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Entries Tagged as 'Preparedness Language'

As Emergency Managers Increasingly Integrate Climate Change Into Their Disaster Planning, Don’t Forget To Apply Lessons Of Global Warming Campaign’s Success To Citizen Preparedness Effort

July 21st, 2010 · No Comments

In the recent issue of Emergency Management magazine, Elaine Pittman has an interesting article, “Emergency Managers Warm To The Idea Of Climate Change”. It focuses on how state and local government officials are increasingly taking climate change and its impact on potential disasters into account in their disaster planning.
I wanted to post the article, because it [...]

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We Need To Better Define What “Prepared” (&/Or “Resilient”) Means For The Public

June 8th, 2010 · 2 Comments

In the May/June issue of Emergency Management magazine, there’s an interesting “Point of View” column by Elaine Pittman, “Simplifying The Message” (p. 12 on this pdf). She begins the piece:
There are 27 items on Ready.gov’s list of supplies to incorporate into an emergency kit, divided by recommended supplies (12) and additional items to consider (15). At [...]

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Times Square Bombing Attempt Underscores Need To Consider Tourists In Crisis Response

May 19th, 2010 · No Comments

Earlier in the week, I did a post on a terrific new paper, “A Vision for Technology-Mediated Support for Public Participation & Assistance in Mass Emergencies & Disasters” by researchers from the University of Colorado and University of California as part of the Project EPIC initiative. The focus of the paper is the role of technology in improving [...]

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