New Grant Aims to Improve Disaster management and Recovery
Recovery Diva
MARCH 18, 2022
From FL International University: NSF awards grant to College of Engineering to help improve disaster management and pandemic recovery.
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The Emergency Management Institute at 70
Recovery Diva
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Emergency managers have been asked to respond to a growing number of hazards and disasters, including nontraditional missions, such as managing pandemic response and addressing homelessness.
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Former FEMA Administrator Calls for Reform
Recovery Diva
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Today, FEMA is managing more than 100 active disaster recovery efforts nationwide and that does not account for the other crises they have been called to support other federal agencies with, like the COVID-19 pandemic and the southern border.
Severe Weather Preparedness: Managing Severe Weather Events During Other Crises
everbridge
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
And overlaying each severe weather event was the pandemic, which forced start-and-stop closures and compulsory work-from-home orders. Yet first responders, cybersecurity experts, emergency managers, and others in crisis management must remain vigilant. The Pandemic Continues to Play a Role. Is your business prepared?
Book Review: Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management
Recovery Diva
MAY 12, 2022
Chapter 2, “Mutual Aid: Grassroots Model for Justice and Equity in Emergency Management” by Miriam Belblidia and Chenier Kliebert, describes successful lessons of a Mutual Aid Response Network (MARN) involving over 5,000 participants in a grassroots response to COVOID-19 pandemic and a record-breaking Gulf Coast hurricane season 2020.
Using Budget Principles to Prepare for Future Pandemics and Other Disasters
National Center for Disaster Prepardness
JANUARY 19, 2022
Testimony to the House of Representatives Committee on Rules’ Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process for the Hearing: Using Budget Principles to Prepare for Future Pandemics and Other Disasters. Testimony Submitted January 16, 2022. By: Jeff Schlegelmilch, MPH, MBA.
Common Misconceptions about Disaster
Emergency Planning
MARCH 7, 2019
Myth 35: We are well organised to face a pandemic or CBRN attack. Myth 36: In a biological terrorism attack or pandemic prophylaxis will be effective and efficient. Myth 38: The main effects of a CBRN attack or pandemic would necessarily be medical. Myth 46: Disasters always happen to someone else. Men are better.
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