{"id":4083,"date":"2017-02-03T20:47:14","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T20:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abetteremergency.com\/blog\/?p=4083"},"modified":"2017-02-03T20:47:14","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T20:47:14","slug":"pro-bono-coastal-communitys-tsunami-annex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abetteremergency.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/pro-bono-coastal-communitys-tsunami-annex\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Bono Coastal Community’s Tsunami Annex"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I operated a hospital-based ambulance service decades ago we offered free education to rural and frontier volunteer EMS organizations. The service would house and feed us and we would give them a great weekend of education. \u00a0\"\"<\/a>We did it because we were fortunate to have the knowledge, skills and abilities and the backing of administration. I also did it in order to inspire other agencies to do the same. It was a great partnership that served us all well and I have a number of great memories. I like to hope that because of the efforts of my crew somewhere down the line lives were saved.<\/p>\n

Over the last 5-6 years I have met and helped mentor a number of young graduate students in homeland security and emergency management. The next generation. In many ways I think they have skill sets superior to mine. What they often lack and are in search of is practical experience.<\/p>\n

My readers know I am quite passionate about the need for preparedness in coastal communities likely to face the brunt of a major earthquake\/tsunami threat such as a Cascadia event. \u00a0I have worked with a number of paying clients. But so many more with risk but not the resources have need. I’ve heard of lawyers doing pro bono work but never emergency planners. I’m going to change that.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I’m offering to develop tsunami annexes at no fee or substantially reduced fee for small coastal communities that meet the following conditions:<\/p>\n