Can I freely distribute the Personal Evacuation Planning Guide and Neighborhood Based Evacuation Planning?
Please do! We in Broadmoor welcome the opportunity to share what we've learned. Feel free to download and distribute the materials as you wish. We have even included the original Microsoft Publisher cover file so that you may add your own logo to the Personal Evacuation Planning Guide and brand it as your own publication.
Why should neighborhoods be in the business of evacuations planning?
We are part of nature whether we live in a city or a forest. As a part of nature we're going to encounter natural hazards. These hazards only become disasters at the point that they interface with our vulnerable systems. Through neighborhood based evacuation planning we can lessen the vulnerability of our communities and mitigate the effects of natural hazards.
There is an added incentive to evacuation planning. Through evacuation planning, neighborhoods become empowered to take responsibility for not only their own fate but that of their neighbors and their neighborhood. This empowerment encourages neighborhood resiliency in the face of natural hazards and resilience in the face of social, economic, and political challenges to the neighborhood's fabric.
Who created the website and guides?
The Broadmoor Improvement Association (BIA) in New Orleans, LA created a neighborhood based evacuation plan as a part of it neighborhood recovery plan from hurricane Katrina. The following year (2007) Ariana Tipper, an intern from Portland State's Urban and Regional Planning program, worked in tandem with the BIA to develop neighborhood based evacuation support materials and procedures. Much of what you see here is the result of that collaboration and the BIA wishes to share it with everyone for the benefit of all.
Who is the Broadmoor Improvement Association?
The Broadmoor Improvement Association is one of the oldest neighborhood associations in New Orleans. Established in 1930 as the Broadmoor Civic Improvement Association to address the needs of the developing Broadmoor neighborhood, it was incorporated in 1970 as the Broadmoor Improvement Association, Inc. to stop "blockbusting" in Broadmoor, a well-established, multi-racial/multi-ethnic community already living in harmony.
Before Hurricane Katrina, the Broadmoor Improvement Association had worked continuously to improve the neighborhood. We reduced crime; we had secured the Rosa Keller Library; we had joined with Rebuild New Orleans to repair homes of our low-income elderly or handicapped; we had re-treed our neutral grounds and the MLK park area – all in constant effort to improve Broadmoor and maintain a high quality of life for it's residents.
The BIA exists for every resident of Broadmoor. Our neighborhood has a sense of awareness, unity, and pride.
Please visist www.broadmoorimprovement.com for more information.
Who should I contact if I have questions regarding this site or the materials provided on it?
We're happy to answer any questions you may have. Furthermore, we hope other neighborhoods developing evacuation and other neighborhood based resources will share their materials with us. Please direct all emails to thegeneral@braodmoorprepares.com