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6. In July of 1989, the Indian River County Department of Emergency <br /> Services formed a committee to address people within Indian River <br /> County with Special Medical Needs. Since then, the goal of the <br /> Special Needs Shelter Program is to provide a safe place for persons <br /> requiring medical assistance to temporarily shelter during an <br /> evacuation from either a man-made or natural disaster, rather than <br /> inundating local hospitals with a large number of people that a <br /> specially equipped and staffed shelter could adequately handle. <br /> Information to residents who may require special assistance in the <br /> event of a disaster is dispensed via the following avenues: <br /> a. Home health care agencies; <br /> b. Physicians' offices; <br /> C. Visiting Nurses Association/Hospice; <br /> d. Press release campaigns throughout the year; <br /> e. Senior Resource Associate, Inc.; and <br /> f. Public outreach programs (radio/TV talk show interviews, <br /> hurricane presentations, etc.). <br /> 7. While it is uncertain how many deaf or hearing impaired residents are <br /> in Indian River County, our office is prepared to handle these calls <br /> through the use of a Telecommunications Device for the Deaf(TDD). <br /> A TDD is a machine that can be connected to the telephone providing <br /> deaf and hard-of-hearing people with a way to use a telephone <br /> without an interpreter. TDD users type their messages on a standard <br /> typewriter keyboard which is read on a display by the receiver using <br /> compatible equipment. The Indian River County Department of <br /> Emergency Services' TDD telephone number is published in the <br /> BellSouth Text Telephone Directory annually. The County <br /> switchboard is also equipped with TDD equipment, thus facilitating a <br /> transfer of a caller, if necessary. <br /> In order to broaden our capabilities with speaking with the non-English <br /> speaking communities of Indian River County, we subscribe to AT&T <br /> Language Line. They are the world's largest provider of 24-hour over- <br /> the-phone interpretation. In addition, we have several local residents <br /> who have offered their interpreter services. Either of these services <br /> would be available to non-English speaking callers. Additionally, <br /> public service announcements are also broadcast in Spanish. <br /> 8. There are approximately seventy mobile home/recreational vehicle <br /> parks located within Indian River County. This figure equates to 6,502 <br /> dwellings, or a population of approximately 13,546 (10% of the total <br /> Indian River County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan Annex I - Page ESF#14-7 <br />