Douglas County Emergency
Management is partnering with Quad County Public Health Preparedness to conduct
a Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response the week of May
13-17th, 2019. Douglas County is the second jurisdiction in Nevada to conduct
the assessment.
The information gathered from
the door-to-door surveys will be used to better prepare Douglas County for the
next disaster or emergency.
Teams of volunteers will be
knocking on doors throughout Douglas County to complete brief surveys about
household emergency preparedness. Households are chosen randomly meaning not
every neighborhood will be selected and not every household within a
neighborhood will be interviewed.
Participation is voluntary and
residents can decline to participate at any time. The volunteers will not ask
for any personal information such as names or place of birth. All survey
responses will be kept confidential. Survey teams will be wearing vests,
badges, and special bags that will identify them as CASPER team members. Upon
completion of the survey, households will be given some emergency preparedness
information and tools.
CASPER is a
nationally-recognized survey process developed by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention. It is possible to conduct a CASPER through any phase of
an emergency including preparation, response, or recovery.
For additional information
about the Douglas County CASPER, click here or call 775-283-7536.
The team has created this informational video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9reey3QYGaE&t=11s