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# '''Keep response plans up to date.''' A response plan is a dynamic document. Even if a charter or operations plan is written, it should be regularly reviewed and updated as resources change. | # '''Keep response plans up to date.''' A response plan is a dynamic document. Even if a charter or operations plan is written, it should be regularly reviewed and updated as resources change. | ||
# '''Build strong foundations.''' It's tempting to tackle all problems at once, but this leads to burnout and incomplete solutions. Instead, prioritize and focus on resolving issues decisively. Then, move on to the next priority, giving it the same attention. Be realistic about what can be accomplished based on available resources. | # '''Build strong foundations.''' It's tempting to tackle all problems at once, but this leads to burnout and incomplete solutions. Instead, prioritize and focus on resolving issues decisively. Then, move on to the next priority, giving it the same attention. Be realistic about what can be accomplished based on available resources. | ||
'''Community resilience in YOUR neighborhood:''' One of the most important parts to the CRD Concept, and what makes a CRD different from a Neighborhood Emergency Team, is that a CRD incorporates a comprehensive and holistic view of community resilience. CRDs are encouraged to bring other neighbors and neighborhood groups into the goals of the CRD around promoting community resilience. But, community resilience to emergencies and disasters is merely ''one'' way of looking at community resilience, and a CRD brings in all relevant perspectives. | |||
'''Networking in your neighborhood.''' A CRD must decide on their own ''whether'' to combine disaster preparedness goals with other community resilience goals. PBEM will only advise considering: does the community have resources and will to take on additional priorities? Does the CRD have access to expertise needed (PBEM cannot, for example, offer advice or staff time to assist with crime prevention)? Is there a program better suited to address the priority considered (for example, the Main Street program with Prosper Portland is an excellent approach to community resilience with an economic development orientation)? | |||
In practice, CRD's guiding principles address problems raised by NETs in the following manner: | In practice, CRD's guiding principles address problems raised by NETs in the following manner: | ||
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