This can be adapted for any city or town.
Break the geographic area into 6 block sections.
Divide the population into units of 250, with smaller units of 50 and then 10 each.
This way you ensure that every area and every person is accounted for. There will be some overlap.
City-wide coordination takes place through the "captains" (or whatever you choose to call them) of 250, and the neighborhoods through the smaller groups of 10 and 50. The captains of 10 report to the captains of 50, and the 50s to the 250.
Make sure there is back up in case a captain is absent.
There are different ways to coordinate with city officials, the police and first responders, and FEMA through larger groups of 1000 and 10,000, or by wards. The police have a plan that works with FEMA where command centers are established throughout the city.
Should FEMA or city officials and police that are not residents be absent, each neighborhood needs to have its own plan and resources, and be able to coordinate independently with adjacent neighborhoods.
This coordination includes evacuation plans as well as shelters, supplies, and charging stations that include solar panels and alternate forms of communication, like hard-wired, true landline phones and HAM radios, etc.
The National Guard and police should have authorization from local businesses and work with community captains to ensure that there is no looting due to shortages, and that supplies are distributed and records kept for reimbursement.
However, each community should have some resources in reserve so that this is a last resort.
These plans should also include incapacitated, transients, and incarcerated persons. No one should be overlooked or left behind to suffer.
The Gateway card ID that was just put into legislation in the city of St. Louis is similar to the one that I have been working for since 2018, but which was meant to be part of this plan, as well as other city services. (For example, city library cards and voter registration, which would be done automatically for any address changes. And your Ameren grid location, etc.)
The ID should include your emergency grid and unit information, as well as any medical or other issues.
The card is meant to be funded through ARPA. City residents should be prospered directly, not through outsourcing to private businesses and orgs. That should include this network of 1,240 residents that are prepared to oversee 250 individual people each, in case of natural disasters or other emergencies. Each of these captains should receive a stipend for this work. $12-15 million allocated to creating this type of network would prepare us for the next pandemic, tornado, flood, etc.
Emergency planning builds strong and sustainable communities. Every person should have an emergency plan for themselves and their families, but without a neighborhood or community plan too much is left to chance. Call your mayor and your alder or council person today!
For the complete plan- including how to set it up (database, ID cards, how to fund it, and how to promote and organize it) contact me here.
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