U.S. Businesses Respond to Community Needs
Kay C. Goss
February 27, 2008
Three Cheers for three retail giants – WalMart, Home Depot, and Lowe’s, all of which stepped forward to provide urgently needed building materials and the mountains of other supplies required to help restore order in the aftermath of Hurricanes and Rita.
Hospital Emergency Management: The Anatomy of Growth
Theodore Tully
February 27, 2008
Prior to 11 September 2001 the term “emergency management” was more an abstract theory than an operational mandate. Today it is a full fledged profession, particularly in hospitals & other medical facilities, so must be factored into all major planning.
TVA and Protection of the Critical Infrastructure
Adam Montella
February 20, 2008
The Tennessee Valley Authority is basically a huge and highly successful mega-corporation that has to deal with private-sector funding and operational realities while also adhering to federal, state, and local rules and regulations.
Ready or Not? Protecting the Public's Health from Disease, Disasters, and Bioterrorism, 2007 - A Report from "Trust for America's Health"
Domestic Preparedness
February 20, 2008
This fifth annual report includes state-by-state health preparedness scores, based on 10 key indicators, to assess health emergency preparedness capabilities. http://healthyamericans.org/reports/bioterror07/
Government Accountability Office (GAO) - Emergency Transit Assistance: Federal Funding for Recent Disasters, and Options for the Future
Domestic Preparedness
February 19, 2008
The GAO has determined the federal role in assisting transit agencies after a major disaster, the amount/source of federal disaster-assistance needed, and additional options for providing assistance to transit entities
Incident Action Planning: Staying the Course
Stephen Grainer
February 13, 2008
Emergency responders throughout the United States have been working diligently since 2006 to meet the most current compliance criteria for completing intermediate and advanced Incident Command System (ICS) training. The
Public-Health Planning: Partnerships Work
Steven Harrison
February 13, 2008
The Commonwealth of Virginia provides another best-practices example – this time in the public-health field – of how private-sector organizations can work with one another, and with their government counterparts, before rather than after a crisis erupts.
Gap Analysis - A Long and Winding Process
James M. Rush Sr.
February 13, 2008
Disaster planning is difficult, time-consuming, sometimes boring – but also absolutely necessary. And in the long run it conserves resources, permits the most efficient use of the usually limited medical staff available, and saves a lot of lives.
World Health Organization Announces Its Influenza Virus Tracking System
Domestic Preparedness
February 11, 2008
The influenza virus tracking system is live and available for the public to view on an interim basis. With this tool viewers can track where H5-N1 virus has been confirmed.
Research Priorities in Emergency Preparedness and Response for Public Health Systems - A Report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM)
Domestic Preparedness
February 11, 2008
Four top-priority research areas identified in this report are: 1. enhancing the usefulness of training; 2. improving timely emergency communications; 3.creating & maintaining sustainable response systems; & 4. generating effectiveness
