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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
To begin the survey, please press the CONTINUE button below. Note that the survey does not allow you to ‘go back’ once you have moved onto the next page. |
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Please tick the box that applies to you |
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Does your neighbhourhood Block Watch program do any emergency preparedness planning? |
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Do you participate in your Block Watch neighbourhood emergency planning? |
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Approximately what percentage of your neighbours participate in the Block Watch program? |
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Do you incorporate neighbourhood emergency preparedness into your Block Watch program? |
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What are some of the reasons you have decided to not incorporate emergency preparedness activities as part of your Block Watch Program? |
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What are some of the barriers or challenges that you anticipate encountering/have encountered with neighbourhood emergency preparedness planning? (Select all that apply) |
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| How do you think barriers could be overcome? Who or what could help? | | |
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Do you think neighbourhood emergency preparedness is a good idea for your neighbourhood? |
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When you joined Block Watch, were you invited to attend any free emergency preparedness workshops offered by your municipality? |
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Have you attended any free Emergency Preparedness Workshops offered by your municipality |
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Regarding the emergency preparedness workshops, please select all that apply |
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Have your neighbours ever met, as a group, to discuss emergency preparedness? |
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| If your neighbours have met to discuss emergency preparedness, please briefly explain what was discussed in the gatherings | | |
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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?
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Does your neighbourhood have a record of vulnerable individuals (seniors, children, those with mobility concerns) in the neighbourhood? |
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Has your neigbourhood ever carried out a neighbourhood emergency drill? |
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Are you interested in participating in emergency preparedness activities, on the neighbourhood scale? |
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Do you think that your neighbours are interested in preparing, on a neighbourhood, for a large-scale emergency such as an earthquake? |
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Do you think it is practical to organize emergency preparedness activities, on the neighbourhood scale? |
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How would you rate the level of preparedness of your NEIGHBOURHOOD for an emergency, such as a large earthquake? |
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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? |
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| Please briefly explain your answer to the previous question | | |
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| What should you immediately do when the ground starts to shake?
Hint: Your brief answer should involve 3 actions | | |
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Does your family have a household emergency kit (all supplies organized in one place) |
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How long would the contents of your emergency kit sustain your family? |
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Does your household emergency kit include at least the basic supplies? (select all that apply) |
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What type of emergency kit do you have in your vehicle |
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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. |
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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)? |
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If you do have a family emergency plan, have you practised it? |
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Have you established an out of area contact for family members to call and share information? |
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How would you rate the level of preparedness of your FAMILY for an earthquake |
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| Please use this space to add any other comments related to emergency preparendess or this survey. | | |
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