Winter Emergency Preparedness Tips Issued For New York Residents
Hudson Valley officials are making sure residents are prepared for a winter emergency. Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus, along with the Orange County Department of Health (OCDOH), has initiated an emergency preparedness alert for this winter season. More.
San Francisco Police Department Disaster Preparedness
Planning is your best protection in any emergency. From earthquakes, power outages and fires to severe storms and tsunamis, San Francisco is vulnerable to a variety of hazards. More.
Panama City FD launches preparedness platform
Panama City Fire Department launches platform to improve response time and community preparedness. More.
Winter Weather Preparedness
Hurricane season is over, but this is the time of year that we see nor’easters and other winter storms that bring rain, wind, snow and ice. Delmarva is no stranger to winter storms – and has had some storms drop a LOT of snow. More.
Strengthening Emergency Preparedness and Response through optimised Supply Chains
WFP collaborates with Pacific governments and partners to enhance systems and capacities to mitigate, prepare for, and respond to various shocks, through its Supply Chain Country Capacity Strengthening (SC CCS) initiative. More.
Finding strength in disaster preparedness
Imagine you are told that a 7.0-magnitude earthquake has happened in Salt Lake City, sending aftershocks across the state. This has caused buildings to fall, trees to cover roadways, traffic to be impacted and communication lines to go down. More.
Epidemic preparedness is the building block for pandemic response
After each major disease outbreak, from SARS and Ebola to COVID-19, governments, scientists, and funders have turned their focus to pandemic preparedness and the concept of “Disease X” — an unknown pathogen that can cause a pandemic. More.
The imperative of preparedness
One of the guiding principles that I try to live by is that I want to be an asset when things go sideways - not the guy who's standing around waiting for someone else to take action. In that spirit, I signed up for a recent, two-day Wilderness First Aid course through Sisters-based Northwest Precision Medical Training. More.