City of Vancouver Community Disaster Support Hubs

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The City of Vancouver is developing Community Disaster Support Hubs with a plan to install the across the city by the fall of 2015

For more information on how you can prepare yourself,
please visit the City’s emergency management website,
and http://vancouver.ca/home-property-development/public-safety.aspx

Notes from Talk Vancouver:

” Vancouver is at risk of experiencing a major earthquake. As part of Vancouver’s emergency preparedness, the City is developing Community Disaster Support Hubs to serve as locations where:

• Individuals, families, and community organizations can self-organize following a disaster, and
• The City and partner agencies may provide a “one stop shop” for response and recovery information and services based on community needs following a disaster.

The intent is to create a gathering location where residents can immediately come together and support each other following a major disaster without the need for city employees staffing each location. Following the initial response, the Community Disaster Support Hub may expand to include the delivery of response and recovery service from the City and partner agencies.”

The Talk Vancouver Team would like to get your feedback on the City’s initiative to create Community Disaster Support Hubs!    “In this questionnaire, we’d like to hear your opinion on the concept of Community Disaster Support Hubs – places where individuals, families and community organizations can self-organize following a disaster. We would also like to get your feedback on four initial design concepts that have been created to mark the location of these Hubs. Your feedback will help the City refine the design concepts.  This questionnaire should take no more than 10 minutes to complete.”

The questionnaire will be open until Tuesday, May 19, 2015. You can join the conversation by first visiting the Talk Vancouver membership page to become a
and once you have completed the membership form they will send you the questionnaire. The City of Vancouver is targeting the fall of 2015 to have these Community Disaster Support Hubs installed across the city.

DEEP Vision Statement ~ The Purpose of Dunbar Earthquake and Emergency Preparedness (DEEP) ~ 登巴社区地震及紧急事件的预防准备（以下简称 DEEP)

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DEEP Vision Statement
The Purpose of Dunbar Earthquake and Emergency Preparedness (DEEP) 

The DEEP program is a citizen’s grass roots effort to ensure our community is able to take care of ourselves after a disaster. DEEP envisions organizing and planning block-by-block, bringing neighbours together to build mutual trust and awareness of each other’s skills and special needs.

Some of the actions envisioned include building on Block Watch activities like block parties, adding in skill development, training and mutual support for undertaking basic preparation.

We’ll be using the “Map your Neighbourhood” MYN program as an initial step in organizing individual blocks.

DEEP will also attend to community wide issues and resources including working with the City services and local schools and churches to identify places of refuge, provide communication links, emergency medical support, food and security until city and provincial services can be restored.

       – Ann Pacey, February 2013

登巴社区地震及紧急事件的预防准备（以下简称 DEEP)

  DEEP项目是关于市民在灾难之后如何确保在社区范围内更好地保护自己。DEEP的构想是在街区间组织邻里建立起相互信任和对彼此一些特殊技能和需求的了解。

    其中一部分的设想是包括建立邻里观察活动，例如邻里聚会，可以增进技能提升，训练相互支持，做好最基本准备。

     我们还将MYN项目作为组织独立街区的第一步。

    DEEP广泛参与到社区各个组织，例如与市政机构，学校和教堂合作，标示出避难场所，提供联系方式，紧急医疗援助以及食品和安全保卫，直到省市政府恢复正常秩序。

             –安.佩西   2013年2月

With appreciation to Ann Pacey
for creating this DEEP Vision Statement
and to Hailey Yang发自我的 for the translation!

The Purpose of Dunbar Earthquake and Emergency Preparedness (DEEP) ~ 登巴社区地震及紧急事件的预防准备（以下简称 DEEP)

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The Purpose of Dunbar Earthquake and Emergency Preparedness (DEEP)

 

The Purpose of Dunbar Earthquake and Emergency Preparedness (DEEP)

The DEEP program is a citizen’s grass roots effort to ensure our community is able to take care of ourselves after a disaster. DEEP envisions organizing and planning block-by-block, bringing neighbours together to build mutual trust and awareness of each other’s skills and special needs. 

 

Some of the actions envisioned include building on Block Watch activities like block parties, adding in skill development, training and mutual support for undertaking basic preparation.

We’ll be using the “Map your Neighbourhood” program as an initial step in organizing individual blocks.

DEEP will also attend to community wide issues and resources including working with the City services and local schools and churches to identify places of refuge, provide communication links, emergency medical support, food and security until city and provincial services can be restored.
– Ann Pacey, February 2012

登巴社区地震及紧急事件的预防准备（以下简称 DEEP)

  DEEP项目是关于市民在灾难之后如何确保在社区范围内更好地保护自己。DEEP的构想是在街区间组织邻里建立起相互信任和对彼此一些特殊技能和需求的了解。

    其中一部分的设想是包括建立邻里观察活动，例如邻里聚会，可以增进技能提升，训练相互支持，做好最基本准备。

     我们还将MYN项目作为组织独立街区的第一步。

    DEEP广泛参与到社区各个组织，例如与市政机构，学校和教堂合作，标示出避难场所，提供联系方式，紧急医疗援助以及食品和安全保卫，直到省市政府恢复正常秩序。

 –安.佩西   2013年2月

With appreciation to Hailey Yang发自我的 for translation of this DEEP Vision Statement