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CDC Quarterly Partners Meeting
The CDC convened its second quarterly partner meeting for fiscal year 2014 on May 22 in Washington, DC. Some of the relevant topics...
Jun 04, 2014 | Scott Fisher
Mission Ready Packages Advisory Group Meeting
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) convened its Mission Ready Packages Advisory Group May 20-21 in...
Jun 03, 2014 | Scott Fisher
MRC Project May Update
MRC staff completed the contracting process for the 2013-2014 NACCHO MRC Awards in May, and the MRC awards website was updated with...
Jun 02, 2014 | Admin
Hurricane Preparedness: An Opportunity for Local Health Departments to Assess...
May 25-May 31, 2014 is National Hurricane Preparedness Week, a national awareness campaign supported by NOAA, DHS, FEMA, and the...
May 29, 2014 | Rachel Schulman
NACCHO’s 2014 Summer Preparedness Webinar Series
NACCHO will be hosting a 2014 Summer Preparedness Webinar Series highlighting topics in preparedness and emergency management. To...
May 21, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon
Preparedness Policy Advisory Group May Report
The Preparedness Policy Advisory Group held its monthly call on May 14. The workgroup welcomed the following new members to the group:...
May 20, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon
The Department of Homeland Security Sector Risk Snapshots Released
Recently, the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Cyber and Infrastructure Analysis (DHS/OCIA) released Sector Risk Snapshots,...
May 20, 2014 | Justin Snair
Incident Management Workgroup April Report
In lieu of an April call, members of the Incident Management Workgroup attended and participated in the NACCHO webinar,...
May 07, 2014 | Rachel Schulman
NACCHO MRC Volunteer Core Competency Ad Hoc Workgroup Meeting
On April 17-18, members of NACCHO’s Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Volunteer Core Competency Ad Hoc Workgroup met to continue its work...
May 06, 2014 | Kim Grimmick
CDC Quarterly Partners MeetingThe CDC convened its second quarterly partner meeting for fiscal year 2014 on May 22 in Washington, DC. Some of the relevant topics covered during the meeting included a discussion about the next iteration of the National Public Health Security Index, which will include criteria for the Environmental and Occupational Health and Emergency Management domains. […] Jun 04, 2014 | Scott Fisher |
Mission Ready Packages Advisory Group MeetingThe Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) convened its Mission Ready Packages Advisory Group May 20-21 in Arlington, VA. The purpose of the meeting was to conduct a detailed review of ten public health response mission ready packages that could be offered through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact. The packages reviewed dealt with […] Jun 03, 2014 | Scott Fisher |
MRC Project May UpdateMRC staff completed the contracting process for the 2013-2014 NACCHO MRC Awards in May, and the MRC awards website was updated with the new profile pages feature. Challenge Award winners have added profile pages to the site so that MRC unit leaders throughout the network can stay updated on developments for the 29 challenge award projects as […] Jun 02, 2014 | Admin |
Hurricane Preparedness: An Opportunity for Local Health Departments to Assess Capacity and Plan for SeasonMay 25-May 31, 2014 is National Hurricane Preparedness Week, a national awareness campaign supported by NOAA, DHS, FEMA, and the National Hurricane Center. Local health departments can prepare for the start of hurricane season on June1 by assessing current plans and building coalitions that may improve response. For example, Richmond, Virginia doesn’t suffer major hurricane damage every year, but... May 29, 2014 | Rachel Schulman |
NACCHO’s 2014 Summer Preparedness Webinar SeriesNACCHO will be hosting a 2014 Summer Preparedness Webinar Series highlighting topics in preparedness and emergency management. To start the series off, the first webinar will explore how local health departments utilize closed Points of Dispensing (PODs) to improve emergency planning for vulnerable populations. Other scheduled webinars will look at topics regarding the use of […] May 21, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon |
Preparedness Policy Advisory Group May ReportThe Preparedness Policy Advisory Group held its monthly call on May 14. The workgroup welcomed the following new members to the group: Charlette Solis, Emergency Preparedness Coordinator, Mobile County Health Department in Mobile, AL; Alyce Wagner, Public Health Preparedness Finance/HPP Section Chief, Arkansas Department of Health in Little Rock, AR; Dee Ann Bagwell, Director of Policy […] May 20, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon |
The Department of Homeland Security Sector Risk Snapshots ReleasedRecently, the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Cyber and Infrastructure Analysis (DHS/OCIA) released Sector Risk Snapshots, which provide a brief overview and risk profile of the 16 critical infrastructure sectors, the Education, Electric, and Oil and Natural Gas sub-sectors, and the seven Transportation Systems Modes. The Snapshots provide an introduction to the diverse array […] May 20, 2014 | Justin Snair |
Incident Management Workgroup April ReportIn lieu of an April call, members of the Incident Management Workgroup attended and participated in the NACCHO webinar, “Response and Recovery During and Environmental Disaster: Learning from the Elk River Chemical Spill” on April 22. Workgroup members also conducted a learning session entitled “Managing an Escalating Public Health Incident: A Tabletop Exercise” on April... May 07, 2014 | Rachel Schulman |
NACCHO MRC Volunteer Core Competency Ad Hoc Workgroup MeetingOn April 17-18, members of NACCHO’s Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Volunteer Core Competency Ad Hoc Workgroup met to continue its work with developing a conceptual framework for training and development activities for the MRC network. Members of the group took what was learned from the February in-person meeting and additional areas of research presented at its […] May 06, 2014 | Kim Grimmick |
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