Short presentation at the Washington State Chapter Community Associations Institute Luncheon. The key to resilience is to identify and reduce risks, get residents involved, and to reach out and work with community partners.
8. Take Steps to Reduce Risks Make avoiding harm easy If you face specific risk from a slides, flooding, fire: mitigate in advance! Help Responders: Easy to find your location your gas, electrical and water shut off Someone who has specific information about your facility-put up contact information/phone.
9. Don’t go it alone! Your residents are your best resource Manage expectations Build into communication from move in Encourage & reward self motivation There are partners in your community: Local Red Cross Local Emergency Management/Fire