CHW EM - Module 1 - Intro and HVA Video

Jennifer Harris
20 Apr 202320:13

Summary

TLDRThis presentation, led by Jennifer Harris, a doctorate student in public health, covers emergency preparedness and management for community health workers. It focuses on identifying local hazards, understanding social vulnerabilities, and exploring the four phases of emergency response: mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. The training also highlights the importance of crisis communication, the incident management system, and the all-hazards approach to disaster preparedness. Key modules include hazard vulnerability analysis, emergency management phases, and organizational structures, with a focus on preparedness strategies for community health workers to better assist their clients.

Takeaways

  • 📍 Emergency preparedness involves understanding local hazards and social vulnerabilities before planning activities.
  • 🌍 It's essential to identify hazards specific to geographic locations to accurately assess risks and prepare effectively.
  • 👥 Social vulnerabilities within populations impact how different groups experience and respond to emergencies.
  • 🔄 The four phases of emergency management include mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery, each with distinct activities.
  • 🔧 An all-hazards approach to preparedness ensures that community health workers (CHWs) can handle diverse emergencies.
  • 📊 Hazard Vulnerability Analysis (HVA) is a systematic method to identify potential risks that may impact communities.
  • 🏢 The Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA) combines local HVAs at state and federal levels to identify nationwide priorities.
  • 🚨 Different hazards are categorized as natural, technical/accidental, and adversarial/human-caused, requiring varying preparedness plans.
  • 🛠 Tools like the Kaiser Permanente HVA allow communities to quantify risks and prioritize preparedness based on probability and impact.
  • 🗺️ Emergency management structures differ at county, regional, and state levels, requiring tailored response and communication strategies.

Q & A

  • What is the main objective of the training on emergency preparedness and management?

    -The main objective of the training is to educate community health workers on emergency preparedness and management, focusing on six specific objectives including hazard identification, understanding social vulnerabilities, and the phases of emergency response.

  • What are the six objectives of the emergency preparedness training?

    -The six objectives are: 1) Identifying hazards specific to geographic locations, 2) Describing social vulnerabilities in populations, 3) Explaining the differences between mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery phases, 4) Outlining disaster preparedness steps with an all-hazards approach, 5) Understanding the incident management system in the U.S., and 6) Understanding the importance of crisis and emergency risk communication.

  • What is a Hazard Vulnerability Analysis (HVA) and why is it important?

    -An HVA is a systematic approach to identifying hazards or risks that are most likely to impact a community. It's important because it helps prioritize the risks that require attention and preparedness in specific geographical areas.

  • What are the three categories of hazards mentioned in the training?

    -The three categories of hazards are: 1) Natural hazards (e.g., droughts, earthquakes, severe storms), 2) Technical or accidental hazards (e.g., biological, chemical spills, transportation incidents), and 3) Adversarial or human-caused hazards (e.g., armed assaults, cyber-attacks).

  • What is the difference between HVA and THIRA?

    -HVA focuses on hazards and risks at the local or organizational level, while THIRA (Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment) is a state-level process that aggregates HVAs to assess risks at a broader, national level.

  • How do different regions in Illinois assess hazards, and what variations exist?

    -Each of Illinois' seven Emergency Medical Service regions conducts an HVA. Different regions may prioritize hazards differently based on local risks. For example, some regions may rank active shooters as a higher priority, while others may focus on natural disasters like tornadoes or floods.

  • How does the Kaiser Permanente HVA tool work?

    -The Kaiser Permanente HVA tool assesses hazards by evaluating their probability, past alerts or activations, severity (human, property, business impact), and preparedness levels (internal and external response). It generates a relative threat score to help prioritize risks.

  • What are some key considerations for community health workers (CHWs) regarding emergency preparedness?

    -CHWs should consider what hazards can affect their community, the potential impacts on human life and property, and what resources and capabilities are needed to respond effectively, such as pre-planning, supplies, and mutual aid agreements.

  • How does the state of Illinois use HVA data for emergency preparedness?

    -The Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) collects HVAs from different regions and uses them to create a THIRA, assessing statewide risks and preparedness levels. The state uses this information to guide mitigation and preparedness efforts across counties.

  • Why is it important for CHWs to understand the social vulnerabilities of their communities?

    -Understanding social vulnerabilities is crucial because they can affect how different populations respond to hazards and emergencies. By recognizing these factors, CHWs can tailor preparedness and response efforts to meet the specific needs of vulnerable populations.

