1. ALABAMA HURRICANE EVACUATION PROJECT: BALDWIN COUNTY Baldwin Emergency Management Agency Kick Off Meeting April 1, 2009 Betty Hearn Morrow, Presenter Dewberry & Davis

2. Scope of Work Task One: Defining Critical Transportation Needs (CTN) Population  Kick-off meeting  Literature Review

3. Define Critical Transportation Needs populations in Baldwin and Mobile Counties What groups are more likely to need transportation during evacuations? How many people are going to need transportation? Who is going to need transportation, where are they located, and what are their special needs, if any? Scope of Work

4. Individuals with Special Needs Visually impaired Hearing impaired Mobility impaired People with medical conditions People with intellectual disabilities People with dementia People with special dietary needs Single working parent People without vehicles Source: FEMA. www.fema.gov/plan/prepare/specialplans.shtm

5. Baldwin County Population Estimates NumberPercent Population171,769 Adult Population127,493 With Disability 12,64310.0 Elderly 27,35915.9 Elderly with disability 11,43341.8 Language Not English at Home 7,551 4.8 Below Poverty Level17,692 10.3 Households68,495 3.6 With Elderly Member (60+) 19,709 28.8 Elderly Living Alone6,278 3.6 Woman Alone With Small Children 7,879 11.5 Renter 16,16423.6 Household With No Vehicle 3,059 4.4 Source: U. S. Census; American Community Survey 2007 Estimates

6. Elevation in meters

7. Baldwin County Evacuation Zones

15.  Identify, collect and disseminate current available data  Determine historical transportation-assisted evacuation populations  Identify organizations to ground truth data sets information  Meet with organizations to ground truth data sets

16.  The locations of organizations currently providing social services to individuals with high likelihood of needing public transportation for evacuations will be displayed in a GIS point layer with available pertinent information such as: ○ Address ○ Phone ○ POC ○ Facility type  Update GIS point layer as necessary

17. FEMA: “Register with the office of emergency services or the fire department for assistance so needed help can be provided.” www.fema.gov/plan/prepare/specialplans.shtm

18. Scope of Work  Review existing CTN Pre-Event Registration System and provide recommendations Process: Identify and review the registration systems currently being used by Alabama and 3 other areas. Develop set of recommendations for Alabama

19. Task Two: CTN Population Survey Develop Survey Instrument Process: Test the feasibility of using Alabama EMA’s Rapid Cast system for conducting the survey. (Backup will be telephone survey.) Develop and test survey instrument accordingly.

20. Task Two: CTN Population Survey Package Process Into System Process: Develop description of step-by-step process that can be used as a guide for any area Final Project Briefing

21. Questions for Today To what extent do you believe your clients will need evacuation transportation? What data do you have on your clients that might be useful? What would be the most useful way of sharing that data? How might your organization help in distributing transportation information?

22. Dr. Betty Morrow betty@bmorrow.com (305) 385-5953