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The challenges in sustained U.S. investment for emergency readiness --GAO report

Fri, 2023-11-10 10:52 — mike kraft

New GAO report details challenges in sustained investment for emergency readiness M-C-C / iStock CIDRAP

In a new report from the US Government Accountability Office (GAO), public health officials cite the challenges of using federal COVID-19 funds to build and maintain infrastructure for emergency readiness. ...

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Suggestions for improving emergency operations centers

Tue, 2021-07-20 12:33 — mike kraft

The future of Emergency Operation Centers: Six shifts to consider from COVID-19

...In all its shapes, emergency operation centers (EOCs) have been at the core of emergency management since emergency response became a coordinated team activity. With the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, health-specific and, more broadly, disaster-focused EOCs have been under pressure like never before. These EOCs assisted in delivering responses at an unprecedented scale globally, especially in the public sector, helping further validate the concept.

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More than half of public health workers showed signs of at least one mental health condition during the pandemic--CDC study

Mon, 2021-06-28 17:40 — mike kraft

Symptoms of Depression, Anxiety, Post-Traumatic Stress ... Among 26,174 surveyed state, tribal, local, and territorial public health workers, 53% reported symptoms of at least one mental health condition in the past 2 weeks. Symptoms were more prevalent ... CDCMMWR Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Among 26,174 surveyed state, tribal, local, and territorial public health workers, 53.0% reported symptoms of at least one mental health condition in the past 2 weeks. Symptoms were more prevalent among those who were unable to take time off or worked ≥41 hours per week.

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In Trump’s last days, a spree of environmental rollbacks

Sat, 2021-01-16 19:03 — mike kraft

In Trump’s last days, a spree of environmental rollbacks The Trump administration went on a final spree of environmental rollbacks with just days left in office, scaling back standards for equipment Americans use to heat their homes, habitat for the northern spotted owl, and protections for conservation lands in California and Utah. Juliet Eilperin, Dino Grandoni Washington Post

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First responders and medical staff test positive for coronavirus. UW doctors not getting masks

Wed, 2020-03-04 07:17 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Members of the Kirkland Fire Department transport a patient from the Life Care Center of Kirkland, the long-term care facility at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in Washington state, on Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in Kirkland. CREDIT: KUOW PHOTO/MEGAN FARMER

kuow.org - by Ashley Hiruko and Isolde Raftery - March 3, 2020

. . . 26 firefighters and three police officers in Kirkland, Washington, are in quarantine. All those cases are linked to the first responders contact with the Life Care Center, a nursing home where there has been an outbreak of the virus.

As of Tuesday, 12 of these first responders were showing flu-like symptoms, Kirkland officials reported. Most are in home isolation and quarantine.

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Explosion - TPC Chemical Plant - Port Neches, Texas - November 27, 2019

Wed, 2019-11-27 21:57 — Kathy Gilbeaux

AN EXPANDING LIST OF INFORMATION RESOURCES FOR THE TPC PLANT EXPLOSION IN PORT NECHES, TEXAS . . .

CLICK HERE - What you should know about the Port Neches plant explosion

CLICK HERE - EPA - SOUTH 4 GROUP FIRE - PORT NECHES, TX - REGION VI

CLICK HERE - EPA - Story Map - South 4 Group Fire Response

CLICK HERE - EPA - Documents - SOUTH 4 GROUP FIRE

CLICK HERE - TCEQ - TPC Port Neches Plant Fire

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Hurricane Dorian - News and Information Resources

Thu, 2019-10-10 13:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

AN EXPANDING LIST OF NEWS AND INFORMATION RESOURCES RELATED TO HURRICANE DORIAN . . .

CLICK HERE - NOAA - Watches, Warnings or Advisories for Florida

CLICK HERE - Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM)

CLICK HERE - FDEM - Emergency Info

CLICK HERE - FDEM - Open Shelters

CLICK HERE - Orange County Shelters

CLICK HERE - Red Cross - Find Open Shelters

CLICK HERE - Housing - Airbnb - Hurricane Dorian - Southeastern United States

CLICK HERE - Ready.gov - Hurricanes - Preparedness

CLICK HERE - CDC - Preparing for a Hurricane or Tropical Storm

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Chasing The Chatter - VOST - Crowdsourcing - Social Monitoring

Fri, 2019-07-19 19:57 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Photograph - Getty Images - nfpa.org - by Jesse Roman - July 1, 2019

Around the world, an army of volunteers equipped with little more than laptops monitors social media activity during all manner of emergencies. That work is contributing to a fundamental change in how safety agencies interact with the public during large-scale disasters.

. . . a virtual operations support team, or VOST community remains primarily a loosely affiliated network of do-gooder volunteers . . .

. . . Because the work is conducted online, VOST members can be located anywhere in the world . . .

. . . The general term for this work is social monitoring, a concept that has grown steadily since about 2010. Many forward-thinking disaster managers now see this digital sleuthing as critical to their on-the-ground efforts, regardless of the type of disaster they are facing.

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