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Be Prepared for Radiation Emergencies
“Failing to plan is planning to fail:” This saying applies to many aspects of preparedness, including radiation disaster preparedness....
Nov 30, 2017
National Preparedness Month 2017: The Opportunity to Strengthen Community Resilience...
This September marks the fourteenth annual National Preparedness Month, created to raise public awareness about the importance of...
Aug 23, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman
Staying Prepared for Winter Weather
Each year, it seems that winter weather patterns become more unpredictable. In late 2016, after an unseasonably warm 70-degree day in...
Jan 19, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Prepare Together: Working Towards Safe and Resilient Communities
By Tahlia Gousse, NACCHO Senior Program Analyst In commemoration of National Preparedness Month, the Centers for Disease Control and...
Sep 26, 2016 | Tahlia Gousse
West Coast Wildfires: Resources for Response & Recovery
This summer, the dry, hot weather has produced conditions of drought that have sparked dozens of wildfires across nine states in the...
Aug 26, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Celebrate Spring’s Arrival with Flood Safety Preparedness Planning
This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit...
Mar 17, 2016 | Mary Hodges
Tips and Tools to Help Strengthen Winter Weather Preparedness
This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit...
Dec 17, 2015 | Mary Hodges
Hurricane Katrina 10th Anniversary: Lessons Learned for Public Health
This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit...
Sep 03, 2015 | Mary Hodges
Preparing Communities for Summer Weather Threats
With the sunshine and warm weather that summertime brings, comes severe heat and storms. Many communities in the southern United...
Jun 18, 2015 | Stella Bartholet
Be Prepared for Radiation Emergencies“Failing to plan is planning to fail:” This saying applies to many aspects of preparedness, including radiation disaster preparedness. Radiological emergencies can vary by size and type and result from transportation accidents, nuclear power plant accidents, explosive radiological dispersal devices (RDDs “dirty bombs”), radiation exposure devices, and improvised nuclear devices (INDs). It is... Nov 30, 2017 |
National Preparedness Month 2017: The Opportunity to Strengthen Community Resilience and ResponseThis September marks the fourteenth annual National Preparedness Month, created to raise public awareness about the importance of emergency preparedness and encourage Americans to take action. Each year, throughout the month of September, more than 3,000 public and private organizations at the national, state, and local levels promote guidelines and resources on planning for and […] Aug 23, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Staying Prepared for Winter WeatherEach year, it seems that winter weather patterns become more unpredictable. In late 2016, after an unseasonably warm 70-degree day in the Northeast United States, Winter Storm Argos produced record snowfall in Binghamton (NY) and Syracuse (NY). As we move into the thick of the unpredictable winter months, it’s important to make sure your communities […] Jan 19, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Prepare Together: Working Towards Safe and Resilient CommunitiesBy Tahlia Gousse, NACCHO Senior Program Analyst In commemoration of National Preparedness Month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is highlighting five themes for each week of September, emphasizing the various aspects of effective preparedness. Each week, the NACCHO Preparedness team is authoring a blog to promote the theme and provide local health departments and […] Sep 26, 2016 | Tahlia Gousse |
West Coast Wildfires: Resources for Response & RecoveryThis summer, the dry, hot weather has produced conditions of drought that have sparked dozens of wildfires across nine states in the Western United States, including California, Washington, Idaho, and Montana. These wildfires have destroyed over half a million acres of land and required large-scale evacuations. On August 26, 2016, the National Interagency Coordination Center published an Incident... Aug 26, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Celebrate Spring’s Arrival with Flood Safety Preparedness PlanningThis post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit http://essentialelements.naccho.org/. Though the official start of spring is still a week away, the season’s hallmark rainstorms have already begun to fall and raise the threat of severe flooding across the country. Flooding is a risk any time […] Mar 17, 2016 | Mary Hodges |
Tips and Tools to Help Strengthen Winter Weather PreparednessThis post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit http://essentialelements.naccho.org/. By Lindsay Beattie, Program Analyst, NACCHO One week away from the start of the winter season, the weather is anything but average for yet another year. This time last year, much of the west saw above average […] Dec 17, 2015 | Mary Hodges |
Hurricane Katrina 10th Anniversary: Lessons Learned for Public HealthThis post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit http://essentialelements.naccho.org/. By Katie Regan, Communications Specialist, NACCHO Ten years ago on Saturday, August 29, just before dawn, Hurricane Katrina spun out of the sea and landed on American soil, forever altering the human and environmental landscape... Sep 03, 2015 | Mary Hodges |
Preparing Communities for Summer Weather ThreatsWith the sunshine and warm weather that summertime brings, comes severe heat and storms. Many communities in the southern United States are already experiencing such adverse conditions, with devastating outcomes. On May 24, heavy rainfall and destructive floods hit Texas and Oklahoma, resulting in hundreds of damaged homes, 28 deaths, and 11 people missing. The […] Jun 18, 2015 | Stella Bartholet |
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