Ready NC Mobile app features:
• Current weather conditions
• Real-time traffic conditions
• How to report power outages
• Open shelters near you (including ones
which accept pets)
• Counties being evacuated
• How to prepare for & be safe during
typical hazards
• How to create an emergency plan & kit
• Real-time information on river flooding
• Who to contact for assistance
ReadyNC
Mobile App
Accessible for:
 Persons who are blind of have
visual impairments
 Persons who are deaf/hard of
hearing
Helen Keller National Center found ReadyNC
mobile app was accessible via various Braille
displays and JAWS. Work is in progress to meet
WAG 2.0 standards (internationally-recognized
criteria for web accessibility).
ReadyNC
Mobile App
Shelter Board shows:
 Shelter Name
 Street address & city
 Open/Closed
 Pets/ No Pets
 Total Capacity
 Current Availability
 Directions to site
Hispanic/Latino Populations:
•News releases in Spanish on NCDPS.gov
& ReadyNC.org
•Staffing for Joint Information Center
•ReadyNC.org in Spanish! (coming soon)
Emergency Preparedness Initiative for Persons
with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Four-year grant provided by North Carolina
Council on Developmental Disabilities
(NCCDD)
Purpose to improve emergency preparedness
services for people with intellectual and
developmental disabilities by developing and
implementing best practices to decrease gaps
in the areas of Communication, Medical,
Functional independence, Safety and Support,
and Transportation (C-MIST).
•ShowMe card to provide communications
support in shelter or similar situation
•Generate checklist for including persons
with I/DD in exercises
•Develop functional needs shelter checklist
•Develop web-based pop-up instructions for
MyPrep form
•People with cognitive disabilities
•People who are Deaf or hard of
hearing
•People with limited English
proficiency
•Anyone who might struggle to
communicate verbally during an
•emergency
THANK YOU!
Joanne F. Pierce, MA, MPH
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (919) 825-2568