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Provide information, networking, educational & professional development opportunities to African-American, and African-Descent emergency managers. To advance the emergency management and homeland security profession.
To assist and ensure diversity and community involvement in all phases of emergency management to include grant opportunities, training, preparedness, etc. with emphasis on the long-term recovery of the community.
Development and strengthening of mechanisms and capacities at the community level to build resilience to hazards.
Whole community approach using all members of a community:
disabled, children, senior citizens, ex-offenders in additional to responders (first and follow-on) in implementing emergency management and disaster reduction for communities.
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Cultural diversity, age, and vulnerable groups must be taken into consideration when preparing, planning for disaster risk reduction.
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-Participate and attend national advisory councils (Department of Homeland Security, National Infrastructure Advisory Council), Federal Emergency Management Agency National Advisory Council to ensure national priorities at the community level.
Ensure association members have identified, assessed, and monitored disaster risks in their communities and established a warning system (Alert System) by utilizing risk/hazard vulnerabilities, establishing a local emergency planning committee (LEPC) to ensure major risks are addressed within their community.
Ensure and promote member expertise, knowledge, job functions, skills, and abilities are used to enhance disaster resilience and emergency management preparation, planning, and implementation within their communities.
Ensure members understand each HFA Priorities to enhance awareness of risk factors within community and have addressed risks in preparedness plans for their communities.
Promote, attend, and sponsor disaster, crisis, risk, emergency and environmental management forums, conferences locally, nationally, and internationally.
Promote training and interaction at the community level to ensure participation in disaster risk reduction, and all levels in the principles of emergency management.
The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.