Recent Practices
During emergencies, public health and/or emergency management staff establish a Joint Information Center (JIC) to track important information and communicate it to the public. Organizations...
New Hampshire is divided into 15 Public Health Regions, which are served by local partnerships. Greater Monadnock Public Health Region (GMPHR) represents a largely rural and forested portion of the...
Florida uses "dark site" templates to prepare for internal and public communication during disasters
During a health emergency, agencies' roles in communicating information both internally and to the public become increasingly important. Agencies' communication strategies need to ensure that people...
The parenting tips included in this document reflect the current national standards for psychological first aid training. The document presents a nicely organized matrix useful for identifying...
During disasters in which evacuation is required or property is damaged, temporary shelters provide people with short-term accommodations, food and other provisions, and sometimes medical or nursing...
The 56,698-acre Qualla Boundary (a geographic region next to Great Smoky Mountains National Park in western North Carolina) is home and ancestral land to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI...
Following the 2002 Rodeo Chedinski fire, Arizona partners created the Web site 593info.org as part of the White Mountain Joint Information System to communicate emergency information to the public...
Rural agricultural areas in the United States are key regions for influenza surveillance in wild and domesticated animals such as pigs and birds. Public health and veterinary agencies regularly...
On May 22, 2011, Minneapolis experienced the worst tornado to hit the city in 30 years. Much of the property damage, 47 injuries, and two storm-related deaths were concentrated on the north side of...
State and local health departments across the country have been planning to address radiological threats, whether accidental (eg, incidents at nearby nuclear power plants) or manmade (eg,...
