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Becoming Prepared to Deal with Any Disaster

Disaster Zone Podcast

He has been published in dozens of industry journals and magazines, and been a featured expert on family disaster preparedness on Good Morning America, PA Live!, He has been published in dozens of industry journals and magazines, and been a featured expert on family disaster preparedness on Good Morning America, PA Live!,

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Supply Chain Insights

Disaster Zone Podcast

Philip Palin is the author of Out of the Whirlwind: Supply and Demand after Hurricane Maria , published by Rowman & Littlefield (2019). Principal author and editor of Strategic Playbook: Regional Catastrophic Preparedness and Supply Chain Resilience. Also author of Considering Catastrophe. Also author of Considering Catastrophe.

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Use of Social Media in Disasters

Disaster Zone Podcast

Here is link to an article on a study she worked on relating to disasters and social media When Hurricanes Strike, Social Media Can Save Lives And, since I mentioned it when the topic of Hurricane Katrina came up, here is a link to the Washington Post Op-ed I had published at the time the levees failed in New Orleans, Destroying FEMA.

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Getting Elected is the Easy Part

Disaster Zone Podcast

She recently had a book published, Getting Elected is the Easy Part: Work and Winning in the State Legislature In this podcast we learn about her personal experiences and then also dive more deeply into her advice for people aspiring to be elected officials. Karen Kaiser is a currently serving Washington State Senator.

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New Book Review

Recovery Diva

Publisher : Routledge – Taylor & Francis Group, New York and London. Book Review: Cultural Competency for Emergency and Crisis Management. Editors : Claire Connolly Knox and Brittany “Brie” Haupt Title : Cultural Competency for Emergency and Crisis Management: Concepts, Theories and Case Studies. link] April 2020.

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The 2019 Global Assessment Report (GAR)

Emergency Planning

UNDRR has a recurrent initiative for assessing the state of disaster preparedness around the world, and this results in a document, the Global Assessment Report (GAR), which is issued biennially to coincide with the UN's Global Platform on DRR. These may be published separately in an academic journal.

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Feeling helpless at home? Try giving

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

This piece was originally published on April 7, 2020 in The Hill. Try giving appeared first on National Center for Disaster Preparedness | NCDP. By: Gregory R. Witkowski and Jeffrey Schlegelmilch. If you are feeling like you want to do something to help, you are not alone. The post Feeling helpless at home?