Date: -
Virtual
MEMA Mass Care is offering a 2-Hour Virtual Sheltering Identification and Surveying Course for Local, County, and Tribal Emergency Management Agencies, utilizing the Microsoft Teams platform.
The objective of this course is to ensure that Local, County, and Tribal Emergency Management Agencies and Municipal Officials can review and identify primary and Secondary Disaster Emergency Shelter Sites in their respective Communities by covering the following topics:
- Understand the purpose of Pre-Disaster Shelter Surveys.
- Understand how to determine the capacity of an Evacuation Center and Disaster Emergency Shelter.
- Understand the importance of Access and Functional needs and ADA Compliance in a Disaster Emergency Shelter.
- Identify potential facility resources and limitations for sheltering.
- Understand the Shelter Survey Form and its terminology.
- Learn how to conduct a Shelter Survey and what partners should participate in the Survey.
- Identify resources available to support Shelter Surveying efforts.
- Identify how to prepare a Shelter Plan using a Shelter Planning Worksheet.
After the course, participants will be encouraged to conduct a Shelter Survey and create a Shelter Plan in collaboration with Local, County, and Tribal Emergency Management Agencies, as well as Municipal and Community Agencies and Organizations.
The course will be offered on several dates and times to accommodate participants' availability at no cost.
February 26: 1:00pm-3:00pm & 6:00pm-8:00pm
March 19: 1:00pm-3:00pm & 6:00pm-8:00pm
April 23: 1:00pm-3:00pm & 6:00pm-8:00pm
To register download the attached flyer, fill out and then send to Bill Guindon, MEMA.
For further questions, or to register please contact Bill Guindon, MEMA Mass Care Coordinator at 207-458-2867 or william.guindon@maine.gov