Twelve Steps to Help Churches Prepare for a Disaster-part 2

Blogger is still malfunctioning, so we are using HTML which causes some loss of formatting. The last post covered steps 1-4. Part 2 covers steps 5-8. If your church would like to know how to prepare, serve others or serve in a coordinated response contact us at hamiltondarnallllc@gmail.com to schedule training in the Portland area. 5. Consider whether to create resource sharing agreements to improve organizational resilience in a disaster. 6. Establish a succession of authority for a second and third resource (volunteer) to fill each management position in the event that the primary or secondary person is unable to serve. (FEMA’s Community Assistance Tool (CAT) Continuity Assistance for Non-Federal Entities). If your church is small, you may need to partner with other churches to accomplish this. 7. Establish a chain of command. Each volunteer reports to one supervisor. (FEMA IS 100b Introduction to the Incident Command System, 2010). 8. Establish and maintain span of control. The number of volunteers each supervisor can effectively manage ranges from three to seven. The optimal number is five. (FEMA IS 100b Introduction to the Incident Command System, 2010).