Symposium date: September 6, 2018
In his PrepTalk, L. Vance Taylor shares the personal story of a shelter that failed to take into account the needs of people with access and functional needs, and how emergency managers can achieve better integrated planning. He explains the importance of understanding the communities served and the need to integrate people with access and functional needs within each phase of planning for communication, sheltering, evacuation, and medical needs.
L. Vance Taylor is the Chief of the Office of Access and Functional Needs in the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services. Taylor calls for more fully applying technology, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, to emergency management to save the lives of people with access and functional needs before, during, and after disasters.
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- L. Vance Taylor's biography
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