NOAA-Needs Assessment for Training in Climate & Hazard A

OMB Control Number 0690-0030

Expiration Date 04/30/2014

QUESTIONS FOR THE SMALL DISCUSSION GROUPS.

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1. What is your experience in this topic area?

2. What comments can you provide on the following training content and approaches currently being explored?

   1. Making pre-disaster planning and implementation inclusive for the entire community.

   2. Using risk communication and social marketing tools as a means to build and maintain broad-based interest.

   3. Ensuring that training sessions include all who will be implementing plans (emergency management professionals, land use planners, and elected officials).

   4. Ensuring that experienced experts are part of the training.

   5. Incorporating peer-to-peer mentoring opportunities in training and, where possible, using best practice examples and/or locality-based tabletop exercises.

   6. Addressing restoration of natural resources as well as redevelopment related to built infrastructure.

   7. Making training local, i.e., travel to local areas, bring together people who will actually implement the plan, use real maps and other materials.

   8. Providing training deliverables to use after the training is concluded.

3. What other training content and approaches should be considered?

4. What concerns/barriers to providing or participating in such training should be considered?

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