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Inclement weather response demands attention

everbridge

Events such as the devastating incident in Maui serve as grim reminders of the ongoing challenges that persist in disaster preparedness and response. Despite these challenges, there are ways to ensure more uniformity and reliability around disaster response. Increasingly, this issue appears to be unique to the United States.

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New Book Review

Recovery Diva

disaster management specialist, PDC Global. The intent is to raise awareness and sensitivity towards disaster-affected populations and stakeholders who may share different cultural norms, be in different cultural, physical, political, or emotional settings than the disaster managers.

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Using Budget Principles to Prepare for Future Pandemics and Other Disasters

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

In my role leading the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University’s Climate School, as well as through other positions, I have dedicated my career to fostering the impact of disaster research in the fields of policy and practice. Testimony Submitted January 16, 2022. By: Jeff Schlegelmilch, MPH, MBA.