Outlines

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📊 Introduction to Emergency Preparedness Training

Jennifer Harris, a doctorate student in public health, introduces a presentation on emergency preparedness and management targeted at community health workers. The training has six objectives: identifying local hazards, understanding social vulnerabilities, explaining disaster phases (mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery), detailing the all-hazards approach, understanding the incident management system, and the importance of crisis communication. The curriculum consists of five modules, covering topics like hazard vulnerability analysis, social vulnerability indices, emergency management phases, organizational structure, and crisis risk communication.

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🌪️ Types of Hazards and Vulnerabilities

This section categorizes hazards into natural, technical/accidental, and adversarial/human-caused. Examples for each category are provided, such as earthquakes and tornadoes for natural hazards, chemical spills and nuclear incidents for technical, and active shooter situations and cyber-attacks for adversarial. The discussion focuses on assessing specific threats to the community and determining their impact. A map of Illinois is introduced, showing the seven emergency medical service regions, where each region is responsible for a hazard vulnerability assessment, usually led by hospitals. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) uses these regional assessments to create a comprehensive state risk analysis.

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🔍 Assessing Risks: Tools and Prioritization

Jennifer introduces the Hazard Vulnerability Assessment (HVA) tool developed by Kaiser Permanente, widely used in hospitals, public health, businesses, and schools. The tool helps assess probability, severity, and preparedness for specific threats such as active shooters. The severity of potential hazards is analyzed based on human, property, and business impact. Preparedness is also evaluated for internal and external responses. Illinois regions' HVA scores are compared, showing differing priorities across regions, which is acceptable given the different local conditions. Overall, the importance of accurately assessing and prioritizing risks is emphasized.

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🗺️ Regional Risk Differences in Illinois

The Illinois Emergency Management Agency compiles natural hazard mitigation plans, ranking risks for counties based on factors like population. Differences between state and county risk assessments are presented, demonstrating variation in perceived risks (e.g., severe storms, floods) and the necessity for county-level hazard plans. The state map shows the status of mitigation plans, highlighting the difference between areas with updated plans, outdated plans, or none at all. The importance of having accurate and up-to-date mitigation plans in place is discussed, especially regarding regional and county-level preparedness.

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👥 Key Considerations for Community Health Workers

Jennifer explains the significance of hazard vulnerability assessments for community health workers (CHWs). The key questions include identifying hazards, assessing their potential impact, and understanding community preparedness capabilities. Human safety is the top priority in emergencies, followed by property and economic impacts. CHWs need to consider the resources and mutual aid agreements necessary to support communities, including collaboration with nearby states if applicable. Understanding community risks and preparedness, as well as the individualized vulnerabilities of clients, are crucial to effectively aiding those in need.

📊 Summary of Hazard Vulnerability Assessments

The summary reiterates that an HVA is a systematic review of vulnerabilities and risks in a geographic area, combined with a review of mitigation efforts and past activation history. It highlights the importance of identifying areas for improvement in preparedness and training based on these assessments. The primary focus should always be on preserving human life and understanding how communities can better prepare for potential threats. Jennifer thanks the audience for their attention and indicates that the next module will cover social vulnerabilities.

Mindmap

Keywords

💡Emergency Preparedness

Emergency preparedness refers to the process of planning and organizing resources and procedures to ensure communities can respond effectively to various hazards. In the video, it emphasizes the importance of preparing for potential risks that could affect a community, whether natural, technical, or human-caused. Examples include steps like conducting hazard vulnerability analyses and establishing mutual aid agreements.

💡Hazard Vulnerability Analysis (HVA)

HVA is a systematic approach to identifying and assessing the risks that may impact a specific geographic area or community. The video describes it as an essential first step in emergency preparedness, allowing communities to prioritize the hazards that pose the greatest threat. It can include natural, technical, or human-caused hazards like tornadoes, floods, or active shooter situations.

💡THIRA (Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment)

THIRA is a national-level assessment that consolidates local and state HVAs to provide a comprehensive understanding of the risks facing a region or the entire country. The video explains that it is built from the aggregation of local assessments to help prioritize the most significant threats at the federal level, ensuring coordinated emergency preparedness efforts.

💡Social Vulnerability

Social vulnerability refers to the specific social factors—such as poverty, age, disability, and housing conditions—that make certain populations more susceptible to harm in the event of a disaster. In the video, understanding social vulnerability is highlighted as crucial for tailoring emergency preparedness activities to protect these at-risk groups within a community.

