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<br /> <br />8 <br />was out. Going to a cooling center with air filters to get relief from the heat and smoke would put them <br />at greater risk of catching COVID-19. In normal times people would usually go to the coast and beach for <br />relief from the heat, but the beaches where closed due to COVID-19. <br /> Provide clean air and cooling in shelters and cooling centers. A need for capacity to manage a <br />combination of heat and smoke or heat, smoke and COVID-19 plus access to power was raised <br />frequently. <br /> Assistance with roof replacements for both fire protection and solar installations. <br /> Use a messaging text alert system, such as SMC Alert, for evacuation warnings related to <br />wildfires, flooding and earthquakes, and for heat advisories and extreme heat warnings. <br /> Conduct outreach to disabled community about signing up for alerts. <br /> Develop/replace farmworker housing to withstand extreme storms, floods, quakes, and fire. <br /> Overlapping power outages were a substantial challenge. See more recommendations in the <br />Power Outage section. <br />Overarching Social Vulnerability Considerations <br />This initiative received extensive input and solution suggestions from community members that address <br />how to prevent social vulnerability (see box) from increasing hazard risk. Most participant input could be <br />addressed by adapting the principle of Universal Design, that is to design all hazard mitigation and <br />emergency planning to be accessible for all community members by devising solutions to social <br />vulnerability-driven and other barriers to access. <br /> <br />Community input: mitigate hazards and social barriers together - examples <br /> <br />Plan for improvements in emergency communications to assure socially vulnerable groups can <br />access and feel comfortable accessing emergency operations including evacuation and shelters. <br /> Assure information is accessible, relevant and helpful to and reaches low income people, <br />monolingual non-English speakers, people of color, people with disabilities and medical <br />needs, youth and older adults. <br /> Include on site and online publicly posted inclusion policies confirming undocumented <br />people will be served equally. <br />Conduct emergency planning that mainstreams the needs of and addresses barriers for low -income <br />and socially vulnerable people and assures inclusive implementation. <br /> Comprehensive integration of disability access, access to power, medicines, service and <br />comfort animals throughout Emergency Planning with a focus on developing staff leadership, <br />adding disability community oversight, coordinated evacuation and mainstreaming disability <br />access and access to uninterrupted power for people with physical and mental disabilities <br />and those with medical needs. <br /> Comprehensive planning for people who cannot access private transportation due to cost or <br />availability of transit, rural or remote location, lack of paratransit, inability to drive at night, <br />one car households and youth, older adults, people with disabilities and others who do not <br />drive. <br /> Comprehensive planning for financial barriers, for example low-income people may not be <br />able to afford air filtration devices, generators, air conditioners, or to replace spoiled food <br />resulting from power outages. <br /> Comprehensive planning for vulnerable workers such as the informal workforce, agricultural 8 <br />and outdoor workers and their employers.