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Dear Block Watch Participant:

My name is Tanya Wood and I am graduate student working towards my Master’s Degree in Environmental Management with the University of London. My final thesis will be on earthquake preparedness in Victoria and Esquimalt neighbourhoods. With the permission of the Victoria Police Department, I am conducting my thesis research by sending out surveys to willing Block Watch participants. The focus of the survey is earthquake preparedness at both the household and neighbourhood levels. The survey will take you approximately 5 to 10 minutes to complete.

Your participation in the survey is completely voluntary and the responses collected will remain strictly confidential and will be used for the purpose of publishing my final thesis report.

To ensure your responses are included in my final report, I require your completed questionnaire by May 10th 2014.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me at [email protected]

Thank you,

Tanya Wood

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Please tick the box that applies to you
 
I am a Block Watch Captain or Co-Captain
 
I participate in the Block Watch program in my neighbourhood
 
 
 
Does your neighbhourhood Block Watch program do any emergency preparedness planning?
 
Yes
 
No
 
I don't know
 
 
 
Do you participate in your Block Watch neighbourhood emergency planning?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
Approximately what percentage of your neighbours participate in the Block Watch program?
 
25%
 
40%
 
50%
 
60%
 
75%
 
100%
 
I don't know
 
Other
 
 
 
 
Do you incorporate neighbourhood emergency preparedness into your Block Watch program?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
How long has emergency preparedness been part of your Block Watch program?
 
less than one year
 
1 year
 
2 years
 
3 years
 
4 years
 
5 years
 
Other
 
 
 
 
When you joined Block Watch, were you invited attend any emergency preparedness workshops in your municipality?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
Have you attended any free Emergency Preparedness Workshops offered by your municipality?
 
Yes
 
No. I am not aware that free workshops are offered
 
No. I am aware of the workshops but have not yet attended
 
Other
 
 
 
 
Regarding the emergency preparedness workshops, please select all that apply
 
I gained knowledge from the workshop - it was benefical
 
I encouraged others in my neighbourhood to attend the workshops
 
I applied what I learned in the workshop to my family's emergency preparedness activities
 
I shared what I learned in the workshop with the BlockWatch participants in my neighbourhood
 
Other
 

 
 
 
Have your neighbours met, as a group, to discuss emergency preparedness?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
What topics were discussed in the meetings?
   
 
 
 
Did your neighbourhood's emergency preparedness planning begin as a result of the existing Block Watch network in your neighbourhood
 
Yes
 
No
 
I don't know
 
 
 
If your neighbourhood preparedness planning was NOT initiated as a result of the Block Watch network, please explain how it began (ignore if you do not know)
   
 
 
 
Do you think having a Block Watch program in your neighbourhood helped unite and promote engagement in the discussion about emergency preparedness?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
If you wish, please provide comment or explanation regarding your anwer to the previous question
   
 
 
 
How often do you meet with neighbours to discuss and/or plan emergency preparedness?
 
Never
 
Monthly
 
Quarterly
 
Annually
 
Other
 
 
 
 
It is often the citizens of a community who end up as first-responders immediately following a disaster event. This often occurs because municipal and provincial emergency responders are overwhelmed in the first few days.

A Neighbourhood Emergency plan allows citizens to respond quickly to an emergency due to advanced planning and organization. It involves creating capacity in your neighbourhood to meet the needs of citizens, in the likely event that the municipal, provincial, and federal response is delayed.


Do you think a Neighbourhood Emergency Plan would be useful in your neighbourhood?


 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
Has your neighbourhood developed a Neighbourhood Emergency Plan in the event of a disaster, such as an earthquake?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
Does the Neighbourhood Emergency Plan designate roles and responsibilities to specific neighbours (or groups of neighbours) in the event of an emergency? These roles may include neighbourhood leadership, first aid, search and rescue, etc.
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
Which type of roles and responsibilities have been designated? (select ALL that apply)
 
Neighbourhood leadership
 
First Aid
 
Utilities and Fire Suppression
 
Light Urban Search and Rescue
 
Communications and Transportation
 
Shelter and Care-giving
 
Damage assessment
 
Other
 

 
 
 
Does your neighbourhood have an informal organization of roles and responsiblities? If yes, please explain.
   
