Meeting Places: Neighborhood Plan

At the Neighborhood Level, meeting places are Disaster Hubs. A Disaster Hub is a building located within a neighborhood that will be activated after an emergency and staffed by volunteers. Ideally, all community residents will be within walking distance of at least one Disaster Hub.

Each Disaster Hub will 

• Offer bridge services to connect neighbors in need with neighbors who have extra resources and can offer support.

• Offer daily information updates from the community’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC). 

• Provide the EOC with information about injuries and local damage so that patients may be triaged and transported to a higher level of care if necessary.

• Offer limited emergency field medical care to injured people in the neighborhood.

• Offer limited shelter, food, and water to injured people as well as an area for their pets.

• Serve as a temporary morgue.

You may also offer Psychological First Aid at a Hub.

See Meeting Places: Disaster Hubs.