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

  • Partnering with Meals on Wheels for Emergency Response

    Meals on Wheels as a Response Partner During public health emergencies there are many individuals with access and functional needs who...

    Aug 08, 2016 | Raymond Puerini

  • NOAA Releases 2016 U.S. Spring Outlook

    Below is the outlook for Spring 2016 in the United States from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). For more...

    Mar 21, 2016 | Admin

  • 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

  • Environmental Health and Operational Conditions in Emergency Shelters

    This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit...

    Oct 28, 2015 | Mary Hodges

  • The Role of Local Public Health in Healthcare Critical Infrastructure Protection

    Continuity of healthcare and public health services are critical to response and recovery following a disaster or emergency....

    Oct 21, 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

  • NACCHO Launches Pledge Campaign for National Preparedness Month

    Preparedness Month 2015: Prepare for Everywhere Each September, preparedness efforts and activities are highlighted and encouraged...

    Aug 27, 2015 | Raymond Puerini

  • 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

  • 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 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

    Partnering with Meals on Wheels for Emergency Response

    Meals on Wheels as a Response Partner During public health emergencies there are many individuals with access and functional needs who may have difficulty retrieving life-saving medical countermeasures (MCMs) at response sites such as public points of dispensing (PODs). Some local health departments (LHDs) have successfully partnered with home service provider agencies, such as Meals on Wheels,...

    Aug 08, 2016 | Raymond Puerini

    NOAA Releases 2016 U.S. Spring Outlook

    Below is the outlook for Spring 2016 in the United States from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). For more about flood safety, visit http://www.floodsafety.noaa.gov/. Overview According to NOAA’s U.S. Spring Outlook released on March 17, areas of the country still under water from torrential rainfall last week have an elevated risk of moderate flooding […]

    Mar 21, 2016 | Admin

    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 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

    Environmental Health and Operational Conditions in Emergency Shelters

    This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit http://essentialelements.naccho.org/.  By Chris Mills, Senior Program Assistant, NACCHO A controversial topic dominating news media in recent months has been the immense wave of Syrian refugees entering European and Middle Eastern nations for safety from the conflict...

    Oct 28, 2015 | Mary Hodges

    The Role of Local Public Health in Healthcare Critical Infrastructure Protection

    Continuity of healthcare and public health services are critical to response and recovery following a disaster or emergency. Strengthening and protecting healthcare and public critical infrastructure requires coordinated preparedness planning and response among public and private sector stakeholders. To better understand the role of local health departments (LHDs) in healthcare and public health...

    Oct 21, 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 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

    NACCHO Launches Pledge Campaign for National Preparedness Month

    Preparedness Month 2015: Prepare for Everywhere Each September, preparedness efforts and activities are highlighted and encouraged through National Preparedness Month. This year, the CDC’s Preparedness Month 2015 theme is “Prepare for Everywhere” with each week of the month focusing on communities of preparedness, building from the micro-level of preparedness actions in the family setting to...

    Aug 27, 2015 | Raymond Puerini

    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 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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