Emergency Preparedness Committee

Emergency Preparedness Committee (EPC) City of Takoma Park Thursday, 22 July 2021 7-8.30 pm via ZOOM AGENDA Issue/ item Person Est. Time/ minutes --Preparedness issues for TPk, overview of Ron Hardy, 10 meeting Claudine --Takoma Park re-opening schedule Schweber --Takoma Park, Montgomery County & State Ron Hardy 15 --Community events: National Night Out (Aug 3) Preparedness month/September --flyers and??? Preparedness concerns short-term: storms, Ron Hardy, 15 lightening, flooding; long term? All https://www.ready.gov/thunderstorms-lightning --status of Emergency Power Facility Assessment Preparedness and disability community; Ron Hardy, 25 elderly→ identify issues and speakers. Claudine --Identify community groups contact list re Schweber emergencies, help ALL http://mdod.maryland.gov/Pages/Home.aspx Update on TPK Council re Committees Claudine 10 Schweber Other: guests, multi-lingual contacts; awareness ALL 15 of other areas’ activities, etc Videos, online games: https://www.stopdisastersgame.org/ Next Meeting: 19 August 2021 Emergency preparedness links: MADRA: Mid-Atlantic Disaster Recovery Association http://www.madra.org/ : quarterly & online https://madra.org/MD Emergency Management Agency - http://www.mema.state.md.us/calendar/index.aspEmergency Preparedness https://www.ready.gov/ Federal Emergency Management Agency- http://training.fema.gov/is/crslist.asp?page=all