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Web Users Increasingly Rely on Social Media to Seek Help in a Disaster

A new American Red Cross survey shows 74 percent of web users turn to social media to seek help for themselves or others during emergencies – and they expect first responders to be listening. http://www.redcross.org/portal/site/en/menuitem.94aae335470e233f6cf911df43181aa0/?vgnextoid=6bb5a96d0a94a210VgnVCM10000089f0870aRCRD

Responding to Influenza Pandemics

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense and the National Institute of Health (NIH) Western Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases served as the conveners of a Task Force of the some of the nation’s leading influenza experts

Maritime Security: DHS Progress & Challenges in Key Areas of Port Security

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a report which discusses the Department of Homeland Security and its component agencies’ progress and challenging remaining regarding strengthening risk management, educing the risk of small-vessel threats, implementing foreign port assessments, and enhancing supply chain security. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10940t.pdf

Wisconsin Guard Helps Train Civilian Emergency Responders

About 120 personnel from more than 20 law enforcement agencies enhanced their awareness of weapon of mass destruction. The two-day training, spearheaded by the Madison-based 54th Civil Support Team, Wisconsin National Guard, ranged from briefings and equipment displays to hands-on training and tactical demonstrations at the Regional Emergency All-Climate Training

CDW-G’s Seven Habits of Highly Resilient Organizations

Faced with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center’s warning of a 2010 hurricane season eerily similar to 2005, many state and local government officials are asking what they can do to keep their cities and states functioning during a major business disruption such as a hurricane.

CDC Public Health Assessment and Surveillance After a Disaster: Tools & Forms

CDC (The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) has developed forms and toolkits – such as the Mortality Surveillance form, the Shelter Assessment Tool, the Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) toolkit, and others – to assist the preparedness & response community after a disaster strikes. http://emergency.cdc.gov/disasters/surveillance/

FY 2010 NIMS Implementation Objectives & Metrics for Federal Departments & Agencies

The National Incident Management System (NIMS) provides a systematic, proactive approach guiding departments and agencies at all levels of government, the private sector, & nongovernmental organizations to work seamlessly to prepare for, prevent, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of incidents. Beginning in FY 2010, federal departments and

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