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CONTENTS WARN AND INFORM HASSLE-FREE ACCURACY CREATE AN ACCOUNT REAL-TIME INFORMATION INPUTTING DETAILS REDIRECT YOUR USERS
EMERGENCY CONTACTS PARTNERS EASY ACCESS INFORM YOUR USERS SECURITY CUSTOMISABLE PLANS QR CODES
INFORMMII SYSTEM AND APP
COMPLEMENT YOUR BUILDING INFORMATION
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Preparation and planning for emergencies: The National Resilience Capabilities Programme: Warning and informing the public
The government believes communicating with the public about emergencies is essential. This section outlines what we mean by warning and informing the public, and how organisations should go about raising public awareness of the risks of emergencies, and warning them and providing information and advice at the time of an emergency.
Why warn and inform?
The government believes a well-informed public is better able to respond to an emergency and to minimise the impact of the emergency on the community. By informing the public as best they can, all organisations will build their trust. Part of this is also avoiding alarming the public unnecessarily.
Communicating before emergencies: Organisations should aim to make the public aware of the risks of emergencies and how the organisation is prepared to deal with them if they occur The simplest and most cost-effective way of publishing information is on the web or mobile phone app. All materials produced should look interesting and attractive enough for people to want to read it - otherwise it will be a waste of resource. Particular care should be taken to reach vulnerable people or those who may not understand the message (such as the elderly or children in schools) and a easyread option be available.
Communicate during emergencies: In many circumstances, it will be the government that first provides warning that an emergency is about to occur or is occurring. The government is ready to warn and inform the public about the whole range of possible emergencies. But other organisations may need to ensure they too have arrangements in place to warn, inform and advise the public. As with any other part of planning for response to an emergency, the communications strategy for warning and informing - either direct with the public, or via the media. Organisations should test their warning and informing arrangements as they would emergency plans, through exercising and providing training to staff. Just as there may be generic and specific emergency plans, so there may be generic and specific arrangements for warning and informing, depending on the type of emergency being planned for and the particular circumstances in a locality.
Communicate after emergencies: It is also paramount to give rallie points and issue request for information/witness after an event this gives confidenec in crisis management perceptions. Updates and latest information should have many delivery avenues and be accessible on different devices, in many cases people may only have a phone on their person and this will be their only source of information.
HASSLE-FREE Our hassle-free system has been designed to work independently and doesn’t need to be integrated into the company’s system so you can continue working without any disturbance. ACCURACY There are certain questions regarding an individual’s disability that need to be answered in order to identify the type of access plans that they require, such as level access, or step-free plans. The way that the questions are answered will identify whether they have learning, mobility, hearing or visually impairment needs.
CREATE AN ACCOUNT Service providers can access the system using a secure password to log in to their account and create their plans. All that’s needed is an internet connection to upload photos, add text, and create customised plans that their users can then download to their mobile phone, view, and navigate. REAL-TIME INFORMATION During an emergency, the service provider can contact the individual directly and provide/ receive real-time information as the situation unfolds, such as which part of the building they are in and a safe area where they can be met to be assisted out of the building.
INPUTTING DETAILS The system has been developed in order to provide valuable information about an individual’s needs that both parties can benefit from - Users can provide information about their disability requirements, health, and medication needs, as well as contact details that can be accessed in the event of an emergency.
“It’s so easy to access, input, upload and modify your information with InformMii”
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REDIRECT YOUR USERS Sometimes, because of the way a building is designed some adaptations cannot be provided for disabled people, so a service provider could also create a plan to show where the nearest facility is adjacent to their building (with pictures of the adaptations) so that disabled people can assess whether they can still access their services.
EMERGENCY CONTACTS The service provider can use the contact number of the preferred person chosen by the individual to be contacted in the event of an emergency to inform them that they need extra support, a specific item of equipment or medication that needs to be brought to them.
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EASY ACCESS Accessing information couldn’t be easier. The InformMii system has been designed to work with the accessibility settings on the user’s mobile phone which means the information can be heard if the individual has a visual impairment, or seen if they are audibly impaired. INFORM YOUR USERS If a service provider suspects that disabled people might be accessing their facilities on a day where there is a problem with a lift or other adaptation that will not be available for some time, the service provider can create a plan to inform individuals about the problem. They will then be informed by the app as soon as they check into the building and can adjust their plans accordingly.
SECURITY The provision to add a code to a plan to protect information is available too so that only people with an access code will be able to open the plan and view it. The code can also be changed at any time so that the security of the information is protected at all times. CUSTOMISABLE PLANS Information can be provided about the accessible adaptations and equipment on site and show how it can be used. Services can also utilise the system to suit their requirements and plans can be created and modified when required. Plans can also be created as part of a seasonal project and archived to be used again in the future, and specialised projects can be run to assist emergency services when dealing with events such as an evacuation.
QR CODES The system is also capable of attaching a QR code to any plans that a service provider makes, creating a quick and easy link to any website or place of further information. This is useful for things like providing information about an event and can also be used as part of stationery or promotional material so that people can scan it to get to information quickly.
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Service providers spend lots of money on adaptations for disabled people. They never know just how many disabled customers they have or how often they’ll use their facilities, sometimes their customers don’t even know when they have made adaptations.
The InformMii app can help service providers to keep in touch with their users, demonstrate how accessible their premises are, and show them just how much their continued custom is valued.
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