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CPD: Emergency Preparedness Toolkit

Emergency Preparedness Communications Folder

This folder was designed as a resource for health care providers and people with disabilities to address communication and access barriers. Accessibility applies to both communication and physical access. The folder includes several communication tools and information on reasonable accommodations in a health care setting. These tools DO NOT substitute for accommodations required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). If you are interested in Council members presenting on the Emergency Preparedness Communications Folder, reasonable accommodations, or disability etiquette at your meeting, conference, or other community meeting/event, please contact DHS staff support person, Ashley Walker.

Emergency Preparedness Toolkit, Tools, and Resources

The Emergency Preparedness Toolkit includes information about evacuation and escape planning, including evacuation procedures and devices. It also includes all the tools and resources listed individually below.

Emergency Preparedness Planning Apps

The Wisconsin Council on Physical Disabilities Emergency Preparedness Toolkit serves as a resource tool providing all people, particularly those individuals with physical or other disabilities, emergency preparedness information including tips, checklists, wallet card, visual communications tool, and other resources to be prepared and have a plan for emergencies and natural disasters.

The app includes all the forms and checklists from the Emergency Preparedness Toolkit in a fillable format, which can be saved to a smart device or sent to a printer. 

The Android version of the Emergency Preparedness Planning app is now available in the Google Play app store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=appwidhsepapp.wpapp.

The Apple version of the Emergency Planning app is now available in the Apple app store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/emergency-preparedness-toolkit/id1590957385.

Toolkit Resources in Other Formats

Audio

The Emergency Preparedness Toolkit audio files
*Please note: Pages 19 through 23 are not currently available. Information referenced on these pages can be found at Texas A&M University's Tips for First Responders.

Braille

A limited number of copies of the Emergency Preparedness Toolkit are available in Braille. For more information on obtaining a copy, contact the interim DHS staff support person, Ashley Walker.

Toolkit Resources in Other Languages

Emergency Preparedness Toolkit in Spanish

*Toolkit resources listed above were translated into Spanish using the May 2018 version of the toolkit.

Emergency Preparedness Presentations

About the Emergency Preparedness Toolkit

This toolkit is a product of years of work by past and present members of the Wisconsin Council on Physical Disabilities. After witnessing what happened to people with physical disabilities in the wake of hurricanes Rita and Katrina, the Council knew more work needed to be done to ensure the safety and protect the lives of people, especially those with physical disabilities, before and during emergencies and natural disasters.

Emergency Preparedness Toolkit Press Release - September 5, 2017 - Press Release

The Emergency Preparedness Toolkit was originally developed by the Wisconsin Association of the Deaf in partnership with the Wisconsin Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. The Wisconsin Council on Physical Disabilities expresses gratitude to the Association for allowing them to utilize these materials and to modify them to address the needs of people with physical and other disabilities.

The Wisconsin Council on Physical Disabilities Emergency Preparedness Toolkit serves as a resource tool providing all people, particularly those individuals with physical or other disabilities, emergency preparedness information including tips, checklists, wallet card, visual communications tool, and other resources to be prepared and have a plan for emergencies and natural disasters.

If you would like to request hard copies of materials to be mailed to you, please compete the following request form
Disclosure: The Council on Physical Disabilities (CPD) Emergency Preparedness Toolkit and materials cannot be mailed to P.O. Boxes.

If you are interested in Council members presenting on the Emergency Preparedness Toolkit at your meeting, conference, or other community meeting/event, please contact the DHS staff support person, Ashley Walker.

The Wisconsin Council on Physical Disabilities and the Wisconsin Association of the Deaf disclaim any liability for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages, losses, or expenses arising in connection with your use of or inability to use the this toolkit, or in connection with any failure of acts related to disaster or emergency preparedness.

Disclaimer about advisory council content

This content reflects the views and opinions of the advisory council. It may not reflect the official policy or position of DHS.

Last revised October 12, 2022