💡Disaster Mitigation

Disaster mitigation involves actions taken to reduce or eliminate the long-term risk to life and property from hazards. In the video, it is one of the four phases of emergency management, and it involves steps like reinforcing buildings in flood zones or conducting public education campaigns about disaster preparedness.

💡Incident Management System

The Incident Management System is a standardized approach to managing emergency responses across different agencies and jurisdictions. The video explains that understanding this system is critical for community health workers, as it ensures that everyone follows the same protocol during an emergency, promoting efficiency and coordination in response efforts.

💡All-Hazards Approach

The all-hazards approach refers to preparing for a wide range of potential hazards, rather than focusing on specific threats. In the video, this concept is emphasized in the context of disaster preparedness steps that community health workers can assist with. It encourages comprehensive planning that can address both natural and human-caused disasters.

💡Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication (CERC)

CERC involves the dissemination of timely, accurate, and relevant information during an emergency to help protect public health. The video introduces this concept as a critical component of emergency preparedness, highlighting the importance of effective communication to reduce panic and ensure that the public understands how to stay safe during a crisis.

💡Natural Hazards

Natural hazards are environmental phenomena that can cause harm to communities, such as tornadoes, floods, earthquakes, and severe storms. The video uses examples from the state of Illinois to illustrate the types of natural hazards that communities may face and emphasizes the importance of assessing the likelihood and impact of these hazards through HVAs.

💡Mutual Aid Agreements

Mutual aid agreements are partnerships between jurisdictions or organizations to share resources during emergencies. In the video, these agreements are discussed in the context of emergency preparedness, especially for communities that might not have sufficient resources on their own. It suggests forming these agreements with neighboring counties or even states.

Highlights

Jennifer Harris introduces herself as a doctorate student in public health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

The presentation focuses on emergency preparedness and management, targeting community health workers.

Six specific objectives for the training are outlined, including identifying hazards and social vulnerabilities.

The importance of understanding the differences between disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery is emphasized.

Disaster preparedness steps according to an all-hazards approach are discussed.

The incident management system and its structure throughout the United States are explained.

The significance of crisis and emergency risk communication is highlighted.

The training is divided into five modules, starting with Hazard Vulnerability Analysis.

Social Vulnerability Indices for Illinois and its counties are covered in Module Two.

Module Three covers the four phases of Emergency Management: mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.

Module Four discusses the organizational structure for Emergency Management in Illinois.

Module Five focuses on crisis and risk communication, also known as CIRC.

Hazard Vulnerability Analysis (HVA) is defined and its significance in community risk assessment is explained.

THIRA is introduced as a state-level roll-up of HVAs, focusing on the biggest threats and hazards.

Natural, technical, and adversarial hazards are categorized and examples are provided.

The Illinois Emergency Medical Service regions and their responsibility for HVAs are detailed.

A hazard vulnerability assessment tool developed by Kaiser Permanente is presented.

The process of ranking the probability, alerts/activations, severity, and preparedness for hazards is described.

The importance of regional differences in hazard prioritization within Illinois is discussed.

The Illinois natural Hazard mitigation plan and how counties rank in preparedness is reviewed.

The differences between state and county risk assessments are highlighted.

The implications of HVA for Community Health Workers (CHWs) are discussed, focusing on threats and hazards affecting communities.

The impact of threats and hazards on community, property, and economy is considered.

The necessity of community capabilities and preparedness based on hazard impacts is examined.

The summary emphasizes the systematic review of vulnerabilities, hazards, risks, mitigation, and preparedness.

Transcripts

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hello my name is Jennifer Harris and I

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am currently a doctorate and public

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health student at the University of

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Nebraska Medical Center and today's

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presentation is going to be on emergency

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preparedness and management

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this training is intended for community

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health workers and there are six

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specific objectives to this training

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that we're going to go through number

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one is to identify hazards specific to

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your geographic location number two is

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to describe the social vulnerabilities

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of the populations in your geographical

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area and why these two things are

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important to understand before getting

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into emergency preparedness activities

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number three will be to explain the

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differences between disaster mitigation

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preparedness response and Recovery these

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are the four phases of Emergency

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Response

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excuse me emergency preparedness and

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management and we will go through each

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one of those

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objective number four is to explain

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disaster preparedness steps according to

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an all hazards approach and what chws

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can do to assist their clients with

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these steps

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number five is to understand the

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incident management system and the

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structure that goes along with it

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throughout the United States and

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objective number six is to understand

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the importance of Crisis and emergency

