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This FEMA web page contains a wealth of information and resources on developing disaster response plans, from planning considerations to comprehensive preparedness and emergency operation planning guides. It also features pre-disaster recovery planning guides tailored to different levels of government.
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This resource is designed to help pediatricians, emergency planners, disaster responders, and volunteers meet children’s needs during disasters. It contains chapters on disaster planning for pediatricians, pediatric preparedness exercises, and various kinds of disaster events, among others.
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This blog post features insights from the then-Federal Emergency Management Agency Region 4 Operational Planning Branch Chief, who is also a farmer, about the year-round concern for preparedness among families with livestock. The post provides practical advice for farmers and ranchers, addressing severe hazards and the need for planning and resources to safeguard animals during disasters.
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This guide provides general information about disaster behavioral health and describes activities involved in various stages of the planning process, from plan development to testing to activation to deactivation and evaluation and improvement over time. The guide identifies resources that may be helpful in planning and features a checklist with key elements of a disaster behavioral health plan.
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Presented by the President of National Emergency Management and Response, this webinar for state emergency managers covers best practices in case management strategies to support survivors of disasters. Key topics addressed in the webinar include evaluating resource coordination, assessing effectiveness of communication, and monitoring development and enhancement of community resilience.
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This web page contains comprehensive resources for institutions of higher education related to preparing for, responding to, and recovering from acts of cyberwarfare, cyberterrorism, and cybercrime. Information and resources are grouped into areas including data breaches, failures of physical infrastructure, and all cyber incidents.
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The APHIS Animal Care program area provides national leadership on the safety and well-being of pets and other animals. This web page provides background information on the importance of this work, as well as links to resources on related laws and disaster preparedness in relation to pets and livestock.
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As noted in this resource, “During response operations, timely, efficient, and coordinated delivery of necessary federal public health, medical, and human services assistance is an essential function of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).” This plan is HHS’s emergency operations plan structuring how the department and its divisions manage and support response to and recovery from disasters and public health emergencies.
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This web page provides information for K–12 school administrators and staff, as well as students and families, related to emergency planning. It discusses the impacts of emergencies; what to do before, during, and after school emergencies; and preventing the spread of infections in schools. It also includes links to further resources on school safety and emergency planning.
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This website from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security provides information, guidance, and resources for individuals and communities preparing for, responding to, and recovering from disaster and emergency events. It includes resources for various age groups and provides tips for creating an effective individual and family disaster plan.
ADA Emergency Preparedness Webinar: Why Effective Communications is Critical in Emergency Management
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This webinar explores the importance of effective communication in emergency management and ways emergency managers can communicate effectively with people with disabilities. The webinar draws from real-life scenarios to define effective communication and describe how emergency managers can build upon their communications approach.
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This article, which begins on page 11 of an edition of the Disaster Technical Assistance Center’s quarterly newsletter, provides step-by-step guidance to states on updating all-hazards disaster behavioral health plans. Each step is detailed to help states move from testing their current plans to finalizing and distributing their updated plans.
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This web page is geared toward businesses that want to develop an emergency response plan to protect employees and minimize physical damage to their property. It provides information on developing an emergency plan as well as emergency planning resources.
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This literature review discusses Long COVID and its behavioral health implications. It describes the behavioral health issues and conditions associated with Long COVID, neuropsychiatric causes of these issues and conditions, and future research needs.
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This web page explores community violence data, including data surrounding youth and vulnerable populations, to highlight the important preventive strategies communities can pursue. It provides community members with resources, including databases and technical guides, to encourage the continued collection of data and strategies for building community resilience.
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Presented by the Pacific ADA Center, this webinar highlights the importance for emergency management directors of enhancing accessibility and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when developing emergency management programs. The webinar aims to aid emergency managers’ understanding of the challenges they may face when ensuring compliance within their programs, as well as ways to address these challenges.
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This article reports on a scoping review of research on the impacts of multiple disasters. Among findings of the review is that experiencing multiple disasters can have impacts on mental health and well-being, as well as overall health. The authors note that more research is needed to fully understand the impacts of exposure to multiple disasters over short and longer terms.
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This brief article describes a study that found that people who had experienced 2 or more disasters in the last 5 years had lower mental health scores. The author notes that the article and its findings highlight the need for public health interventions for people who have experienced more than one disaster within a short period of time.
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This guide provides an overview of the fundamentals of planning and developing emergency operations plans. It details the steps needed to develop a plan, different plan structures, and plan components.
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This guide offers information and suggestions to help emergency managers, planners, and responders include individuals with disabilities in disaster planning and preparedness, response, and recovery. It identifies the effects of human-caused disasters, such as terrorist events, on the disability community to encourage effective and inclusive disaster planning.
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This resource is developed for children with parents or guardians who only speak Spanish to provide them with steps to help their parents during emergencies and cope with stress. It provides guidance for alerting parents and guardians of an emergency, how to be a helper, and how to ask for help if they are feeling anxious or scared.
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The rural American South is particularly vulnerable to weather-related disasters, and many residents live in areas with limited resources. This toolkit, designed for local leaders, is focused on building workforce resilience through collaboration involving residents, employers, governments, and community organizations.
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This tip sheet provides guidance to help leaders understand their role in individual and community recovery following a tragedy such as a natural or human-caused disaster. This resource offers leaders communication strategies for the immediate aftermath of a tragedy as well as throughout the recovery process. The list of common symptoms of grief can also help leaders provide support and plan recovery activities.
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This comprehensive guide can help individuals and families learn the steps to take before disasters strike. It discusses various types of hazards, how to make a plan, insurance options, filing claims, and recovering from disasters. The guide is available in Vietnamese, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified), Korean, and Spanish, as well as in English.
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Intended for health sector authorities, this tool supports measurement of emergency and disaster preparedness in alignment with the World Health Organization’s Strategic Framework for Emergency Preparedness. It highlights the need to identify resources for preparedness and response efforts as well as the need to develop and test protocols and train the emergency management workforce.
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