Disaster Preparedness

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.  

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.  

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.  

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 ...  

As Hurricane Ike sent thousands fleeing to North Texas, the city of Mesquite’s Office of Emergency Preparedness found itself in an ironic position. It had to cancel its emergency preparedness program to teach residents how to prepare for a natural disaster because of a natural disaster.  

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.  

Tom Harbison of the Iowa Small Business Administration (SBA) spoke at the Crawford County Chamber and Development Council's (CDC) annual business appreciation breakfast.  

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...  

PORT MORESBY, 9 October 2008 (IRIN) - For a country as disaster-prone as Papua New Guinea, with a history of deadly cyclones, earthquakes, volcanoes and ...  

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...  

INDIANA--Saturday morning, the amateur radio community in Indiana County will discover just how prepared it is should a national disaster hit the area. But what sets this simulated disaster test apart from most others is that, not only is it conducted for amateur radio operators only, but it's...  

... beginning of November, the 52 Division Community Police Liaison Committee hosted a public Town Hall meeting about the subject of Emergency Preparedness. ...