Unit 2: Resiliency and Recovery: The Vision and Engaging the Whole Community
Unit Objectives • Set the foundation for the IEMC • Discuss the vision for long term recovery in Thurston County • Describe elements of community resilience • Describe the whole community
Resiliency Community Resilience -- “Enable the recognition, understanding, communication of, and planning for risk and empower individuals and communities to make informed risk management decisions necessary to adapt to, withstand, and quickly recover from future incidents” (National Preparedness Goal, 2nd Edition, 2015)
Discussion Question 1 What is risk?
Risk What determines risk for? • An individual or family • Private sector business • Health care facility • School system • Government facility • Community
Whole Community and Resiliency • No overall reliance on central authorities • The private sector (businesses, NGOs, and individual citizens) take leading roles • Scope of societal factors involved varies
Discussion Question 2 What philosophic shift do we see with resiliency?
Shift • Away from reliance on government • Emphasis on whole community • Government is one community partner among many others • Private sector, NGOs and individual citizens can take a leading role
Societal Factors • Economic • Tax Base (size and diversity) • Employers • Family income • Housing • Demographics • Education • Government • Health
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Vision (cont.) Thurston County is a vibrant community ensuring the health, safety and wellbeing of generations to live, work and play. (Thurston County Strategic Plan updated for 2019/2020 (Adopted July 17, 2018))
Our Mission To create a community that promotes health, commerce, and environmental protection with transparency and accountability. (Thurston County Strategic Plan updated for 2019/2020 (Adopted July 17, 2018))
Our Core Values • Truth: We act with honesty and good judgement • Justice: We are inclusive, equitable and consistent • Integrity: We are ethical and transparent • Professionalism: We deliver exceptional public service and treat everyone with respect • Accountability: We take responsibility for our actions and outcomes (Thurston County Strategic Plan updated for 2019/2020 (Adopted July 17, 2018))
Desired Future • Thriving individuals, families and communities • A prosperous economy that benefits all • A healthy natural and built environment • Responsive law, justice and public safety • Effective county governance • An effective county organization (Thurston County Strategic Plan updated for 2019/2020 (Adopted July 17, 2018))
Focus of IEMC • From the Strategic Plan’s desired future: • Thriving individuals, families and communities • A prosperous economy that benefits all • Supporting these, this IEMC will focus on: • housing, • the economy, • schools, and • health
Long Term Community Recovery • The process of establishing a community based post disaster vision and identifying projects and project funding strategies best suited to achieve that vision, and employing a mechanism to implement those projects • Typically a 6 - 12 week planning process setting the blueprint for community recovery • Shaped by the community, resources available and damage sustained • Importance of planning beginning pre-disaster
Long Term Community Recovery (cont.) Rebuilding a community after a major or catastrophic disaster is a huge undertaking. The most effective way to accomplish holistic post‐disaster redevelopment is to be prepared before a disaster strikes.
Vision Building • Not a vision statement, but vision building • Select a slogan for the recovery effort • Communicate a consistent message • Whole Community involvement • The community’s vision • The community’s plan
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