{
  "title": "The Departure Syllabus: Fourteen Weeks of Preparation for Family Evacuation",
  "author": "Josephine Goldstein",
  "location": "Medford, Massachusetts",
  "version": "1.0",
  "date": "2026-07-18",
  "wikidata_grounding": {
    "evacuation_protocol": "Q606332",
    "preparedness_movement": "Q7240647"
  },
  "syllabus_structure": {
    "total_weeks": 14,
    "modules": [
      {
        "weeks": "1-2",
        "title": "Risk Assessment & Threat Mapping",
        "objective": "Identify the hazards that demand departure",
        "deliverables": [
          "FEMA flood map (printed/laminated)",
          "Three escape routes documented",
          "Oral history archive from neighborhood elders",
          "Household inventory (move/stay/burn)"
        ]
      },
      {
        "weeks": "3-4",
        "title": "Supply Chain & Cache Points",
        "objective": "Establish resupply nodes along routes",
        "deliverables": [
          "Three go-bags per family member",
          "Midpoint cache with GPS coordinates",
          "Water purification test results",
          "Ration calculation sheet (2L/person/day × 14 days)"
        ]
      },
      {
        "weeks": "5-6",
        "title": "Communication Trees & Signal Protocols",
        "objective": "Ensure contact survives network collapse",
        "deliverables": [
          "Contact tree (1 adult → 3 households)",
          "Three rally points with coordinates",
          "Coded message set (safe/moving/waiting)",
          "48-hour blackout drill completion certificate"
        ]
      },
      {
        "weeks": "7-8",
        "title": "Mobility Drills & Load Testing",
        "objective": "Prove the family can move with full gear",
        "deliverables": [
          "10-mile march with 30lb pack (timed)",
          "Vulnerable-member transport simulation",
          "Vehicle readiness checklist",
          "Night-evasion drill log"
        ]
      },
      {
        "weeks": "9-10",
        "title": "Shelter-in-Place vs. Evacuate Decision Matrix",
        "objective": "Train judgment, not just muscle",
        "deliverables": [
          "Decision matrix (wind > 74mph OR water > 3ft)",
          "False-alarm roleplay transcript",
          "Medford 1987 structural analysis",
          "Analog clock installation receipt"
        ]
      },
      {
        "weeks": "11-12",
        "title": "Intergenerational Knowledge Transfer",
        "objective": "Encode survival skills into the youngest minds",
        "deliverables": [
          "Edible plant identification field guide",
          "Fire-starting triple-method certification",
          "Grandparent oral history audio archive",
          "Memory stone carving set"
        ]
      },
      {
        "weeks": "13-14",
        "title": "Full-Scale Simulation & Documentation",
        "objective": "Execute the departure and write the after-action report",
        "deliverables": [
          "Midnight alarm drill (90-second window)",
          "Primary route execution to cache",
          "Debrief transcript with failure modes",
          "Syllabus v2.0 with red-ink corrections"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "case_study": {
    "event": "Medford Ice Storm",
    "year": 1987,
    "lesson": "Families who moved first were not the wealthiest; they were the rehearsed."
  },
  "hyperlinks": {
    "evacuation_entity": "https://4ort.xyz/entity/evacuation",
    "preparedness_movement_entity": "https://4ort.xyz/entity/preparedness-movement",
    "home_page": "https://josephine-goldstein.4ort.net/",
    "related_curricula": [
      "https://josephine-goldstein.4ort.net/earth-prep-cycles.html",
      "https://josephine-goldstein.4ort.net/safety-stitch.html"
    ]
  }
}