Disaster Preparedness

David Jonker’s hurricane relief effort began in Texas on August 31, driving a rental car from San Antonio to the Red Cross headquarters in Dallas. — Jonker was quickly put to work as a shelter manager in nearby Irving for storm evacuees from Hurricane Gustav.  

The North Shore/Cape Ann Emergency Preparedness Coalition will hold free fall Emergency Preparedness trainings on Cape Ann. Emergency Dispensing Site ...  

The message was simple and direct: Plan now to act later. For about 150 business professionals at the second annual Emergency Preparedness and Incident Conference, the program couldn't have been more timely.  

Registration deadline is October 15th for this October 20th course from 6:00pm to 8:30pm at the Riner Firehouse.  

A local varsity boy scout is showing others how to prepare during an emergency. The Emergency Preparedness Fair was held at the Latter-Day Saints Church in Orcutt.  

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been heavily criticized in recent years, especially for its response — or lack of — to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. In FEMA’s defense, that was probably the biggest natural disaster in U.S. history, and nobody responded well, including local...  

Deloitte and the Nonprofit Roundtable of Greater Washington will release a strategic plan addressing emergency preparedness for the National Capital Region nonprofit community. It is the culmination of a two-year effort to develop and implement a ...  

But disaster preparedness is steadily becoming a more relevant issue. Lou Romig, MD, a pediatric emergency specialist at Miami Children’s Hospital, ...  

Two weeks ago the subject was making a location for emergency supplies in the home, car and office.  

An Emergency Preparedness Workshop will be conducted from 10 to 11 a.m. Oct. 6 at La Puente Senior Center, 16001 E. Main St.  

Americans are better prepared to cope with disasters than they were seven years ago, but efforts have been lagging recently, according to Dr. Donald Henderson, professor of public health and medicine at Pittsburgh's Center for Biosecurity.  

A free disaster preparedness seminar will be held from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Wed., Oct. 29 at AlmaVia of Camarillo, 2500 Ponderosa Drive North, Camarillo. The event will be led by Ellen Salvador, community disaster education coordinator for the American Red Cross of Ventura County.  

To promote safety among the community, the 17th annual Emergency Preparedness Fair, hosted by the Los Angeles Emergency Management Department, took place at Ken Malloy Park on Sept.  

By Kristy Ann Pike Living Well 'Many people ask me what they can do to prepare for a pandemic influenza outbreak,' said Paulette Valentine, director of the communicable disease and emergency preparedness ...  

To support community emergency preparedness planning, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has developed a range of free interactive computer models and other tools. In this webinar, participants will hear stories from … Originally posted here: WEBINAR> Lessons from the Field...