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risk communication

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there are five modules to this training

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and curriculum we were going to go

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through each one separately the first

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one is on Hazard vulnerability analysis

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from around the state of Illinois and

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what that means for our different

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regions module number two we'll go over

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social vulnerability indices for the

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state of Illinois and the counties

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within Illinois we will also touch on

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the world Institute of disabilities

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emergency planning toolkit

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the third module is Emergency Management

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phases the mitigation preparedness

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response and Recovery

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the fourth module we're going to go over

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the organizational structure for

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Emergency Management in Illinois and

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module number five will cover that

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crisis and risk communication or

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otherwise referred to as Circ

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so for module one we're going to Dive

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Right In with Hazard vulnerability

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analysis or referred to as HBA and

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threat and Hazard identification and

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risk assessment also referred to as

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thyra

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so this is really just taking a look at

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our geographical areas that we reside or

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our communities are in and taking a look

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at what could be happening in the

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environment that can pose a risk you can

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see here we've got pictures of fire

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tornado there's many that we're going to

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get into discussing

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the definitions of an hva or Hazard

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vulnerability analysis can vary and

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there's many of them out there so I have

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just put two on the screen here one is

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from U.S health and human services just

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from this year 2023 and they Define it

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as a systematic approach to identifying

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hazards or risks that are most likely to

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have an impact on the community

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California Hospital Association has a

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really good definition as well now even

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though it's specific to hospital

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environments where they're looking at a

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hazard vulnerability analysis is a

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process for identifying the hospital's

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highest vulnerabilities to Nature and

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man-made hazards and the direct and

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indirect effect these hazards can have

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on the hospital or the community

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there is another item that we just

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talked about called thyra thyra is at a

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state level so they roll it up from the

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hvas that maybe a hospital or a

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community or an organization did the

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state will collect and then at the

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Nationwide Federal level they also

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collect all of these Hazard

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vulnerability assessments or analyzes

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and they will put together what they

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call a thyra so it's taking all that

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information together and at a national

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level taking a look at the risks that

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have been identified and what is most

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pertinent or what is the biggest

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catastrophic threat and hazards that

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need to be addressed in order for them

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to be appropriately managed

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so with all of that being said what

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types of Hazards are we talking about

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when we are looking at Hazard

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vulnerability assessments they can be

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broken down into three categories so you

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see on here we have natural Technical

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and accidental and adversarial or human

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caused in the natural category we're

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pretty familiar with a lot of these here

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in the state of Illinois we've had

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everything from droughts we do have

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potential for earthquake being close to

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the the fault line down near Southern

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Illinois

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we've experienced extreme heat floods

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severe thunderstorms winter storms

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erosion we've had all of these at one

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time or another so we will go through

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and talk a little bit more in a couple

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of slides here about the state of

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Illinois with those but those are some

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examples of natural hazards some

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examples of technical or accidental

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hazards you can see list at the middle

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column these can be anything from

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biological food contamination chemical

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spills Dam or Levy failures nuclear

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power plants and you know that's a big

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one for the state of Illinois given how

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many nuclear power plants we do have

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transportation incident so again this

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column here gives some examples of

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Technical and accidental and then in the

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far right hand column we have

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adversarial and human caused these are

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anything from armed assaults active

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shooter situations that the nation has

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experienced recently cyber attacks the

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plague

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um smallpox the list goes on

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um there's a lot of examples we could

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give for each one of these categories

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um you know in terms of natural I we

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talked again in Illinois we have

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everything depending on the season from

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winter storms to tornadoes to droughts

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so we go through those depending on what

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part of Illinois we live in because we

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do geographically span a wide range of

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area we could experience all of those in

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one region others are more likely to

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experience it than others

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and then when you get into the

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adversarial and human cause there's a

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lot of examples that fit into this

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category and unfortunately with the

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climate it the way it has been in recent

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years there's a lot of examples that can

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come to mind but you start to paint the

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picture of what are the hazards for the

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community in which we work and our

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patients and clients live and what do we

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need to be most cognizant of

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on this next slide this is a map of the

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state of Illinois so Illinois is broken

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into seven Emergency Medical Service

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regions and each one is a different

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color here and each region is

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responsible for completing one Hazard

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vulnerability assessment per Emergency

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Medical Service region so typically it's

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a hospital that leads those efforts for

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that entire region not always but

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typically and they work together so that

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community that region they all come

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together and work on you know it's it's

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a round table like a tabletop situation

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where everybody sits down and talks

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through what they think what are the

