DEEP stands for Dunbar Earthquake and Emergency Preparedness.
DEEP is a citizen’s grass roots effort to ensure our community is able to take care of itself after a disaster. Experience has taught that after a disaster, it is our neighbours and community that will be the first to offer aid or to provide key logistical support. City and Provincial first responders will be busy taking care of high priority situations and may not reach individuals or communities for days or even weeks after disaster strikes.
Starting in 2013 as a collaboration of the Dunbar Resident Association and Village Vancouver Transition Society, with support from the City of Vancouver Emergency Social Services director, local concerned citizens have volunteered their time and skills to build a community based emergency response organization.
Our initial focus was to increase awareness and build on the Block Watch program and Map Your Neighbourhood[1] (MYN) program to Dunbar neighbourhoods. To increase knowledge, we offer talks on relevant subjects like Local Earthquake Hazards, Rapid Damage Assessment of Buildings, Psychological Response to Disaster, Experiences from the Christchurch Earthquake, the Seattle Communication Support Hubs and others. To promote training and skills, DEEP has organized many practice exercises with general public attendance encouraged, including table top exercises[2] and our most recent practice drill of the DEEP disaster support hub.
Our focus is on addressing community wide issues and building response resources including working with community partners, City emergency services and local schools and churches, to identify places of refuge, provide communication links, emergency medical support, food and security, until city and provincial services can be restored. We actively collaborate with other community groups to help them build capacity.
DEEP has recently been selected to participate in the 100 Resilient Cities program[3] as one of four community groups (and the only community organized group) to receive support to raise awareness of the role emergency preparedness plays in resilience. DEEP gratefully acknowledges the financial support provided by the Dunbar Community Centre Association which has enabled us to outfit the Dunbar Disaster Support Hub.
October 2017
[1] https://mil.wa.gov/emergency-management-division/preparedness/map-your-neighborhood
[2] https://youtu.be/qm3mItnNwq0
[3] http://vancouver.ca/people-programs/resilient-city.aspx
登巴社区地震及紧急事件的预防准备（以下简称 DEEP)
DEEP项目是关于市民在灾难之后如何确保在社区范围内更好地保护自己。DEEP的构想是在街区间组织邻里建立起相互信任和对彼此一些特殊技能和需求的了解。
其中一部分的设想是包括建立邻里观察活动，例如邻里聚会，可以增进技能提升，训练相互支持，做好最基本准备。
我们还将MYN项目作为组织独立街区的第一步。
DEEP广泛参与到社区各个组织，例如与市政机构，学校和教堂合作，标示出避难场所，提供联系方式，紧急医疗援助以及食品和安全保卫，直到省市政府恢复正常秩序。
–安.佩西 2013年2月
With appreciation to Hailey Yang发自我的 for the translation!