EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

FORMS & APPLICATIONS

 Emergency Preparedness
Forms Coming Soon!

CONTACT INFORMATION

  • Talialuk Building
    2nd floor
  • 907.443.4384
  • 907.304.1126
  • KKnowlton@kawerak.org

  • Kawerak, Inc.
    P.O. Box 948
    Nome, AK 99762

Emergency Preparedness

The Emergency Preparedness program at Kawerak focuses on emergency planning and hazard mitigation for the communities of the Bering Strait Region. For this program, Kawerak created a grant funded position to focus on our regional villages’ emergency preparedness efforts.

We partner with the State of Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management’s planning and hazard mitigation staff to make sure our communities are prepared for local disasters.

One resource we have for communities is the Small Community Emergency Response Toolkit: SCERP Toolkit

To learn more about this program, please contact Emergency Preparedness Specialist Kevin Knowlton at kknowlton@kawerak.org or (907) 443-4384.

For information on assistance and current disasters please visit https://kawerak.org/response/

NEW! Changes to FEMA Assistance 2024

For more information visit
kawerak.org/response or
https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20240119/biden-harris-administration-reforms-disaster-assistance-program-help

Our focus is to provide community-lead assistance in SCERP planning utilizing a tool kit developed  by the State of Alaska to assist our communities manage and direct local response to disasters.

Other SCERP benefits—Exercising the SCERP with the State of Alaska.  They will develop an exercise that will fit your community’s needs, provide staff to evaluate your communities response, complete after action reports and this will assist your community possibly obtain much needed supplies and equipment through grants directly to your village.

UPCOMING TRAINING

STAY TUNED….We aim to provide training pertinent to emergency response like:

Incident Command Systems                  Oil spill response training
Designating emergency shelters             Identifying evacuation routes predicting
Preparing for natural disasters               Climate change response

Hazard Mitigation Planning (HMP) is a process where each community can come together to identify natural or manmade disasters that can happen in your village.  This process looks at the whole community, from location of the village to location of necessary services (city government, health clinic, school, tribal office).  This is done to identify where emergency response would have the most need in your village.  Hazard Mitigation planning is a very specific planning process, often taking six months of community involvement and a service provided free of charge by the State of Alaska Hazard Mitigation office.  Once your communities plan is done, it is good for five years.  HMP benefits are numerous, it opens up grants only communities with complete plans can apply for.

http://cdr-em.com/fema-pre-disaster-mitigation-pdm-grant-program-fy-2019/

https://www.fema.gov/hazard-mitigation-grant-program

Developing and Maintaining Emergency Operations Plans. http://www.fema.gov/pdf/about/divisions/npd/CPG_101_V2.pdf

State of Alaska Small Community Emergency Response Plan Development Resources. https://ready.alaska.gov/Plans/SCERP

https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/grants/hazmat/hazardous-materials-grants-program

https://ready.alaska.gov/

Emergency Preparedness

The Emergency Preparedness program at Kawerak focuses on emergency planning and hazard mitigation for the communities of the Bering Strait Region. For this program, Kawerak created a grant funded position to focus on our regional villages’ emergency preparedness efforts.

We partner with the State of Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management’s planning and hazard mitigation staff to make sure our communities are prepared for local disasters.

One resource we have for communities is the Small Community Emergency Response Toolkit: SCERP Toolkit

To learn more about this program, please contact Emergency Preparedness Specialist Kevin Knowlton at kknowlton@kawerak.org or (907) 443-4384.

For information on assistance and current disasters please visit https://kawerak.org/response/

NEW! Changes to FEMA Assistance 2024

For more information visit
kawerak.org/response or
https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20240119/biden-harris-administration-reforms-disaster-assistance-program-help

Our focus is to provide community-lead assistance in SCERP planning utilizing a tool kit developed  by the State of Alaska to assist our communities manage and direct local response to disasters.

Other SCERP benefits—Exercising the SCERP with the State of Alaska.  They will develop an exercise that will fit your community’s needs, provide staff to evaluate your communities response, complete after action reports and this will assist your community possibly obtain much needed supplies and equipment through grants directly to your village.

UPCOMING TRAINING

STAY TUNED….We aim to provide training pertinent to emergency response like:

Incident Command Systems                  Oil spill response training
Designating emergency shelters             Identifying evacuation routes predicting
Preparing for natural disasters               Climate change response

Hazard Mitigation Planning (HMP) is a process where each community can come together to identify natural or manmade disasters that can happen in your village.  This process looks at the whole community, from location of the village to location of necessary services (city government, health clinic, school, tribal office).  This is done to identify where emergency response would have the most need in your village.  Hazard Mitigation planning is a very specific planning process, often taking six months of community involvement and a service provided free of charge by the State of Alaska Hazard Mitigation office.  Once your communities plan is done, it is good for five years.  HMP benefits are numerous, it opens up grants only communities with complete plans can apply for.

http://cdr-em.com/fema-pre-disaster-mitigation-pdm-grant-program-fy-2019/

https://www.fema.gov/hazard-mitigation-grant-program

Developing and Maintaining Emergency Operations Plans. http://www.fema.gov/pdf/about/divisions/npd/CPG_101_V2.pdf

State of Alaska Small Community Emergency Response Plan Development Resources. https://ready.alaska.gov/Plans/SCERP

https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/grants/hazmat/hazardous-materials-grants-program

https://ready.alaska.gov/

FORMS & APPLICATIONS

 Emergency Preparedness
Forms Coming Soon!

CONTACT INFORMATION

  • Talialuk Building
    2nd floor
  • 907.443.4384
  • 907.304.1126
  • KKnowlton@kawerak.org

  • Kawerak, Inc.
    P.O. Box 948
    Nome, AK 99762