Expression of Interest - The First 72 Hours Workshop

The workshop covers the following topics:

• Why the First 72Hours?
• How you can develop an emergency plan.
• How to consider, and plan for your unique needs in an emergency.
• Where you can receive emergency warnings and updates.
• Resources available to assist you, and where you can find them.

• To increase communities capacity to respond to their own needs in a disaster.
• Build awareness about the need to be self-sufficient for at least the first three days after an emergency is declared.
• Emergencies can be hard to predict and emergency services may be unable to reach you in a disaster.
• No one knows your needs better than you, so it’s important to have a plan that suits your households to take care of your needs.

• Different aspects of a plan that need to be considered.
• What emergency services roles are during an emergency.
• How you can work together as a street/neighbourhood to be better prepared.

• Anyone in community. Kids under 15 should be accompanied by a guardian.
• People who may need additional support during a disaster and are looking for more information to develop a plan
• Long standing residents of the community who would like some updated information and additional resources specific to your local context