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SI COAD

Staten Island Community Organizations Active in Disaster (SI COAD) is a longstanding boroughwide coalition that brings together cross-sector partners to strengthen emergency preparedness, response, and recovery. Convened by Nonprofit Staten Island, the coalition helps partners build relationships, share information and resources, and coordinate before, during, and after disasters, emergencies, and community crises.

Since 2012, SI COAD has served as a boroughwide hub for collaborative planning and learning. Through coalition meetings, trainings, exercises, shared tools, and timely situational awareness, partners strengthen their own readiness while building Staten Island’s collective capacity to respond. The relationships developed before an emergency help organizations move more quickly, coordinate more effectively, and better support the communities they serve when a crisis occurs.

SI COAD works to ensure that local knowledge, community needs, and essential voices inform emergency planning and response. Grounded in communication, coordination, cooperation, and collaboration, the coalition is building a safer, better-prepared, and more connected Staten Island.

Connect with SI COAD!

Join our network to stay informed and engaged with the Staten Island Community Organizations Active in Disaster (SI COAD). By filling out this form, you’ll be added to our listserv, ensuring you receive our monthly newsletter, coalition meeting reminders, and critical updates. We’ll keep you informed about weather watches, health advisories, and key events, as well as any response activities during incident activation. For urgent communications, including event updates and serious advisories, we may also reach out via phone or text. Whether you’re a new or existing stakeholder, please provide your current contact information to stay connected and informed.

COAD – Stay Connected – FY25

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Featured Work & Resources

Strengthening Communities Through Recovery (SCTR) 

In partnership with New York City Emergency Management (NYCEM), SI COAD conducts ongoing Emergency Response Planning for the borough, including resource mapping, to support a better-prepared Staten Island community.

Learn more about NYCEM’s Strengthening Communities initiative at: https://www.nyc.gov/site/em/ready/strengthening-communities.page

Subscribe to the NYC Community Preparedness Newsletter for news, trainings and related events.

SI COAD PPE Distribution

PPE remains available to organizations and individuals in need through SI COAD partnerships. For more information, including current inventory and distribution locations, please contact sicoad@nonprofitstatenisland.org.

Other SI COAD Key Projects / Initiatives

Education & Capacity Building

  • Webinars and Training Opportunities
  • Circulated partner opportunities
  • Peer Exchanges on Best Practices
  • Planning, response, and resilience content featured at NPSI’s annual Nonprofit Conference
  • Call-down Drills & Tabletop exercises
  • Organizational resource and referral coordination

Outreach: Resource guide, awareness campaigns, community tabling

Communications: Listserv, Facebook, Nonprofit Staten Island newsletter

Future Planning: Stakeholder surveys, focus groups

Printable brochure available here. 

See an Overview of the coalition and learn more about the COAD history.

JOIN SI COAD

Connect with organizations across Staten Island, exchange resources and practical information, and strengthen your organization’s readiness through SI COAD meetings, trainings, and events. Participation is free and open to organizations and partners across sectors; Nonprofit Staten Island membership is not required.

Complete the form at the top of this page to join the SI COAD listserv and receive coalition updates, event announcements, and preparedness resources.

SUPPORT AND PARTNERSHIP

SI COAD gratefully acknowledges the organizations and public partners whose funding and support have helped sustain its work, including NYC Health, NYC Emergency Management, and New York Community Engagement Alliance (NYCEAL).

SI COAD also thanks its agency partners for their continued support and collaboration: the Office of the Staten Island Borough President, New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, New York State Office of Mental Health, Federal Emergency Management Agency Region 2, and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

What’s Going On With the SI COAD

If your block tends to flood, prepare before the water arrives. Move vehicles from flood-prone streets, know your route to higher ground, and never walk or drive through floodwater. 📲 Stay informed with local alerts from Notify NYC. Available in 14 languages, including ASL.

Trees downed by heavy winds can knock out power lines. 🔦 Keep a flashlight nearby and devices charged.

🚨 NYC Travel Advisory is in effect. https://www.nyc.gov/site/em/resources/notify_nyc/mass-transit-travel.page If you are on the roads, drive safely. Stay informed of local conditions with Notify NYC

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Sun is setting and the tides are rising. 🚗Time to get where you're going, Staten Island. A Travel Advisory is in place through the weekend. If you're on the road, keep an eye out for down trees and power lines.

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For more information:

Michelle Bascome

Nonprofit Staten Island
sicoad@nonprofitstatenisland.org

michelle@nonprofitstatenisland.org

COAD Co-chairs: 

Shirley Dunn, MPA
Director of Quality Assurance & Corporate Compliance Officer, Eden II

Joseph Tornello, LCSW
President/CEO, Meals on Wheels of Staten Island

MES Co-chairs:

Trientina Campbell
Director of Environmental Safety/EPC, Richmond University Medical Center

Ginny Mantello, MD
Director, Health and Wellness, Office of the Staten Island Borough President

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