In Case Of Emergency, Read Blog

I had the opportunity to attend Thursday’s U.S. H1N1 Flu Preparedness Summit held at the campus of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. The all-day event was organized by the Obama Administration to focus attention on preparation for and response to a possible more serious H1N1 outbreak in the Fall. Five hundred [...]

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Slate has a good article, “U.S. Department of Blogging: What The Rest of the Government Can Learn from the TSA” by Christopher Beam in which he argues that the Transportation Security Administration’s blog Evolution of Security is a model for governmental blogging, particularly in its interaction with the public. (As readers of this blog know, I agree. In [...]

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With hurricane season beginning today, I thought I would highlight a new public awareness campaign from the State of Louisiana called Get A Game Plan (www.getagameplan.org).
In many ways, the Louisiana citizen preparedness campaign is like those of other states and localities — encouragement along with information. However, there is one aspect of it I wanted to mention. When you [...]

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Every Monday morning like clockwork, I receive the “CodeReady Tip of the Week” email from the Minnesota Department of Health’s CodeReady website.
This morning’s tip was to: “Include copies of current medical records, prescriptions and dosages, allergies and information about chronic health conditions” in your emergency plan.  CodeReady is one of the best state public preparedness websites in the nation in [...]

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In recent months, federal government agencies involved in emergency preparedness have launched blogs. I have included three of them in my Resources section.
Transportation Security Administration’s The Evolution of Security Blog 
http://www.tsa.gov/blog/
Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt’s Blog
http://www.secretarysblog.hhs.gov/
Department of Homeland Security’s Leadership Journal Blog               www.dhs.gov/journal/leadership As someone who just launched a blog this week and is still learning Blogging 101, it would [...]

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I have added a number of government preparedness websites to my Resources section.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
www.ready.gov

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
www.hhs.gov/disasters/

U.S. Centers for Disease Control
www.bt.cdc.gov/
New York City Office of Emergency Management 
www.nyc.gov/html/oem/html/ready/ready.shtml

 
I think that there is a lot of good information on these official sites, and they are worth looking at for citizens interested in preparing for emergencies. [...]

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