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All-Hazards Preparedness in Responding to the California Wildfires

Southern California continues to recover from over a dozen wildfires across San Diego County occurring in mid-May. The fires were...

Jun 17, 2014 | Admin

  • White House Releases Report on Climate Change Health Impacts

    Coming on the heels of the release of the Third National Climate Assessment (NCA) and the June 2 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...

    Jun 10, 2014 | Erin Roberts

  • EPA Releases Clean Power Plan Proposal to Regulate Carbon Emissions from Power Plants

    On June 2, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the Clean Power Plan, a proposal to reduce carbon emissions from...

    Jun 02, 2014 | Frances Bevington

  • Integrating Extreme Weather Events into Preparedness Planning

    Authors: Resham Patel, MPH, Senior Program Analyst and Stacy Hosler, MSPH, Program Analyst; Public Health Preparedness, NACCHO In 2011...

    Sep 08, 2013 | Resham Patel

    • All-Hazards Preparedness in Responding to the California Wildfires

    Southern California continues to recover from over a dozen wildfires across San Diego County occurring in mid-May. The fires were fueled by drought conditions, unusually high temperatures, and strong Santa Ana winds—hot, dry gusts of wind that can turn small fires or mechanical sparks into blazing infernos. As a result of 14 fires, about 26,000 […]

    Jun 17, 2014 | Admin

    White House Releases Report on Climate Change Health Impacts

    Coming on the heels of the release of the Third National Climate Assessment (NCA) and the June 2 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) carbon pollution standards, the White House has released a report entitled, “The Health Impacts of Climate Change on Americans.” Echoing the NCA’s scientific findings, the report delivers a message of responsible planet stewardship […]

    Jun 10, 2014 | Erin Roberts

    EPA Releases Clean Power Plan Proposal to Regulate Carbon Emissions from Power Plants

    On June 2, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the Clean Power Plan, a proposal to reduce carbon emissions from existing power plants over the next fifteen years. Once implemented, the proposed federal regulations would be the first to place limits on carbon emissions from existing power plants. The plan provides leadership and a […]

    Jun 02, 2014 | Frances Bevington

    Integrating Extreme Weather Events into Preparedness Planning

    Authors: Resham Patel, MPH, Senior Program Analyst and Stacy Hosler, MSPH, Program Analyst; Public Health Preparedness, NACCHO In 2011 and 2012, the United States experienced 25 extreme weather events—storms, floods, droughts, heat waves, and wildfires—that each caused at least $1 billion in damages.[1] These events resulted in a total price tag of over $174 billion […]

    Sep 08, 2013 | Resham Patel

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    Purdue University’s New Water Systems Course Designed to Aid Safe Building Reopening...

    Purdue is partnering with NACCHO to offer this online course at a discount for local health departments.

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    The National Student Response Network (NSRN) is fielding the volunteer needs of hospitals and public health departments and aims to...

    May 20, 2020 | Kim Rodgers

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    ASPR TRACIE has just released COVID-19 Alternate Care Site Resources, a collection of new resources that can help stakeholders address...

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    The National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) has launched a COVID-19 Learning & Action Collaborative to move beyond...

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