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How to Create a Family Emergency Plan

Disaster Preparedness

At Disaster Preparedness Blog , I've always emphasized the power of preparation to turn chaos into a manageable controlled event. facing ongoing natural disasters in 2025 such as severe storms and tornadoes that have already claimed at least 155 lives as of my writing this and caused widespread damage. With the U.S. Sub-Step 1.1:

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Prepping with pets

The Prepared

Crafting a Pet-Inclusive Disaster Plan Creating a disaster plan for your pets involves addressing different scenarios. These include evacuation events, like wildfires or hurricanes, or shelter-in-place situations that might occur during a severe storm or pandemic.

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Sweet Home Alabama.Emergency Management

Disaster Zone Podcast

This Disaster Zone podcast is an interview with Brian Hastings, Director, Alabama Emergency Management Agency As such he is a member of the Governor’s Cabinet and the senior official responsible for all phases of emergency management.

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Washington State Emergency Management

Disaster Zone Podcast

Washington State is one of the most high hazard states here in the United States. In this podcast we review what the state’s hazards are, how emergency management at the state level is organized and then get Robert’s take on a number of issues facing the State and how it is responding.

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Using Budget Principles to Prepare for Future Pandemics and Other Disasters

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

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.

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NCDP 20th Anniversary Reflections and Impacts

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

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. and international disaster preparedness, response, and long-term recovery.

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Prepare Your Organization for a Hurricane

everbridge

Hurricane preparedness considerations for hospitals include the same requirements as corporate and government entities. Update all software, and ensure data and intelligence on evacuation routes, storm shelters, flood hazards, and utilities providers is current.