Thank you for your support for our work to create a people-centered post-disaster registry. Good data will make efficient and equitable recovery easier for our neighbors in any future disasters.
Luckily, we avoided any major disasters over the summer of 2023 in Southern Oregon, so our Vanguard Group didn’t have to swing into action.
It’s been a few months since our last update, so there’s a lot of good news to share.
The biggest news is that the core ideas of DLAD, that you helped us refine, have been adopted by recovery professionals in government and industry. Many are being built into standard disaster response and recovery processes via the solution provider to Oregon and Hawaii (among many other states), FuturityIT.
Given this tremendous development, we have shifted our approach from building a local solution to shaping the work of the agencies, vendors, and local organizations who will carry the effort forward.
We have been working the last few months to create content to serve communities like ours across the country:
- You can see our summary of suggestions for citizens, local leaders, and disaster response professionals on our Post-disaster Digital Leadership page.
- Read more about our learnings from the 2020 Labor Day Fires in this white paper published by SOU
We are happy to know that your inputs have made a difference, but we also want to be sure that any emergent needs are met in the future. To that end, we have posted all our learnings on this site so that you can build upon them to influence future refinements to the data registry and case management solutions. To explore our thinking on current and future solutions, start here.
In Southern Oregon, the JCCLTRG and RVCOAD organizations are working closely to support preparedness and recovery. Together with their local partners we will be better prepared for any future disasters.
Thank you for all of your good work,
Please reach out if you have any questions.