I wanted to mention that the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD) is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. The organization was launched in July of 1970 and, as its website says, is a “voice for the nonprofit organizations and volunteers that work in all phases of disaster preparedness, response, relief, recovery, and mitigation.”
FEMA head [...]
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National Voluntary Organizations Active In Disaster (NVOAD) Celebrates 40th Anniversary
May 19th, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: Faith-Based Preparedness · Preparedness Groups
DHS Creates Community Preparedness Task Force; Will Hopefully Include Citizen POV
April 8th, 2010 · 4 Comments
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano yesterday announced the formation of “the local, state, tribal, and federal Preparedness Task Force—a council of experts charged with assessing the state of the nation’s disaster preparedness and making recommendations to Secretary Napolitano about ways to build resiliency in communities across America.”
This blog has recommended that the [...]
Tags: Department of Homeland Security · Preparedness Groups
Memo To ‘Color Alert’ Task Force: Put Your Citizen Hats On, Design With/For Public, Integrate Into Overall Citizen Preparedness Program, Consider All-Hazards Approach (Maybe Starting With H1N1), Replace Changing Colors With Consistent Communications, Advisory Should Be Two-Way, Let Public In ‘The Bubble’, Utilize Social Media
July 22nd, 2009 · 8 Comments
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced last week that she was appointing a task force to examine the future of the Homeland Security Advisory System (HSAS) better known as the (much maligned and parodied) color-coded alerts.
Following a 60-day review period, the bipartisan task force will present its findings to Napolitano, who will in turn discuss them [...]
Tags: Preparedness Groups · Preparedness Ideas
Leading Homeland Security Public Communications Expert Appointed Executive Director Of WMD Commission
April 17th, 2009 · No Comments
Randy Larsen, a good friend of this blog and the national security advisor to the Center for Biosecurity of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, has just been appointed Executive Director of the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism (WMD Commission). It’s a terrific choice for the Commission as [...]
Tags: Preparedness Groups
“Kennedy Serve America Act” Passes Senate; Would Increase National Service Participants Involved In Disaster Preparedness, Response
March 27th, 2009 · No Comments
The U.S Senate yesterday passed the “Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act”, which would significantly raise the number of Americans who can participate in national service programs, including those to help prepare for and respond to disasters. The legislation calls for tripling the size of the AmeriCorps to 750,000 and expanding incentives for students and seniors to give [...]
Tags: Preparedness Groups · President Obama · Uncategorized · Volunteering
Beverly Eckert
February 14th, 2009 · No Comments
Over the past several years, I have had the opportunity to work with the group, Voices of September 11th, on emergency preparedness issues. As you probably know by now, one the organization’s founders, Beverly Eckert, died this week with 49 other people in the crash of Flight 3407 outside of Buffalo, New York. She was [...]
Tags: Preparedness Groups