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America’s PrepareAthon: Preparing for Disasters One at a Time
According to a poll done by Kelton Research in 2012, 9 out of 10 Americans expect a world disaster to occur in the next quarter century and 56% said they aren’t prepared for it. Getting prepared can...
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An Unpredictable Spring
“In the spring I have counted one hundred and thirty-six kinds of weather inside of four and twenty hours.” – Mark Twain While spring officially sprung in late March, it’s only been in the last few...
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Neighbors Helping Neighbors
When the Fairfax County Health Department (FCHD) in Virginia put out a call for volunteers to help conduct a tuberculosis (TB) contact investigation, Rosalia Parada, a long time Medical Reserve Corps...
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Goooal! How to Stay Safe When Traveling to the World Cup
Meta! That’s Portuguese for goal, and it’s a word you’ll be hearing more often starting Thursday, June 12th, when the FIFA World Cup begins in Brazil. The competition, which will take place in 12...
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Prep Check! Lockheed Martin
Have you ever considered what you would do if you were out and about and severe weather struck? Where would you find shelter? Would it be safe to try to go home? Photo courtesy Atlanta-Fulton County...
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Mental Health and Recovery
By: Dennis Cooley, MD, FAAP Joplin, Missouri was devastated by an F5 tornado in 2011. Heart to Heart International set up a clinic in a Walgreens parking lot near the hardest hit area to care for...
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Ready CDC
By Victoria Harp CDC leads the nation in responding to public health emergencies, such as outbreaks and natural disasters. While the agency encourages the public to be aware of personal and family...
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5 Days at Memorial: Q&A with author Sheri Fink
By Sonja Rasmussen, MD, MS Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital is a non-fiction book written by journalist Dr. Sheri Fink. The book chronicles the aftermath of Hurricane...
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3 Simple Steps to Protect Your Family
A brutal snowstorm strikes at mid-day. Roads grow increasingly congested as commuters across the city scramble to get home before conditions worsen. Ice begins to jam roads, and resulting accidents...
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Children Are Not Little Adults
By Steven E. Krug, MD, FAAP Imagine it. An earthquake shakes a California community, waking people whose homes have caught fire; responders must treat multiple children whose brief inhalation of smoke...
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Emergency Planning for All Abilities
By Georgina Peacock Nickole Cheron was stuck in her home for eight days after a rare winter storm buried Portland, Oregon, under more than a foot of snow in 2008. Fortunately for Nickole, whose...
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Serving Alaskans with Disability: An Integrated Approach
By: Amanda Cooper, Alaska Health and Disability Program Manager With 663,000 square miles of land, rural location, and risk for at least seven types of natural disasters, Alaska’s emergency...
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Preparing an Older Generation
The generation that brought us the Internet, the civil rights movement, tie-dye and classic rock, is turning 65. It is estimated that nearly 7,000 baby boomers turn 65 every day, and by the year 2030...
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A Prepared Caregiver
Back in 2007, Annie and her siblings began seeing early signs of Alzheimer’s Disease in their mother. Annie’s mother, Margaret was 79 years old and had begun to become confused and get lost while...
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Pet Preparedness
Countless disasters have shown that pet owners can quickly become a vulnerable population in the face of a natural disaster or emergency. Should you stay at home with your pet? Should you take your...
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After the Storm: Pets and Preparedness
Kathleen Fessman did not anticipate the degree of damage that Hurricane Sandy would cause her Rockaway, New York home. She stayed in her house during the storm watching as her basement flooded,...
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Businesses Ready and Willing to Help Communities During Emergencies
During the January 2014 winter storm that crippled the Atlanta metro area and left thousands stranded on the city’s highways, businesses stepped up to the plate to assist those with nowhere to turn....
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Business Pulse: 2014-2015 Flu Season
By Charles Stokes For me, flu prevention is personal. I recently spent time with my two-year-old granddaughter in New York City, and it got me thinking about how important it is for her to get a flu...
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Multi-Language Emergency Warnings in Minnesota
By: Lillian McDonald Tech savviness is a hallmark of the millennial generation. They are the first generation to replace landlines, crayons and typewriters with smartphones, laptops, and tablets. They...
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A New Year to Prepare
It is that time of year again, a time to reflect on another year gone by and prepare for the new year to come. It is time to dust off last year’s resolutions and come up with a new list of things to...
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