New Castle County hosts emergency preparedness event for Delaware’s visually impaired

The Delaware Division for the Visually Impaired teamed up with BlindSight Delaware on the trouble to assist the visually impaired neighborhood put together for emergencies.

The occasion, held on the Route 9 Library in New Fortress County, offered info and assets for the visually impaired neighborhood. And County Govt Matt Meyer notes the placement was vital.

“I believe it is actually vital that the Division of Visually Impaired on the state did this together with Blindside,” emphasised Meyer. “Not solely that they held this occasion, however they held it right here within the Route 9 library. In a neighborhood, predominantly a neighborhood of shade and a working class neighborhood. It exhibits super intent and intentionality to ensure that we’re accessing the broad variety of our neighborhood and getting assets to everybody.”

The occasion featured organizations providing info and assets, with a concentrate on assets obtainable to New Fortress County residents.

New Fortress County’s Vial of L.I.F.E program, which assists EMS responding to house calls by offering them with the resident’s pre-written medical info saved inside the family, was amongst these on the occasion. It emphasised how this service- obtainable to anybody in New Fortress County- may help the visually impaired

Blindsight Delaware Peer Assist Supervisor Patti Addison says one of many major objectives was to get the phrase out about packages and organizations like Vial of L.I.F.E, and different useful assets for the visually impaired.

“Securing their safety in an emergency scenario, be it from a hearth, police, or a catastrophe zone, it’s vital that they really feel snug and know what to do in an emergency,” stated Addison.

The entire info offered on the occasion was delivered with the visually impaired in thoughts, and attendees might ask questions to assist them make an emergency plan based mostly on their very own wants.

Related preparedness occasions are deliberate for each Kent and Sussex Counties sooner or later.