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COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS Identifying resources and threats Outsmart the Quake! Lesson 4

Resources and Dangers  In this lesson you will learn about the resources and dangers communities have.  By the end of this lesson you will be able to:  Identify the resources and dangers in your community  Come up with ways to use resources to reduce, manage, or eliminate dangers

Your Neighbors: Resource

Schools: Resource

Stadiums: Resource

Are firemen and policemen resources?

Landslides: Danger

Earthquakes: Danger

High Voltage Power Lines: Danger

Brainstorm!  What types of resources does your community or neighborhood have?  What types of dangers could disrupt your community or neighborhood?

Brainstorm!  What types of resources do we have here at school?  What types of skills would be useful in a disaster?  What types of dangers could an earthquake cause at school?

National Curriculum and Assessment Centre, 2011 What are the resources and dangers?

National Curriculum and Assessment Centre, 2011 What are the resources and dangers?

You are resources too!  Look after younger children  Take care of pets  Prepare basic meals  Assist in gathering supplies  Deliver messages  Identify hazards at home and at school  Move heavy objects to lower shelves  Rearrange bedrooms to make them earthquake safe  Encourage their families to prepare  Perform basic first aid  Entertain others during a stressful event (e.g. funny stories, jokes etc.)

Community Resource and Threat Mapping A resource and danger map is a drawing of a community that shows the important buildings and roads along with the community’s resources and potential dangers.

Created by Nora Jagielo Resource Danger BBQ Doctor Teacher Contractor, day car, camping supplies CPR/first aid BBQ Rain barrel Garden Storage, BBQ, fire extinguisher Generator, teacher, babysit, look after pets, storage, garden, rain barrel, camping supplies, pond Handyman Camp stove Garden BBQ First aid Veterinaria n Secretary Image by Nora Jagielo

Resource and Danger Mapping Around the World Save the Children Sweden – Southeast Asia and the Pacific Regional Office, 2007 Students in Thailand presenting a base map of their community. The base map will be used to create a resource and danger map.

Caritas Emergency, 2011 Resource and Danger Mapping Around the World Resource and danger map created by students in Bulgaria

Acknowledgements Outsmart the Quake! lesson plans are intended to support 6th-8th grade student learning about disaster preparedness in conjunction with the Washington State ShakeOut drill. The lessons were developed in 2012 by Western Washington University students Nora Jagielo, Pamela Griswold, Spencer Andrich, Pat Chappelle and Ryan Bainbridge as part of the Disaster Risk Reduction Planning Studio. If you have questions, comments or concerns, please contact Dr. Rebekah Green at Western Washington University’s Resilience Institute.