The P-CEP Workbook is a conversation guide used by people with disability to tailor emergency preparedness to their individual support needs. It provides information, resources and guidance to get the emergency preparedness conversation started.

Peter introduces the P-CEP workbook and capability wheel

We have a P-CEP workbook for everyone in the Southern Downs with a disability

To receive your hard copy of the P-CEP Workbook, contact us HERE

P-CEP Workbook Screen Reader Enabled		P-CEP Workbook Fillable Form

Get your copy of the P-CEP Workbook and start your plan today!

Southern Downs Regional Council hosted two sessions teaching the process to support people with disability get ready for the next disaster or emergency. The sessions were recorded and can be watched here:

Session 1: Identify your support needs and understand your local disaster risks

Session 2: Start your own emergency plan and communicate your plan with your network

Talk to your support service provider about accessing assistance to complete a plan. 

From January 2022 the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators included a new practice standard on Emergency and Disaster Management.

This standard is intended to address the planning required by providers to prepare, prevent, manage and respond to emergency and disaster situations whilst mitigating risks to and ensuring continuity of supports that are critical to the health, safety and wellbeing of NDIS participants. It appears in Schedule 1 – Core Module, Part 3 – Provider governance and operational management, of the NDIS Practice Standards.

Read more here

Building Inclusive Disaster Resilient Communities (BIDRC) is a community-led initiative in partnership between SDRC, Queenslanders with Disability Network (QDN), the Centre for Disability Research and Policy at the University of Sydney, and the Community Services Industry Alliance (CSIA). It brings together and supports key stakeholders - people with disability, local govt, emergency services, disability service providers, and other local community leaders to co-design and co-lead local strategies and initiatives to increase community resilience to disaster, within the framework of DIDRR (Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction).

Over two years, the project will work with communities to support community resilience to disasters, including Disability Inclusive Emergency Planning forums, Business Continuity Planning workshops for services providers, and the continued rollout of the Person-Centred Emergency Preparedness (P-CEP) program. 

Learn more about the BIDRC Project here.

On the 15th & 16th of September 2022, the first two-day forum was held in the Southern Downs. 

To be kept up to date on BIDRC announcements and plans for the next forum, contact us HERE.