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Blogs and Sites We Like

July 17, 2014 Written by Nicholas
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Here is a short list of sites we like to get preparedness and incidence information from. If you have a site you like, please let us know. Public Health Surveillance Health Map is created and maintained by a team of researchers, epidemiologists and software developers at Boston Children’s Hospital founded in 2006, is an established glob [...]
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Integrating Pets into Your Emergency ...

May 23, 2014 Written by Nicholas
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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
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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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Find Out if You’re a Public Hea...

April 8, 2014 Written by Nicholas
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Are you a public health nerd? Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend [...]
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Are You Ready for the Zombie Apocalyp...

April 5, 2014 Written by Nicholas
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Experts say there’s a one thousand percent greater chance of there being a zombie apocalypse now than a hundred years ago. Will you be ready? Here are the results of a poll. What will you do?   This could happen to you It’s really really quiet when you wake up. The alarm clock is dark. Obviously, the power has gone off again, [...]
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The Meaning of Hero

March 27, 2014 Written by Nicholas
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Boston Mourns Two Firefighters Lost in Back Bay Nine-Alarm Blaze Firefighter Michael Kennedy and Lt. Marty Walsh. Photo: Boston FD Two firefighters lost their lives yesterday protecting life and property in the tony Back Bay neighborhood in Boston.       Michael Kennedy, 33, and Lt. Edward Walsh, 43 were killed in a 9-alarm bla [...]
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The Unnecessary Measles Outbreak

March 25, 2014 Written by Nicholas
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Outbreak Like a suspenseful science fiction flick, there is a looming epidemic threatening us. Although the outbreak is moving too slowly to make a good movie, it is spreading across the world, causing 158,000 deaths last year, and possibly more this year. And it’s a tragic epidemic, because it is entirely preventable.   The measles vacc [...]
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Report: More Oil Was Spilled from Tra...

March 12, 2014 Written by Nicholas
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Lac-Megantic, Quebec Blaze. Photo Credit: Risque Majeurs et Environment In an analysis of federal data, the McClatchly news service reports that more oil was spilled from trains in 2013 than the total amount spilled since records started being kept.   Using data reported by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, the [...]
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The Community Emergency Response Team...

March 10, 2014 Written by Nicholas
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History The CERT program started in Los Angeles, California before making its journey across the United States and abroad. Officials from LA travelled to Japan in February of 1985 to study its disaster response plans. The team discovered that Japan had extensive training programs that were neighborhood-based, focusing on fire suppression, lig [...]
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