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Are You Safe Driving Through a Winter...

January 25, 2015 Written by Nicholas
Car stuck in snow with HELP written on windshield
Do you really have to go? When all else fails Authorities recommend all drivers stay at home or in place when hazardous weather strikes. Weather is unpredictable, and sometimes you find yourself in weather you didn’t expect. It’s essential for your safety and that of your family to be prepared whenever you leave home in your car. [...]
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Integrating Pets into Your Emergency ...

May 23, 2014 Written by Nicholas
Kitten being rescued from flood
What is the PETS Act? The Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act (PETS) of 2006 was passed following Hurricane Katrina.     Images of abandoned animals, as well as the knowledge that many individuals and families refused to evacuate when they found that they couldn’t take their pets with them spurred legislators into passi [...]
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A Profile of the Arlington CERT progr...

April 9, 2014 Written by Nicholas
A photo of the sculpture "Menotomy Indian Hunter," by Cyrus Dallin
The First CERT Program in Massachusetts The success of the Arlington, Massachusetts CERT program is due to the vision and dedication of a few individuals who believed that citizens have an important role in community preparedness, response and mitigation. Sticking with their vision for decades, Joe Marshall and a few other individuals are cre [...]
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Did the Tragedy in Washington State H...

March 24, 2014 Written by Nicholas
A destroyed building
Photo: LA Times The mudslide that ripped through Oso, Washington, on Saturday morning has claimed more lives.   Emergency services have recovered five more bodies, bringing the death count to eight, with over a dozen hospitalized.  There are still a dozen or more people unaccounted for, and hopes for rescuing additional survivors are fad [...]
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Workplace Safety Preparedness, Includ...

March 21, 2014 Written by Nicholas
evacuation assembly area sign
Planning and Responding to Workplace Emergencies Does your workplace have an Emergency Action Plan (EAP)? Nobody expects an emergency or disaster. Yet emergencies and disasters can strike anyone, anytime, anywhere. Employers should establish effective safety and health management systems and prepare their workers to handle emergencies before [...]
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Stay Dry: Using Google Earth to View ...

March 20, 2014 Written by Nicholas
http://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/20130726-1629-20490-9036/stay_dry_kmz_user_guide.pdf
View FEMA Flood Hazard Information Using Google Earth The “Stay Dry” kmz file allows you to use Google Earth™ to view basic flood hazard  information from FEMA’s National Flood Hazard Layer (NFHL) using an address or  other location information. You can view flood hazard zones and boundaries, and Flood  Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) numbers and b [...]
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Know Your Flood Hazards

March 19, 2014 Written by Nicholas
A sign almost covered by flood water
It’s Wednesday of National Flood Safety Awareness Week Photo Credit: Greenpeace A flood is defined as any high flow, overflow, or inundation of water that causes or threatens damage.  Flooding can occur with prolonged rainfall over several days, intense rainfall over a short period of time, or when water from an existing source moves too quic [...]
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Improving the Disaster Resilience of ...

March 18, 2014 Written by Nicholas
Photo of devastation of St. Johns Hospital in Joplin, MO
Photo Source: NIST The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host the first of six workshops devoted to developing a comprehensive, community-based disaster resilience framework, a national initiative carried out under the President’s Climate Action Plan. The workshop will be held on Monday, 7 April 2014 in Gaithersburg, [...]
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Monday Flood Safety – Preparedn...

March 17, 2014 Written by Nicholas
A photo of a sinking Alton, IL grain elevator
Photo credit: Wikipedia Nearly every day, flooding happens somewhere in the United States or its territories. Flooding is the 2nd  leading cause of weather related fatalities in the U.S. (behind heat). On average, flooding claims the lives of 89 people each year. Most of these deaths occur in motor vehicles when people attempt to drive throug [...]
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“Turn Around Don’t Drown&...

March 16, 2014 Written by Nicholas
Warning sign: "When Flooded Turn Around Don't Drown
Flooding remains one of the top weather killers in the U.S., with the average number of annual fatalities totaling near 90. More than half of these fatalities are vehicle-related. The National Weather Service has been working to bring those numbers down and, for the past decade, has been doing so using its “Turn Around Don’t Drown” campaign, [...]
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