Words into Action Enhancing Disaster Preparedness for Effective Response

The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program educates volunteers about disaster preparedness for the hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team

To support countries in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) in their review of preparedness system planning, ECDC launched an operational checklist for health emergency preparedness for imported cases of high consequence infectious diseases

FCC rule means that emergency information must be provided both aurally and in a visual format to make local emergency information accessible to persons who are deaf or hard of hearing, and to persons who are blind or have visual disabilities. The

The Chapter 7 of the Emergency Management Under Title II of the ADA, provides how to make emergency management programs, services, and activities accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities. The questions which Chapter 7 answers are as

The purpose of this document is to provide information on the National Planning Frameworks. The Frameworks describe how the whole community works together to achieve the National Preparedness Goal. There is one Framework for each of the five mission areas

This Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) provides

• (i) the guides and templates to initiate the establishment of the ASEAN Standby Arrangements for Disaster Relief and Emergency Response,

• (ii) the procedures for joint disaster relief and emergency

The economic cost of emergencies in Australia over the past decade averages $18.2 billion per year, and the real cost in terms of human suffering and environmental damage is larger. A key to minimising the cost and effects of emergencies, after all

This document shows some tips or practices regarding how effective communication can help jurisdictions meet their obligations to carry out their disaster related activities in a non-discriminatory manner.

This guide is designed to help disaster managers in national Governments gain basic knowledge of how to use international tools and services. It aims to support the growing disaster response and disaster response preparedness capabilities that exist at