 
 
 
Does your neighbourhood have a record of vulnerable individuals (seniors, children, those with mobility concerns) in the neighbourhood?
 
Yes
 
No
 
I don't know
 
It is an informal understanding. This information is not recorded, but most people in my neighbourhood know each other
 
 
 
Have you exercised your Neighbourhood Emergency Plan or carried out a neighbourhood emergency drill?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
How often do you have neighbourhood emergency drills?
 
Quarterly
 
Semi-Annually
 
Annually
 
Other
 
 
 
 
Do you think that your neighbours are interested in preparing, on a neighbourhood or community scale, for large-scale emergencies such as an earthquake
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
Do you think it is practical to organize emergency preparedness activities, on the neighbourhood scale?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
What challenges have you encountered with neighbourhood preparedness planning? (Select all that apply)
 
It is difficult to schedule meetings because everyone is so busy
 
Some of my neighbours are private and prefer to keep to themselves
 
Some of my neighbours prefer to organize emergency preparedness only for their own household
 
The majority of planning and organization is usually carried out by a few individuals which places a high burden on those individuals
 
Neighbours do not see that there is a very big risk of a large emergency
 
Language barriers
 
I have not encountered any challenges
 
Our neighbourhood does not carry out neighbourhood emergency preparedness planning
 
Other
 

 
 
 
How do you think barriers could be overcome? Who or what could help?
   
 
 
 
Do you think your neighbourhood emergency program is successfully preparing your neighbourhood for a large event?
 
Yes
 
No
 
My neighbourhood does not have an emergency preparedness program
 
Other
 
 
 
 
Can you think of any other ways that your neighbourhood emergency planning could be improved?
   
 
 
 
How would you rate the level of preparedness of your NEIGHBOURHOOD for an emergency, such as a large earthquake?
 
My neighbourhood is PREPARED
 
My neighbourhood is SOMEWHAT PREPARED
 
My neighbourhood is NOT PREPARED
 
I don't know
 
 
 
B.C. is situated in an active earthquake zone. Some experts have speculated there is a 32% chance that a catastrophic earthquake will affect Victoria in the next 50 years.
Considering that statistic, how do you rate your level of concern?
 
Not at all concerned
 
Somewhat concerned
 
Very concerned
 
 
 
Please briefly explain your answer to the previous question
   
 
 
 
What should you immediately do when the ground starts to shake? Hint: Your brief answer should involve 3 actions
   
 
 
 
Does your family have a household emergency kit (all supplies organized in one place)
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
How long would the contents of your emergency kit sustain your family?
 
24 hours
 
48 hours
 
72 hours
 
1 week
 
2 weeks
 
If longer, please specify
 
 
 
 
Does your household emergency kit include at least the basic supplies? (select all that apply)
 
standard first aid kit
 
water (2 litres per person per day)
 
food (non perishable)
 
manual can-opener
 
infant supplies/pet supplies
 
flashlight
 
battery or wind-up radio
 
extra batteries
 
cash
 
extra car keys and house keys
 
Other
 

 
 
 
What type of emergency kit do you have in your vehicle
 
I do not have an emergency kit in my vehicle
 
I have a first aid kit in my vehicle
 
I have a first aid kit and other supples (food, water, etc...) in my vehicle
 
I do not have a vehicle
 
 
 
Has your family established a family emergency plan? Your family emergency plan would typically include details regarding what to do, where to meet, and how to get in contact with family members after an emergency.
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
Does your family emergency plan include a family reunification plan? This is a plan explaining how all family members will meet up if an emergency takes place when the family is not together (at work, school, etc)?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
If you do have a family emergency plan, have you practised it?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
Have you established an out of area contact for family members to call and share information?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
How would you rate the level of preparedness of YOUR FAMILY for an earthquake
 
My family is PREPARED
 
My family is SOMEWHAT PREPARED
 
My family is NOT PREPARED
 
I don't know
 
 
 
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