How to survive a natural disaster (and recover when it’s over)
“Social capital is as important as formal training when it comes to disaster response. We see in every event people who have never had emergency training playing critical roles.” – Daniel Neely Daniel Neely is the Manager of Community Resilience and Regional Recovery Manager at the Wellington (New Zealand) Region Emergency Management Office. In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Daniel discuss the importance of community relationships when it comes to responding to a disaster (4:00); emergency preparedness tips (8:00); disaster response strategies (13:00); and preparing for a disaster from both a personal and business perspective (19:00). For more disaster preparedness information, check out https://www.ready.gov/ and https://getprepared.nz/ Notable Links: “Teen who rescued 17 in Harvey flooding wins national Citizen Hero award” Federal Emergency Preparedness Resources FEMA (US Agency) National Flood Insurance Program (FEMA program) 100 Resilient Cities (Rockefeller program) “How to Step Up in the Face of Disaster” (TED Talk) “How to survive a disaster” (BBC article) “Recovering from disasters” (Conversation article) Neighborhood Empowerment Network (community resilience alliance) Cajun Navy (volunteer group) John Leach (survival psychologist) Laurie Johnson (survival consultant) The Deviate theme music comes from the title track of Cedar Van Tassel’s 2017 album Lumber. Note: We don’t host a “comments” section, but we’re happy to hear your questions and insights via email, at [email protected].
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Show Notes
“Social capital is as important as formal training when it comes to disaster response. We see in every event people who have never had emergency training playing critical roles.” – Daniel Neely
Daniel Neely is the Manager of Community Resilience and Regional Recovery Manager at the Wellington (New Zealand) Region Emergency Management Office.
In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Daniel discuss the importance of community relationships when it comes to responding to a disaster (4:00); emergency preparedness tips (8:00); disaster response strategies (13:00); and preparing for a disaster from both a personal and business perspective (19:00).
For more disaster preparedness information, check out https://www.ready.gov/ and https://getprepared.nz/
Notable Links:
- “Teen who rescued 17 in Harvey flooding wins national Citizen Hero award”
- Federal Emergency Preparedness Resources
- FEMA (US Agency)
- National Flood Insurance Program (FEMA program)
- 100 Resilient Cities (Rockefeller program)
- “How to Step Up in the Face of Disaster” (TED Talk)
- “How to survive a disaster” (BBC article)
- “Recovering from disasters” (Conversation article)
- Neighborhood Empowerment Network (community resilience alliance)
- Cajun Navy (volunteer group)
- John Leach (survival psychologist)
- Laurie Johnson (survival consultant)
The Deviate theme music comes from the title track of Cedar Van Tassel’s 2017 album Lumber.
Note: We don’t host a “comments” section, but we’re happy to hear your questions and insights via email, at [email protected].