Neighborhood Disaster Plan Template Page 6
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INTRODUCTION
1.1
BACKGROUND
As community members, we recognize that preparing for disasters and catastrophic
events is not a luxury, it is an imperative. It is often said that disasters are not a matter of
“if”, but “when”. Nowhere is this truer than in our own City of Los Angeles with its dense
web of earthquake fault lines just under the surface, its miles of beaches susceptible to
tsunamis, and its place atop the nation’s terrorist target list, among other natural and
human-caused hazards.
[Insert information about the area covered by the plan, the bureau and city council
district, and the locations of the nearest fire station, police station, and hospital.]
1.2
PURPOSE
The primary purpose of the plan is to outline strategies that our neighborhood members
can take to support ourselves in the event of a disaster. It is meant to cover large-scale
disasters as well as smaller emergencies. The plan is based on the recognition that the
first priorities in a disaster are self, family and neighbors. It is built on the concept of
“neighbor helping neighbor” until outside help arrives.
We hope that this plan will
provide a mechanism for our neighborhood to sustain itself until City services and outside
support can be obtained.
1.3
HOW THE PLAN WAS DEVELOPED
[Discuss how the plan was developed (e.g. through a series of meetings), when it was
developed, who it was developed by (general descriptions of those who worked on it, or
specific names), and who led the project.]
1.4
ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
[Insert specific descriptive information about your neighborhood, to include its location in
Los Angeles, the general addresses or blocks of the area, square mileage, the date the
neighborhood was founded, the number of homes covered by the plan, the number of
people residing in the neighborhood, its ethnic and cultural makeup, languages
commonly spoken, and any community centers or significant landmarks.]
[INSERT DATE, VERSION NUMBER]
[INSERT NAME OF NEIGHBORHOOD]
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