansas Children's Hospital Research 		    Institute national survey results are released.

**January 2006: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences ****	****	****    and Arkansas Children's Hospital Research ****	****	****    Institute national survey results are released.**
**Objective:****	****   Survey 3,670 school superintendent****s ****	****   ****	****   ****	****   to**** document the preparedness of public ****	****	****	****   schools in the United States for the ****	****	**** ****	****	****   prevention of and response to a mass ****	****	****	****   casualty event.**
**Note:****	****	****   There are approximately 14,000 public school ****	****	****   districts in the United States.**

## 86.3% reported having a mass casualty response 	   plan.

**86.3% reported having a mass casualty response ****	****   plan.**
**57.2% have a written plan for prevention of such an ****	****    event.**
**66.2% do not use any form of student identification, ****	****    such as badges or cards.**

## 48.5% do not require staff or teacher identification.

**48.5% do not require staff or teacher identification.**
**30%    have never conducted an emergency drill.**
**22%    reported they have no disaster provisions ****	****    for children with special needs, nor do ****	****	****    they have a plan for post-disaster              ****	****	****    counseling.**

## Good disaster response planning requires broad involvement of several community groups to improve the preparedness of schools for the unwelcome possibility of a mass casualty event:

**Good disaster response planning requires broad involvement of several community groups ****to improve the preparedness of schools for the unwelcome possibility of a mass casualty event****:**
**Pediatricians**
**Local school officials**
**School nurses**
**Public health officials**
**Emergency officials **
**School physicians **

## THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME

**THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME**
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