Notice2026-04513
Request for Information; Creation of a State, Local, Territory and Tribal Emergency Management Toolkit
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Published
March 9, 2026
Issuing agencies
National Council on Disability
Abstract
NCD is requesting information to inform the creation of a state, local, territory and tribal (SLTT) emergency management toolkit. The toolkit will provide promising practices and guidance on how to create an emergency management plan inclusive of people with disabilities and update our 2009 report Effective Emergency Management: Making Improvements for Communities and People with Disabilities.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 45 (Monday, March 9, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11338-11339]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-04513]
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NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY
Request for Information; Creation of a State, Local, Territory
and Tribal Emergency Management Toolkit
AGENCY: National Council on Disability (NCD).
ACTION: Notice; request for information.
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SUMMARY: NCD is requesting information to inform the creation of a
state, local, territory and tribal (SLTT) emergency management toolkit.
The toolkit will provide promising practices and guidance on how to
create an emergency management plan inclusive of people with
disabilities and update our 2009 report Effective Emergency Management:
Making Improvements for Communities and People with Disabilities.
DATES: Electronic comments must be submitted by 11:59 DST on April 3,
2026.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments and information via email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a6c7c8cfc5cec9cac7d5e6c8c5c288c1c9d0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ec8d82858f8483808d9fac828f88c28b839a">[email protected]</span></a>. Please note that late, untimely filed comments will
not be considered.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Nicholas, Senior Attorney Advisor,
National Council on Disability, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7d1c13141e1512111c0e3d131e19531a120b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e687888f858e898a8795a6888582c8818990">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Despite NCD's multiple reports, spanning decades, inclusive of
recommendations and findings to federal agencies, people with
disabilities continue to be disproportionately impacted before, during,
and after disasters. Natural disasters have increased in incidence and
severity and people with disabilities are still disproportionately
impacted. People with disabilities are more likely to be displaced,
injured, or die during and after a major disaster. No geographic region
is insulated from the risk of a natural disaster. A factor that
contributes to the disproportionate impact is the lack of inclusive
planning of people with disabilities unique needs in a state, local,
tribal, and territorial, government organization (SLTT)
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emergency management plans. As was painfully apparent in 2024 when
hurricane Helene and Milton devastated Asheville, North Carolina, a
city touted as ``safe'' from natural disasters. Every SLTT should have
a robust emergency management plan inclusive of people with
disabilities to ensure the safety of everyone in their community in the
event of a natural disaster.
NCD's upcoming report will create a toolkit to assist SLTTs in
creating an emergency management plan inclusive of the unique needs of
people with disabilities in their community. The toolkit will include:
promising practices from SLTTs who have successfully incorporated
people with disabilities in their emergency management planning;
explain the importance of inclusive emergency management planning;
highlight federal programs available to SLTTs available to incorporate
into SLTTs emergency management plans; and provide examples and
templates by SLTTs to incorporate.
II. Issues for Consideration and Request for Information
NCD invites comments based on the questions below. Please explain
your answers and provide references and data, if possible.
1. What challenges and obstacles do SLTTs encounter when creating
an emergency management plan inclusive of people with disabilities?
2. How have SLTTs successfully incorporated the unique needs of
people with disabilities in their emergency management plan?
3. Describe promising practices SLTTs have implemented to ensure
incorporation of people with disabilities and its emergency management
plan?
4. Provide community testimony of successful emergency management
plan practices and/or failures which should be addressed in the
toolkit?
5. Provide successful collaboration between the disability
community and SLTTs in the creation of an emergency management plan.
Disclaimer
This Request for Information is for information gathering purposes
only and does not constitute a commitment by NCD to take any specific
action based on the responses received.
Further, this Request for Information is not an invitation to apply
for funding or a Request for Proposals.
Authority: The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 780 et seq.)
Dated: March 4, 2026
Anne C. Sommers McIntosh,
Director of Legislative Affairs and Outreach.
[FR Doc. 2026-04513 Filed 3-6-26; 8:45 am]
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