Emergency Disaster PreparednessMajor Program

855

Total Hours

Contributed.

7743

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

31

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

139

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of individuals who have implemented best practices (prepared disaster kits for the home or business, etc.) as a result of Extension programming

43

Number of individuals reporting the expedited recovery of agricultural operations, individuals, families, and businesses after natural disasters, pandemics, and/or other emergencies

0

Number of individuals who plan to initiate networking opportunities with local leaders and emergency management officials (as a result of what they learned through Extension programming)

30

Number of volunteers who led a program as a response to a disaster event

0

Number of individuals reporting an intent to implement one or more disaster preparedness strategies/plan

111

Number of individuals reporting improved knowledge regarding disaster preparedness (such as emergency kit contents; daily water needs for survival; damage assessment; evacuation and sheltering in place plans)

127

Number of individuals who became involved in an existing local disaster preparedness program

3

Stories

Disaster Preparedness Workshop for Arts and Culture

Businesses, organizations and individuals within the arts and culture sector were particularly impacted, while simultaneously becoming major hubs of support in their communities, during the immediate aftermath and subsequent recovery efforts of catastrophic weather events in Western and Eastern Kentucky. A key component in their ability to act quickly: strong bonds in the preexisting local arts networks.In response to an increase in devastating weather events, Boone County Cooperative Extension ...

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Disaster Preparedness Workshop for Arts and Culture

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