Environmental Health Assessment Form for Disaster Shelters

During an emergency or disaster, shelters provide refuge for the general community and at-risk populations. The Centers for Disease...

Oct 01, 2019 | Kim Rodgers

  • New RadResponder Module Monitors Critical Population Data

    The Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors, Inc. (CRCPD) has made strides to prevent and/or reduce radiation exposure in...

    Feb 12, 2018

  • Ready or Not? TFAH Releases 2017 Assessment of Public Health Preparedness

    In the world of preparedness and response, 2017 was marked by several historic and catastrophic incidents. Hurricanes took center...

    Jan 09, 2018 | Katie Dwyer

  • Wildfires in Southern California

    SITREP As of December 11, there are multiple active wildfires throughout southern California, primarily located in Ventura and Los...

    Dec 06, 2017 | Katie Dwyer

  • Funding Opportunity—Cooperative Agreement for Emergency Response: Public Health...

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for Cooperative Agreement for...

    Oct 12, 2017

  • Wildfires: Information and Resources for Preparedness, Response and Recovery

    California’s fall fire season started on Oct. 1, and after only a week, more than a dozen wildfires raged across Northern California....

    Oct 12, 2017

  • Tools & Resources, Extreme Weather

    Environmental Health Assessment Form for Disaster Shelters

    During an emergency or disaster, shelters provide refuge for the general community and at-risk populations. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Emergency Management Program has released an updated product titled "Environmental Health Assessment Form for Disaster Shelters."

    Oct 01, 2019 | Kim Rodgers

    New RadResponder Module Monitors Critical Population Data

    The Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors, Inc. (CRCPD) has made strides to prevent and/or reduce radiation exposure in recent decades. The primary goal of the CRCPD is to assure that radiation exposure to individuals is kept to the lowest practical level, while not restricting its beneficial uses. The HS/ER-11 CRCPD task force, was charged […]

    Feb 12, 2018

    Ready or Not? TFAH Releases 2017 Assessment of Public Health Preparedness

    In the world of preparedness and response, 2017 was marked by several historic and catastrophic incidents. Hurricanes took center stage causing severe flooding, infrastructure damage, injury, and in some cases, loss of life, in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands and throughout the Caribbean and gulf coast. The western United States also contended […]

    Jan 09, 2018 | Katie Dwyer

    Wildfires in Southern California

    SITREP As of December 11, there are multiple active wildfires throughout southern California, primarily located in Ventura and Los Angeles counties. The National Weather Service has warned of damaging wind gusts which have the potential to lead to rapid or dramatic increases in wildfire activity. The Governor of California has declared a State of Emergency for […]

    Dec 06, 2017 | Katie Dwyer

    Funding Opportunity—Cooperative Agreement for Emergency Response: Public Health Crisis Response

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for Cooperative Agreement for Emergency Response: Public Health Crisis Response. CDC provides funding to enhance the Nation’s ability to mobilize and respond to specific public health emergencies, including infectious disease outbreaks, pandemics, and other public health emergencies that exceed...

    Oct 12, 2017

    Wildfires: Information and Resources for Preparedness, Response and Recovery

    California’s fall fire season started on Oct. 1, and after only a week, more than a dozen wildfires raged across Northern California. California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. issued an emergency proclamation for Butte, Lake, Mendocino, Napa, Nevada, Orange, Solano, Sonoma and Yuba counties and activated the State Operations Center. On Oct. 10, the President approved California Disaster Declaration...

    Oct 12, 2017

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