Emergency Preparedness planning is essential to minimizing the impacts of disasters on communities and individuals. The vendor and provider community are the professionals who provide direct services and supports to individuals they support; and therefore, are key partners in sharing the community knowledge, identifying potential gaps and needs of people with developmental disabilities. The office of emergency preparedness encourages vendors and providers to work with regional centers emergency coordinators to assist in enhancing our work in increasing individual preparedness efforts statewide.
- Emergency Go-Kits
- The Department has contracted with Supply Bank who will purchase go-kit items, assemble the go-kits and deliver go-kits to regional centers who will provide to individuals qualified to receive a go-kit as well as who attended the go-kit training session.
- Go-Kit training slides are now available in multiple languages:
- Portable Batteries
- The Department has contracted with California Foundation of Independent Living Centers (CFILC) and the Disability Disaster Access and Resources (DDAR) program to provide individuals with portable batteries to those requiring power for life-sustaining equipment. To learn more about DDAR please click here.
- Emergency Preparedness Materials
- The Department contracted with American Red Cross and developed emergency preparedness training materials preparing individuals and staff for wildfire evacuation. The training slides, training materials, resources, and tools can be found here:
- Summer Edition PDF
- Spanish PDF
- Tagalog PDF
- Traditional Chinese PDF
- Vietnamese PDF
- Fall Edition PDF
- Korean PDF
- Spanish PDF
- Tagalog PDF
- Traditional Chinese PDF
- Simplified Chinese PDF
- Vietnamese PDF
Southern California Edison (SCE) Resources
- Medical Baseline Allowance Program & Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) Information PDF
- Spanish PDF
- Arabic PDF
- Armenian PDF
- Farsi PDF
- Hmong PDF
- Korean PDF
- Simplified Chinese PDF
- Tagalog PDF
- Traditional Chinese PDF
- Vietnamese PDF
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) Resources
San Diego Gas & Electric Resources
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Resources
- The Department contracted and facilitated a collaborative workgroup to develop communication cards for the deaf + community to be utilize during emergency response. The goal of these communication cards is to assist with 2-way communications with shelter staff and first responders. Digital copies of these communication cards can be found here:
- Medical Needs PDF
- PeoplePDF
- Basic NeedsPDF
- Shelter ArrivalPDF
- FeelingsPDF
- Support NeedsPDF
- My Home HasPDF
Preparing for a Disaster
Video is also available in the following languages
- Preparing for a Disaster (ASL)
- Preparing for a Disaster (Descriptive Audio)
- Preparing for a Disaster (Spanish)
- Preparing for a Disaster (Vietnamese)
- Preparing for a Disaster (Chinese)
- Preparing for a Disaster (Korean)
- Preparing for a Disaster (Russian)
- Preparing for a Disaster (Hmong)
- Preparing for a Disaster (Khmer)
- Preparing for a Disaster (Armenian)
- Preparing for a Disaster (Arabic)
- Preparing for a Disaster (Farsi)
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) “READY” Calendar
- Emergency Response Resources PDF
- California Governors’ Office of Emergency Services Access and Functional Needs Library
- Residential Care Facility Evacuation Training Video
Last modified: October 22, 2024