Dimensions - Summer 2012 - 1
spotli g h t on t h e sta f f
Carrie Speranza
Emergency Management Specialist
During a recent conversation with clients and colleagues, we shared our concerns about how community organizations— whose responsibility is to educate, warn, and shelter people before, during, and after a disaster—can maintain operations under tightening budgets and scarce resources. In an austere economic climate, everyone I speak with is looking for ways to streamline and maintain critical programs, like community preparedness education. This got me thinking about the importance of personal responsibility before, during, and after a disaster. Looking at how many of our clients operate, they often provide resources and a support network to their essential personnel to better ensure their families are prepared. In doing so, their workers are not only ready to serve the community during an emergency, but more importantly, can focus on the job and not on the safety of their families. Much like these essential personnel, everyone should do their best to prepare themselves, and proactively seek solutions and resources that will be needed after a disaster. For the past ten months, I’ve been working with Dewberry management to update our all-hazards crisis management and business continuity plans. We are helping employees understand and practice emergency preparedness and response techniques, such as building evacuations and sheltering-in-place. We’ve also brought awareness to the myriad preparedness sites available, such as ready.gov, and community emergency alert networks. We hope that by fostering a culture of corporate preparedness and providing these resources and support, our employees can better ensure their own safety. Doing so strengthens the preparedness of the whole community, and alleviates some of the pressures and expectations on our communities’ response organizations.
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http://www.dewberry.com/News/Blogs/Consultants/12-03-22/Toto_We_re_Not_in_Kansas_Anymore
http://www.ready.gov
Dimensions - Summer 2012
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Dimensions - Summer 2012
Dimensions - Summer 2012
Contents
Spotlight on the Staff: Carrie Speranza
An Ambitious Roadway Widening
Rising to the Challenge: Q&A with Scott Ehrhardt
Ready to Respond
Sustainable Center Brings New Technology to Danville
Performance Briefs
Disaster Debris Exercise Enhances Regional Collaboration
Dimensions - Summer 2012 - Dimensions - Summer 2012
Dimensions - Summer 2012 - Contents
Dimensions - Summer 2012 - Spotlight on the Staff: Carrie Speranza
Dimensions - Summer 2012 - An Ambitious Roadway Widening
Dimensions - Summer 2012 - Rising to the Challenge: Q&A with Scott Ehrhardt
Dimensions - Summer 2012 - 4
Dimensions - Summer 2012 - Ready to Respond
Dimensions - Summer 2012 - 6
Dimensions - Summer 2012 - 7
Dimensions - Summer 2012 - Sustainable Center Brings New Technology to Danville
Dimensions - Summer 2012 - Performance Briefs
Dimensions - Summer 2012 - Disaster Debris Exercise Enhances Regional Collaboration
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