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biggest hazards or risks for their

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region we have 102 counties in the state

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of Illinois

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with 97 local Health departments so that

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means that there are some local Health

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departments that cover multiple counties

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because another County may not have

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their own so that is worth the

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difference of five comes from between

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102 counties and 97 Health departments

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then the Illinois Emergency Management

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agency referred to as Aima collects all

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of that information and they will put

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together the state of Illinois thyra

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that threat and risk assessment that

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they're taking a look at from a whole

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perspective for the state of Illinois

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so what are they doing when they take a

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look at assessing these and when they're

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starting to look at what's more at risk

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or less at risk this is an example of a

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hazard vulnerability assessment tool

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Kaiser Permanente was a hospital out in

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California hospital system they

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developed this tool and it has been

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widely used by not only those in

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hospital or Health Care environments but

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Public Health departments businesses

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schools it's a very good tool and I

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wanted to walk you through so you could

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take a look and see how this actually

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works so I'm going to go with um the

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very beginning here the First Alert type

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is an active shooter and so what they

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will first look at is this category

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right here for probability what is the

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likelihood that this will occur in our

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community you can look at recent Trends

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you can look at crime rates you can look

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at a lot of different things which is

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why you'll have a multi-disciplinary

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group getting together to fill this out

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you will have everybody from local

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Health departments police fire Emergency

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Medical Services teachers not for

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profits churches all the community gets

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together in the best interest of doing a

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very good Hazard vulnerability

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assessment and they will rank the

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probability of an active shooter in

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their Community as either low a 1 up to

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a three is high

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now the alerts and the activations is a

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very interesting piece that has been

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added on in recent years

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and the alerts and activations is how

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many times has your community been put

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on alert or actually had to activate

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their plan for responding to an active

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shooter situation so essentially the

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more alerts or activations you have had

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you have had more time to practice not

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that it's a good thing that you've had

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to activate these but if you're doing

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alerts or activations it means your

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community has had to at least Implement

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at some point and test out their plans

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then the severity so down here we're

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looking at magnitude and mitigation and

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so what they're looking at is the human

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impact property impact and business

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impact what is the possibility of death

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or injury from an active shooter

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situation and they have to score it

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again low moderate High property impact

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from an active shooter the physical

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losses and damages need to be ranked and

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then as well business impact so will

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Interruption of services happen is it

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likely moderate or high

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then you go to the preparedness section

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this green these green columns and you

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look at how well prepared are they or

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the community what is the internal

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response and external response and so

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again pre-planning are there plans in

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place have the appropriate community

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members come together to drill or to

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work through plans again you score this

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and everything comes together over here

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in a mathematical equation comes up and

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calculates the risk this is the relative

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threat based on all of this information

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we just went through for an active

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shooter in this community and it will

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give a relative threat of anywhere from

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zero to one hundred percent

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so for each type of Hazard type that we

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talked about in the previous slides they

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will go through here and they will

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assess each of those items for each one

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and at the end of it you will be able to

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prioritize what risks had the highest

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percentages and those are the ones that

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need the most attention or should be

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evaluated at the most

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so when I took a look at Illinois's hvas

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because there's multiple ones this is a

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great example that I wanted to share

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with you of how things ranked so you can

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see on the left hand side of the screen

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this is one example of a region and they

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ranked active shooter as a number one

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tornado is number two but what you can

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see on the right hand side of the screen

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is another region within the state of

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Illinois actually it brings flood as

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their primary concern but tornado was

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still number two so for these two

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regions you can see that tornadoes

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ranked as number two priorities in both

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regions but you can see their number one

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priorities are slightly different that

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is not a good or a bad thing it's

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actually probably a very accurate

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picture of whatever region this is but

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what I wanted to point out was for the

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most part even though the rank ordering

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may be slightly different in the top

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eight to ten here you will start to see

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the tornadoes list on both of them

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severe thunderstorms winter storms you

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can start to see extreme heat extreme

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cold you can see on the right hand side

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they actually had multiple items that

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all tied for being number eight priority

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they all had the exact same risk

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prioritization percentage and so when

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you start to look at this you can get a

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good idea of what are the top 10 hazards

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for the state of Illinois these are all

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of the items that the state then rolls

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up and takes a look at and puts together

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but I wanted you to see the difference

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between the regions in the state and how

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it can be a little bit variable which is

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perfectly fine

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and remember these regions have multiple

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counties within them so even at the

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county level and Regional level they may

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differ slightly and that is perfectly

