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ALEC’s’Corporate Board
--in recent past or present

• AT&T Services, Inc.
• centerpoint360
• UPS
• Bayer Corporation
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Energy Future Holdings
• Johnson & Johnson
• Coca-Cola Company
• PhRMA
• Kraft Foods, Inc.
• Coca-Cola Co.
• Pfizer Inc.
• Reed Elsevier, Inc.
• DIAGEO
• Peabody Energy
• Intuit, Inc.
• Koch Industries, Inc.
• ExxonMobil
• Verizon
• Reynolds American Inc.
• Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
• Salt River Project
• Altria Client Services, Inc.
• American Bail Coalition
• State Farm Insurance
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Resolution Supporting Creation of Disaster Evacuation
Efforts that Assist in Protecting the Most Vulnerable
WHEREAS, the massive devastation of Hurricane Katrina, one the largest natural
disasters in the nation’s history, starkly demonstrated the need for enhanced
evacuation efforts; and

WHEREAS, preventing loss of life and serious injury should be the primary concern
of all levels of government in any major natural or manmade disaster; and

WHEREAS, the most vulnerable – frail elderly, people with disabilities, families
with young children, and more – require particular attention and concern due to the
difficulty they often face evacuating themselves and getting to safety; and

WHEREAS, some 5,000 children were separated from their parents during Katrina
and frail elderly residents were found alone in their homes many days after the
hurricane; and

WHEREAS, the most valiant efforts of emergency responders can be hampered by
the sheer magnitude of those needing help to evacuate; and

WHEREAS, professional emergency managers have advanced the critical concept
that we all need to be “first responders” in a disaster to assist those who may have
trouble getting to safety; and

WHEREAS, the budgets of emergency response agencies, at all levels of
government, do not allow for unlimited numbers of equipment and personnel,
meaning substantial community involvement is a necessity to effectively respond
to major disasters particularly on behalf of the most vulnerable; and

WHEREAS, these fiscal realities are even greater in times of economic downturn,
leading to actual cutbacks in capacity for some agencies; and

WHEREAS, active citizen involvement in evacuating the most vulnerable can help
relieve the burden often shouldered alone by their caregivers and emergency
responders, thus acting as a valuable “force multiplier” in disasters; and

WHEREAS, it is in the best of historic American tradition to rally as communities
and neighborhoods when faced with calamity to help one another, especially those
who need it most;

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the American Legislative Exchange
Council (ALEC) strongly supports actively involving all citizens during disasters
through creation of community-based, “neighbor-helping-neighbor” approaches to
assist in evacuating the most vulnerable:

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that ALEC supports the creation of easy-to-use
communication tools for use by the vulnerable to help identity those who need
help or are safely out in order to assist neighbors, friends, caregivers and
emergency responders:

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that ALEC supports the creation of similar simple,
easy-to-use essential information tools, kept by the vulnerable, so that those
assisting them can, for example, contact their relatives and doctor quickly once
evacuated to get the medical and other critical assistance they need following a
disaster.

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