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Tipperary Age Friendly Weather Event Resilience Questionnaire
Tipperary Age Friendly Community Response
Tipperary Age Friendly are asking for your input to inform on future requirements in the event of severe weather or other emergency events
1.
Were you aware of the weather warnings before the recent storm Eowyn and the snow storm
Yes
No
Other (please specify)
2.
Were you able to secure your home?
Yes
No
Other (please specify)
3.
Were you able to stay with family or friends?
Yes
No
Other (please specify)
4.
How were you affected by the weather events?
Electricity cut off
Water cut off
Phone line down
Internet access/Mobile Phone connection lost
Structural damage to your home
Road access cut off
No support services e.g. home help, meals on wheels
Transport to essential medical services e.g. dialysis
Other (please specify)
5.
Did you have to call any emergency services during the weather events e.g. ambulance
Yes
No
Other (please specify)
6.
Have you contact details for local services that you can call on in an emergency?Is it easily accessible i.e. on your fridge or poster on wall?
Yes
No
7.
Have you an emergency box with items that would be useful e.g. a torch, list of contact numbers for services such as Uisce Eireann, Electric Ireland, safe lamps to use for lighting around the house, gas cooking ring or heater, flameless candles, batterysupply, extra blankets. Would a checklist for items be helpful?
Yes
No
Other (please specify)
8.
Do you have emergency food and water supplies (dried pantry food/bottled water)?
Yes
No
Other (please specify)
9.
Do you have your own transport?
Yes
No
Other (please specify)
10.
In the event of similar storms in the future, would you be interested in availing of an emergency response service which would contact you by phone or in
person on a daily basis to check in on you?
Yes
No
Other (please specify)
11.
Do you know your closest/nearest voluntary based support to reach out to such as Red Cross, Civil Defence, Gardaí, Search and Rescue
Yes
No
Other (please specify)
12.
Have you any suggestions or comments about how you could be supported for future weather events?
Yes
No
Other (please specify)
13.
This is an anonymous survey, however if you could state your nearest town for our survey data
Town
Other (please specify)
