COVID-19 planning considerations webinar
The ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic introduces new challenges to hurricane season. To prepare the nation, FEMA is holding webinars to expand awareness and understanding of the recently released COVID-19 Pandemic Operational Guidance for the 2020 Hurricane Season and the Exercise Starter Kits for Preparedness in a Pandemic.
The webinars focus on these tools have so far hosted more than 1,500 participants from federal, state, local, tribal and territorial government, academia, associations and the private sector. They allow emergency managers an opportunity to discuss how the guidance and exercise kits can assist their communities in reviewing and modifying their plans, while still managing the constraints and limitations of the ongoing pandemic.
Webinar discussions focus on:
- Sheltering and Social Distancing: Participants expressed concerns with having to decide between limiting shelter capacity to adhere to social distancing constraints or sacrificing social distancing guidelines in order to accommodate more people within the shelters.
- Recovery: Representatives from the Field Operations Directorate, Individual Assistance, and Public Assistance provided information on virtual preliminary damage assessments, sheltering and direct housing missions.
- Exercise Starter Kits: Discussions focused on the kit’s adaptability to a variety of audiences and how they could be used to support planning efforts across the whole community.
The webinars also offer a list of resources to help participants locate additional planning products, register for National Incident Management System Alerts and access the FEMA and White House coronavirus websites.
Date and Time
- 23 June 2020, 5 - 6 pm CEST
- 24 June 2020, 10 - 11 pm CEST
- 25 June 2020, 8 - 9 pm CEST