Emergency Preparedness, Disaster Risk Reduction & Climate Resilience

Innovating whole community inclusive strategies to disaster and crisis before, during and after disasters through comprehensive training, technical assistance, and expert consulting.

What We Do

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Planning, Preparedness, and Resilience

Subject Matter Expertise:

  • Disability Inclusive Readiness & Resilience to Emergencies Crisis & Threats (DIRRECT) for Corporations, NGOs, and businesses
  • Emergency operations plans gap analysis
  • Public-private-disability partnerships
  • Inclusive planning, training and exercises
  • Person directed emergency preparedness for people with disabilities
  • Planning for the life-span
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Mitigation and Risk Reduction

Inclusion & Accessibility Consulting

  • International Experts for:
    • Effective Communication and Early Warnings
    • Emergency Management, Public Health and Safety, First Responders, Case Management, Medical, and Elected Officials
    • Disability Community Partnerships
    • Private Enterprise
  • Health Equity Strategies and Toolkits
  • Resources and Technology Solutions
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Sustainable Systemic Change

Technical Assistance, Training & Policy :

  • Disability leadership for universal design
  • Accessible shelter & mass care operations
  • The law, policy, practice, and compliance
  • Accommodations with limited resources
  • Research and evidence-based equity
  • Global Alliance for Disaster Resource Acceleration (GADRA) - responding with a virtual EOC with AI technology & disability leadership
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More WID Services

  • Accessibility and Universal Design: Accessibility assessments, inclusive focus groups, UX testing, surveys
  • Community Inclusion: Supportive decision making, employment, benefits, and housing and independent living
  • Global Heumann Fellowship
  • The Heumann Disability Research Lab elevating global research and policy

Our Disaster Program Partners and Clients of 2023-2024

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Row 1: Dewberry; City of San Jose California; World Federal of the Deaf; SPIN; U.S. Department of Homeland Security Row 2: Tri-State Disaster Preparedness Coalition - the Health Collaborative; CHRMC - Local Impact Global Collaboration Row 3: Verizon; Tel Aviv University American Friends; Ability Central; Center for Independent Living; AT&T Row 4: Spokane Regional Health District; NACCHO; ASPR; The Arc; June Isaacson Kailes; County of San Patricio, Texas Row 5: WITH; ASTHO; Bridge Multimedia; Equal Justice Works Row 6: U.S. Department of State; MPHI; Tech to the Rescue; AARP; The YMCA Row 7: Omdena; GADRA; USAID; Tenebo Enterprises Row 8: IAAP; UNDRR; CDC Foundation

Popular Products and Services

  • Consultation and office hours
  • Subject Matter Expertise in disability inclusion competency
  • Document, virtual, and physical spaces accessibility
  • Resources and Toolkits
  • Playbooks and Plans
  • Change management tools
  • Self assessment resources
  • Training - Micro, virtual, face-to-face, asynchronous
  • Operationalizable deployment strategies for universal design
  • Community preparedness resources
  • Planning guides
  • Research and policy
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Ready to learn more?

If you want to learn more and receive a free quote for any of our services, please use the scheduling tool below to schedule a Zoom meeting with our Emergency, Disaster, and Climate Resilience team.

You can also email us at resilience@wid.org to schedule a meeting or request a quote.

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