National Center for Disaster Prepardness

OCTOBER 23, 2023

In 2003, the National Center for Disaster Preparedness (NCDP), Columbia University, was founded to provide an academically based, interdisciplinary center focused on the capacity to prevent, respond to, and recover from disasters. We were determined to change how disasters were prevented and managed in America.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2022

To fulfill duty of care standards, corporations, educational institutions, hospitals, and government agencies should evaluate and test the health of communication networks and information systems before a severe weather event occurs. Failure to do so can leave healthcare staff unable to provide adequate care.

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National Center for Disaster Prepardness

MAY 4, 2020

With hospitals and shelters operating at full capacity , there is a crucial need to address the gap between increasing demand of services for victims of violence and declining accessibility. The post Domestic Violence Amid COVID-19: A Hidden Epidemic appeared first on National Center for Disaster Preparedness | NCDP.

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Disaster Preparedness

JULY 1, 2020

We don’t see vast amounts of people dying in the streets, hospitals are not overwhelmed, and funeral homes are not over-run. It is estimated that it could take several years before the electrical grid could be repaired to full working capacity again. Though it is unlikely the disease will become more deadly. Why it scares me?

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