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Here´s where your group gets to Figure Out What To Do. You´ve formed partnerships and evaluated where you have risks and readiness issues, now it´s time to plan your responses. I think this may be the most fun and creative part of the project and I would bet that almost everybody would want to be involved. But for sure if you are an Emergency Management Type Person, you´ll want to help out with this part of the process.
The trick here is to make sure that the things you decide to do are affordable and achievable. This is not the time to reorganize city government, or invent a whole new economic system for your community. But a little creativity never hurts. Here´s a link to a wonderful description of what Cynthia Beal, an Oregon based small business type person, is working on in her area. This is where all the new links and connections you´ve made can really be put to use.
Doug Carmichael wrote up a neat piece called "How to get a community organized quickly" that recounts his work at a town meeting in Nebraska. This technique might be fun and useful for your group at this stage of your work.
Here are some of the things that you could do
After the readiness assessment is done (early 1999)
- Identify preferred/recommended community responses to identified risks
- Provide risk assessment training for community partners
- Rank community risks based on readiness assessments and priority
- Consolidate (to city-wide level) community-partner preparation recommendations
- Alert high-priority high-risk organizations/communities to the need for preparation
For the remainder of the project
- Develop, maintain and publish your preparations recommendations and action plans
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