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San Francisco moves to fold disability and aging needs into emergency plans
Summary
The Mayor's Office on Disability outlined a multi-year push to integrate access and functional needs and age-friendly recommendations into San Francisco's emergency response, prioritizing senior and caregiver training, AlertSF outreach, and evacuation strategies for people with mobility challenges.
Nicole Bond of the Mayor's Office on Disability told the Mayor's Disaster Council that city efforts to include people with access and functional needs in emergency planning have moved from recommendations into implementation.
"This is a work group established in 2017 to address emergency communication, transportation, evacuation and sheltering for people with disabilities and access and functional needs," Bond said, describing a bi-monthly work group made up of…
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