What are the emerging trends and issues in emergency planning and community engagement?

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Emergency planning and community engagement are crucial for enhancing the resilience and preparedness of communities to cope with various hazards and disasters. However, the field of emergency planning is constantly evolving and facing new challenges and opportunities in the context of changing social, environmental, and technological trends. In this article, we will explore some of the emerging trends and issues in emergency planning and community engagement, and how they can affect the practice and outcomes of emergency management.

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1 Climate change and disaster risk reduction

Climate change is one of the most significant and complex factors that affects the frequency, intensity, and impact of natural hazards and disasters. Climate change also poses new uncertainties and complexities for emergency planning, as it requires adapting to changing scenarios, assessing multiple risks, and integrating long-term mitigation and adaptation strategies. Emergency planners and community stakeholders need to collaborate and coordinate across different sectors and scales to address the root causes and consequences of climate change, and to enhance the resilience and adaptive capacity of communities to cope with its effects.

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Emerging trends in emergency planning and community engagement include leveraging technology and social media for real-time updates, addressing climate change impacts, emphasizing mental health support, and ensuring inclusive planning that involves diverse community members.

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2 Social media and digital platforms

Social media and digital platforms have become increasingly important and influential tools for emergency planning and community engagement. They can enable rapid and widespread dissemination of information, alerts, and warnings, as well as facilitate communication, collaboration, and feedback among emergency managers, responders, and affected communities. However, social media and digital platforms also pose some challenges and risks for emergency planning, such as misinformation, cyberattacks, privacy breaches, and ethical dilemmas. Emergency planners and community stakeholders need to develop and implement effective and ethical policies and practices for using social media and digital platforms, and to leverage their potential for enhancing situational awareness, trust, and participation.

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3 Diversity and inclusion

Diversity and inclusion are essential principles and values for emergency planning and community engagement. They recognize and respect the diversity of needs, perspectives, and capacities of different groups and individuals within a community, and ensure their meaningful and equitable involvement in all stages of emergency planning and management. However, diversity and inclusion also pose some challenges and opportunities for emergency planning, as they require addressing the barriers and gaps that may hinder the access, representation, and empowerment of marginalized and vulnerable groups, such as women, children, elderly, people with disabilities, ethnic minorities, and indigenous peoples. Emergency planners and community stakeholders need to adopt and apply inclusive and participatory approaches and methods for engaging diverse and marginalized groups, and to foster a culture of respect, solidarity, and mutual support.

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Chris Kearns

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Emergency planners and managers must start early to conduct these types of engagement activities. Waiting for the disaster to happen, and then attempting to engage with these populations is too late. Directly engaging with community groups and gaining trust within these groups is crucial. Creating allies and forging friendships in a safe environment, before a disaster, will help with crisis communications during an event.

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Carol Apelt

Mission-Driven Organizational Operations Leader | Client Success Champion | Relationship Management | Expertise in Public, Commercial, & Nonprofit Sectors
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Emergency planners must not omit immigrant, refugee, and other marginalized groups from response strategies. Many immigrants do not trust government officials thanks to experiences here and in their home countries, necessitating the development of alternate methods for communicating what to do in a disaster. I remember hearing of one city that educated the children of these communities regarding what to do in disasters, equipping kids with the information that was then taken home and shared with their families. Also identifying trusted members of these communities who can share critical information, such as religious and humanitarian leaders, is a must. And don't forget to translate print materials into the languages of these communities.

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4 Innovation and learning

Innovation and learning are key drivers and outcomes of emergency planning and community engagement. They enable the development and implementation of new and improved solutions, practices, and systems for addressing the emerging and complex challenges and opportunities in emergency management. They also enable the continuous improvement and evaluation of the effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability of emergency planning and management. Innovation and learning can be fostered and facilitated by various means, such as research, education, training, experimentation, feedback, and knowledge exchange. Emergency planners and community stakeholders need to embrace and promote a culture of innovation and learning, and to create and utilize various platforms and mechanisms for sharing and applying their experiences, lessons, and best practices.

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5 Collaboration and coordination

Collaboration and coordination are fundamental elements and processes of emergency planning and community engagement. They involve the establishment and maintenance of effective and efficient relationships and partnerships among various actors and stakeholders involved in emergency management, such as government agencies, non-governmental organizations, private sector, media, academia, and communities. Collaboration and coordination can enhance the coherence, consistency, and comprehensiveness of emergency planning and management, as well as the mobilization and allocation of resources, capacities, and responsibilities. However, collaboration and coordination also entail some challenges and issues, such as conflicting interests, agendas, and priorities, power imbalances, communication gaps, and accountability dilemmas. Emergency planners and community stakeholders need to develop and implement clear and transparent frameworks and mechanisms for collaboration and coordination, and to foster a sense of shared vision, trust, and commitment.

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Carol Apelt

Mission-Driven Organizational Operations Leader | Client Success Champion | Relationship Management | Expertise in Public, Commercial, & Nonprofit Sectors
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The sharing of information across local, state, and federal sectors sounds good in theory, but actualizing it can prove exceedingly difficult, often surfacing unanticipated trust and turf challenges. Crisis management platforms can assist with the technical sharing and protection of such information, but all response agencies must develop information-sharing and security policies that support such activities. Given the cybersecurity landscape, data-sharing demands high levels of data and network security across every participating agency, and the CIOs at these agencies do not tend to trust data/networks that are outside of their immediate control, creating internal policy barriers to the sharing of crucial real-time information in a crisis.

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6 Here’s what else to consider

This is a space to share examples, stories, or insights that don’t fit into any of the previous sections. What else would you like to add?

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Dave Bujak CEM? PMP?

Certified Emergency Manager (CEM)?, Project Management Professional (PMP)?, consultant; specializing in healthcare, higher education, state and local government, severe weather, innovation, and critical infrastructure.
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All pathogen infectious disease planning For too long, we have followed the “disaster du jour” planning model with respect to infectious disease planning. This is often driven by impending threats and/or funding. - Anthrax - Pandemic Influenza - Ebola Virus Disease Now is the time to build upon the planning efforts of the past and lessons we just learned from COVID-19 to develop comprehensive all-pathogen infectious disease response plans.

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1 Climate change and disaster risk reduction

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3 Diversity and inclusion

4 Innovation and learning

5 Collaboration and coordination

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