Article Out Loud – Access and Functional Needs in Modern Emergency Operations

This is an article by John T. Briery, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, May 13, 2026.Effective emergency management increasingly relies on a “whole community” approach that integrates individuals with access and functional needs (AFN). Learn how implementing the C-MIST (Communication, Maintaining Health, Independence, Support and Safety, Transportation) framework, a function-based model, helps prioritize continuity and reduce disaster impacts on AFN populations