Emergency Planning, Decision Making to Prepare for the Second Wave of COVID-19

We can plan to return to normal while simultaneously preparing our communities to return to a lockdown posture.
We can plan to return to normal while simultaneously preparing our communities to return to a lockdown posture.
North Carolina Emergency Management (NCEM) Executive Director Mike Sprayberry will retire on August 1, according to state officials.
Today, FEMA begins processing applications for funeral assistance, helping ease some of the financial stress created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
This suggests that the increased transmissibility of certain variants is not due to any difference in environmental survivability in aerosols.
After devastating blazes, industry recognized the railroad fire problem was composed of risks and hazards.
The results show Californians are now facing a double whammy of increased wildfire and landslide risk caused by climate change-induced
Fire protection is a major issue for military vehicles, which carry flammable fluids and can incur significant damage and casualties
California firefighters from some of the areas hardest hit by wildland fires are training on a new tool for their
The real solution to preventing a wildfire ignition from an electrical component is to have a resilient electrical grid.
Long-range smoke was associated with increases in hospitalizations and increased risk of death from cardiovascular outcomes.
From 2008 to 2018, natural disasters have cost the agricultural sectors of developing economies more than $108 billion in damaged
More frequent droughts and changing rainfall patterns may diminish hydroelectricity in some areas, and increasing wildfires may damage transmission lines.
Alerting becomes the Achilles’ heel of an evacuation when it comes too late or doesn’t reach enough people.
While it’s true that volcanoes can blast hazardous material tens of thousands of feet in the air, none of the
Bridget Pelaez currently serves as the Assistant Director of Emergency Management at Florida International University and is the Deputy Commander
Long-range smoke was associated with increases in hospitalizations and increased risk of death from cardiovascular outcomes.