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okay

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this is another really good illustration

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to continue along these lines this is an

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example of the Illinois natural Hazard

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mitigation plan from Aima the Illinois

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Emergency Management agency they

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actually took all this information on

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natural hazards so you can see at the

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top of the slide here severe storms

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floods severe winter storms drought

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extreme heat earthquake and tornado and

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you can see for each County listed down

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the far left to hand column the

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population of that County and how they

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were ranked in terms of being prepared

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or having Hazard mitigation in place so

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for severe storms Adams County was

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ranked very high you can see for floods

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medium but when you go across to Drought

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or earthquake Adams County was actually

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ranked low in terms of mitigation

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efforts

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this is just a quick I don't expect you

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to be able to read this but going along

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these lines Aima then takes that

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information we just looked at and they

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say how prepared are these counties with

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mitigation plans in order to prepare for

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those natural hazards green means that

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they have plans in place

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the orangish color means they have one

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in place but it needs to be improved

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upon or updated the white ones do not

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have any plans and the light blue or

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grayish ones were outdated as of this

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map being made and need it to be updated

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so you can see from the state level Aima

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they get all of those scores together

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and then they start looking at how well

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prepared does everybody for those

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certain types of Hazards

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again this is a really good pictorial of

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the difference between what the state

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might categorize or risk assess

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something versus the county and again

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it's okay it just shows you the

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difference that may be going on so I've

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circled a couple here in red the very

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top line you can see for Jefferson

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County population just under 39

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000. the state actually ranked them as

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being at severe risk for severe storms

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but the county said they were only at

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high risk not severe

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if you keep going across the state

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indicated Jefferson County was at low

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risk for floods but the county felt like

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they were medium

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so again as you take a look at this um

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sometimes the risks are a little bit

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different and there's probably good

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justifications from both the state and

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the county on why they would rank

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something such as this but the most

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important part is the mitigation or the

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preparedness plans that then get put in

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place

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but this is all part of those Hazard

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vulnerability assessments looking at

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natural disasters man-made adversarial

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and accidental so this is just giving

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you a picture for the state of Illinois

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on how the state rolls up all of the

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county information

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so what does all of this mean for chws I

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know that was a lot of technical work to

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explain and that you don't need to

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remember all of it but these are the

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most important questions

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um from my perspective for community

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health workers which is what threats and

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Hazards can affect our community

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think through those three topics natural

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Technical and accidental and adversarial

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and human caused what are the biggest

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threats that we have or hazards that

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could be going on in our communities

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if they were to occur what impacts would

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those threats and Hazards have on our

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community the very first priority is

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always on human life safety save lives

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save limbs so what is their impact if

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those threats were to happen on the

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community property and economy always

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comes secondary tertiary to that human

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saved lives protect and preserve human

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lives

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but again what are they you know once

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human lives the event is over what is

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the damage to the community in terms of

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housing structures utilities those are

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all items that need to be taken into

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consideration based on what the hazard

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would be and then the third question

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based on those impacts what capabilities

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should our community have which means

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how should we be prepared what resources

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do we need are there extra supplies

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particular supplies that we need to have

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on hand do we need to have mutual Aid

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agreements with sister counties or with

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the state if you are a county that

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borders on a state the state line is

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there a state next to us so Indiana

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Missouri that you may want to look to

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for Mutual Aid agreements as well so

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these are all the questions from a

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community health worker perspective that

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I think is important to think through

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especially when we're working with our

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patients and clients and we will get

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into this a little bit in the next

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module and social vulnerabilities

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because that is very individualized and

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can be different

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um from household to household but you

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have to understand

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um the hva perspective and the actual

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risks and hazards that are in our

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communities and now we are going to move

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on to talking about the individualized

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and social vulnerabilities

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and hopefully you will start to see how

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all of this comes together

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so in summary

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hva or Hazard vulnerability analysis or

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assessment is a systematic review of

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vulnerabilities hazards and or risks to

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a geographic region combined with what

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level of mitigation or preparedness and

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actual activation history has that

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Community experienced are they familiar

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with how to respond to some of these or

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is it never happened before and they

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hope it never happens but are they

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prepared we also have to look at

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assistant identifying areas for

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improvement in preparedness and training

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so what do we need more training and

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preparedness on and then what resources

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do we need based on all of that

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information

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so thank you for taking the time um to

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listen to this module on Hazard

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vulnerability as analysis and

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assessments and module tool two will be

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up next on social vulnerabilities thank

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you

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