Posts filed under: public safety

Aug. 29, 2011
Public News Service
“Access Issues” at Some Hurricane Irene Evacuation Shelters
Emergency evacuation decisions are tougher for people with disabilities because they need to be sure they are fleeing to shelters that they can get in and out of and use. In the wake of Hurricane Irene, there are allegations today that the City Office of Emergency Management (OEM) fell short on promises that people being ordered out of "Zone A" would be evacuated to "accessible shelters."
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), disaster planning, public policy, public safety

May 24, 2011
Psych Central
Disaster Plans Should Include Those with Mental Illness
When disaster strikes — whether a deadly supercell tornado, a flood, or man-made catastrophe — it is not just those with physical injuries and trauma-related disorders who suffer.
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Filed Under: disaster planning, psychiatric disability, public policy, public safety

Feb. 11, 2011
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Federal judge orders disaster plan for LA disabled
The city of Los Angeles discriminates against disabled people because it lacks specific plans to meet their needs in the event of a natural disaster or other emergency, a federal court ruled Friday, the first such decision in the country.
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Filed Under: disaster planning, public policy, public safety

July 28, 2010
WTVM-TV (Columbus, Ga.)
Disaster preparedness for those with disabilities
In Columbus alone, over fifty thousand people are living with special needs. Many of them function in society under normal circumstances quite well -- but tornadoes, house fires, and evacuations are not normal circumstances.
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Filed Under: disaster planning, public policy, public safety

June 15, 2010
The Miami Herald
House panel: FEMA unprepared to help the disabled in a disaster
Almost five years after Hurricane Katrina, the federal government remains woefully unprepared to rescue at-risk groups of people in the path of a catastrophe, a congressional panel charged on Tuesday.
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Filed Under: disaster planning, public policy, public safety

June 4, 2010
San Diego Union-Tribune
Sheriff’s program is bridge to mentally disabled
If yelling and banging inside Cherri Cary’s house were to prompt a 911 call, officers most likely would prepare to encounter a violent person.
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Filed Under: developmental disability, disability awareness, intellectual disability, psychiatric disability, public policy, public safety

May 19, 2010
WBZ-TV (Boston)
Disabilities Group Faults Mass. On Water Crisis
An advocacy group for the disabled on Wednesday filed a federal civil rights complaint with the Department of Justice over the state's handling of a drinking water crisis earlier this month.
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Filed Under: disaster planning, public policy, public safety

Feb. 15, 2010
Youngstown (Ohio) Vindicator
Police trained to deal with disabilities
Township law enforcement is becoming more attuned to interacting with residents with a physical or mental disability.
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Filed Under: disability awareness, public policy, public safety

Feb. 5, 2010
Billings (Mont.) Gazette
PSCC offers disability form
In an effort to make the city’s 911 service more efficient, the Casper Public Safety Communications Center is accepting disability forms from interested members of the public.
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Filed Under: public policy, public safety

Jan. 26, 2010
CNN
Struggle for Haiti Amputees
Heather Mills joins Larry King to discuss efforts to help those who lost limbs as a result of the Haitian earthquake.
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Filed Under: disaster planning, physical disability

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