At a recent Nebraska EDEN team meeting, Brent Curtis shared the value of Nebraska Extension's role in communities across Nebraska. Brent is the Supervisor for the State Watch Center at the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). Brent said a good example was during the 2019 irrigation canal collapse in the panhandle area. Nebraska Extension provided important updates on the situation to NEMA. These updates were key as Brent used them to help inform the safety community.
You can help provide important situational awareness during a disaster event using ResponseNotes. As Brent told the Nebraska EDEN team, no event is "too small" to report.
What is ResponseNotes?
ResponseNotes is Nebraska Extension's system for helping our Extension family "touch base" or "phone home" when disaster strikes. It's a quick-capture form you can use to let Nebraska EDEN, Nebraska Extension administration, EDEN, and our USDA liaisons know whether you've been affected, to ask for help, and to share news about what you're doing to recover or to help your constituents recover.
You and anyone in your office can submit notes using the online form, as often as you like. Don't be too concerned with spelling, grammar, polish, or lingo. What comes in through this form will be managed by the Nebraska EDEN team for you. If you have any questions, contact Soni Cochran, scochran2@unl.edu or Michael Bergland-Riese, riese@unl.edu.
ResponseNotes Form Link - https://ssp.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7UR8e5VOU2JuJrU
On behalf of the Nebraska Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN) team, thanks for all you do!