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<br /> PLANNERS ' CASEBOOK
<br /> reduce their adverse effects on people , property, and APre-Disaster Partnership is Formedq County Chapter of themerican
<br /> infrastructure* Key aspects of disaster planning
<br /> The ° Pk,TCARC) , a key partipant in this case )
<br /> include the compilation of maps and summary RedCross
<br /> statistics related to vulnerability and risk in specific has its headquarters in the City of Ithaca and
<br /> localities . For instance , the types of data that are continues to provide a range of services to county
<br /> preparedness and
<br /> needed for pre-disaster planning include : seismic residents , including disa had a collection of
<br /> hazards , win hazards , geologic hazards , flood response . In 1998 , TCARC
<br /> ' maps from the early 1990s that did not represent
<br /> waters , and toxic substances/hazardous wastes *
<br /> Planners .,have a role to play in each of these the changes in demographics and housing locations
<br /> act
<br /> ivities *., that had taken place in the county. TCARC
<br /> requested assistance from the Department of City
<br /> FACTS OF THE CASE and Regional Planning at Cornell University in
<br /> creating GIS map displays and data on base
<br /> Location lati
<br /> uon, structures , land uses ,
<br /> Tompkins. County is located in the Finger Lakes Fonditions ( e . g. , pop
<br /> vulnerablity
<br /> and consists of one city. . tran
<br /> region of New York State sportation netw ds. A faculty m ember cthe author ) ndifiveto
<br /> and nine townships . Of the nearly 97 ,000 residents, hazar
<br /> to
<br /> one- quarter are students who attend Cornell students joined with TCARRC n TCARCip
<br /> University, Ithaca College, and T and
<br /> ompkins- Cortland prep ell'sare o planning faculty and students , many other
<br /> Community College. Corn p g
<br /> Floods , tropical storms , windstorms/tomadoes , public and private partners joined in the collabora-
<br /> tive effort to inc
<br /> wildfires , and to a limited extent earthquakes , are increase disaster preparedness in
<br /> some of the natural hazards that affect Tompkins Tompkins Count .
<br /> County, New York. According to David Nicosta, a
<br /> National Weather Service meteorologist, Tompkins Dryden as a `Proden atect tained sstta us i s a FEMA-
<br /> County averages close to 10 extreme weather The Town of Dry
<br /> IN
<br /> events each year with annual damage estimates designated "Project Impact communityin Novem-
<br /> amountin to $ 2 . 9 million. These statistics are not ber 1999 . "Project Impact: Building Disaster
<br /> the
<br /> g Resistant Communities was initiate
<br /> trivial for a rural county.
<br /> Clinton administration and past FEMA Director
<br /> James Lee Witt as a nationwide initiative to
<br /> - • • • promote local , sustainable mitigation as a key
<br /> NIP A4F` - Ii6r`I7 h . , means for lessening the toll brought on by disasters *
<br /> . bs 8 � rt Project Impact was established with the objectives
<br /> x�y��� of building community partnerships to reflect all
<br /> SYo� °i s ° E ing ri
<br /> sectors ; assess sks and the community's
<br /> n u vulnerability. to these risks ; prioritizing needs and
<br /> actions ; and building support and communicating
<br /> I-AT, with the public. A steering committee comprised
<br /> of the partners ( including the author as an aca-
<br /> ) ,, t
<br /> demic partner) was formed and recommended
<br /> Nip [� A' er Gar project impact initiatives . The Dryden project
<br /> , f t , � :^r 'i+ fy. aJ• ' .aYrr:��--3 .`E�{r' F _
<br /> impact initiative thus became an integral part of
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<br /> the collaborative .
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<br /> Data Collection and Output
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<br /> Mike Raffe TCARC s Director of Emergency
<br /> feP, s o r d ri ba
<br /> , �; ; , , fl ,• , � Services , introduced students and faculty to the
<br /> ! • � . � � � � " various tasks carried out by TCARC's staff and
<br /> " volunteers . Raffe provided initial advice on the
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<br /> tF . • , - " . "IN e " b types of maps needed by the agency and regular
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<br /> b y. I ash c 4k
<br /> nil . tl� Y . feedback on the effectiveness of the maps that were
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<br /> subsequently roduced.
<br /> ` Comell students under faculty supervision used
<br /> �ct�t� r80 4 Yo ¢ '
<br /> S technolo ( specifically ArcView 3 . 2 ) to
<br /> t at create several maps and provide summary tables of
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