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New Book Review

Recovery Diva

Revell; Abdul Samad; Yoon Ah Shin; Susan Spice; and Jungwon Yeo. The book’s contribution is to bring cultural awareness to the forefront of professional competency requirements for emergency managers.

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Prepare Your Organization for a Hurricane

everbridge

Hurricane Preparedness for Healthcare Facilities. But hospital crisis managers must also account for the unique care-dependent nature of hospital operations by taking these four disaster preparedness steps: Adjust staffing levels, supplies, and emergency medicine stores to accommodate patient-surge capacity.

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Racial Disparities and COVID-19

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

Communities of color and undocumented workers are comprised of a significant number of service workers including grocery clerks , home healthcare workers , restaurant workers, and subway operators. The Commonwealth Fund: Healthcare Policies during COVID-19. The environments that families live in are also impactful.

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Hazardous Conditions: Mitigation Planning and Pandemics

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

Thus, planning must go beyond disaster response but also building community resilience by bolstering healthcare, Internet access, and other needs for direct assistance when it is needed most. The post Hazardous Conditions: Mitigation Planning and Pandemics appeared first on National Center for Disaster Preparedness | NCDP.

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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.

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Housing Protections are an Essential Part of COVID-19 Response and Recovery

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

Residents are more likely to be designated essential workers in industries such as healthcare and food service, work in public-facing roles, and rely on public transportation. The post Housing Protections are an Essential Part of COVID-19 Response and Recovery appeared first on National Center for Disaster Preparedness | NCDP.

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What is Business Continuity?

Erwood Group

It is disaster preparedness for business. Now that we know that business continuity in its simplest form, is disaster preparedness for business; we need to discuss more how as a business we properly prepare for disasters and disruptions. What is business continuity? There you go.