How is Homeland Security Working at Home?
Questionnaire for Participating CMAL Units
Local LWVs participating in CMAL are encouraged to identify a local official
responsible for emergency preparedness and arrange to obtain answers to the following
five questions. We envision arranging a face-to-face meeting between one or
two LWV representatives and the responsible official, but specific details can be
worked out by the participants. Please enter responses on our CMAL website
or email your filled out questionnaire to
Ady Wickstrom by January 11, 2007. We will discuss them at our January
18 meeting in Richfield. If your LWV encompasses a number of communities,
you are invited to develop your own method of identifying which of your local entities
you will contact. Please
email the communities and/or organizations you will interview and check the
list so we
can avoid duplication.
Who was interviewed?
Name: ____________________________________________________________________
Title: ______________________________________________________________________
Jurisdiction or Entity: ________________________________________________________
Interviewed by?
Name: _____________________________________________________________________
LWV: ______________________________________________________________________
Date: _________________________________________
- Does your jurisdiction have an emergency preparedness plan and what area
does it cover? Response may include consideration of:
- Unique community assets and vulnerabilities
- Privately-owned utilities or other unique private-sector targets
- Schools (public and private)
- Who implements your plan?
- Agency or individual with overall responsibility
- Change in leadership structure depending on type of emergency?
- Involvement of hospitals, schools, NGOs such as Red Cross, religious
leaders
- What, if any, actions have you taken under your plan?
- Most recent response to emergency? What? When?
- Next training/structured exercise? When? Who will be involved?
- Most recent training/structured exercises? When? Who involved?
- Involvement in 35W bridge collapse response?
- What communication strategies do you have under your emergency preparedness
plan? Response may include:
- Staff knowledge of what to do in an emergency
- Horizontal communication with neighboring communities in emergency
- Vertical communication with state or national agencies
- Community outreach plan including visitors and non-English speakers
- Public website
- Communication in case of loss of power
- Communication with those who might feel threatened by the plan
- Do you have adequate resources for your plan?
- Emergency equipment available and staff knowledge of its use?
- Plan for sharing resources? With whom?
- Receiving fair share of federal and state funds?
- Where decisions are made about spending
- Equipment and other resources needed that are currently unavailable
- Participation by private or non-governmental resources such as Red Cross
or local media communications system
- How are citizens being involved in your emergency planning?
- Public safety citizen advisory committee?
- Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)?
- Have you taken advantage of funding sources specifically designated for emergency training of citizen?
- Including diversity of age groups and population?
