Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Child Care Emergency Supply Kits: What to Pack and Where It’s At

08/28/2018 12:00 AM EDT

This 58-minute webinar discusses the need for every child care program to have fully-stocked emergency supply kits ready to use—one that is portable for evacuations, and another that is on-site for sheltering in place. Speakers provide a greater understanding of what to put in kits, how to build and store them, staff roles, and a list of related resources.

Emergency Preparedness Against Infectious Diseases on Public Transit

08/28/2018 12:00 AM EDT

This one-hour, 31-minute webinar examines legal issues that transit agencies may face when an infectious disease epidemic arises. Presenters provide an overview of federal and state laws and available court decisions affecting transit agencies' responses to infectious disease outbreaks, including potential cohesiveness among transit agencies' procedures and federal and state guidance. Presenters also discuss developments in infectious disease response that affect transit agencies, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recently revised Quarantinable Communicable Disease rule.

ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) National Network Learning Session: Getting It Right - An After Action Report on Major Disasters of 2017-18

08/28/2018 12:00 AM EDT

This one-hour, 28-minute webinar is a discussion and review of the Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies' after action report, Getting It Wrong: An Indictment with a Blueprint for Getting It Right-Disability Rights, Obligations and Responsibilities Before, During and After Disasters, published in May 2018. Speakers discuss how to understand the effect of Americans with Disabilities (ADA) noncompliance on individuals with disabilities before, during, and after the 2017-2018 disasters, and the complex circumstances contributing to the disproportionate impact of disasters on people with disabilities.

Getting It Wrong: An Indictment with a Blueprint for Getting It Right

08/28/2018 12:00 AM EDT

This 166-page after action report is an account of the devastation from poor planning and failed execution throughout the 2017- 2018 disasters as reported by people with disabilities and allies with first-hand knowledge. It details disability rights, obligations, and responsibilities before, during, and after disasters. It also documents promising and good practices that can be refined, customized, and replicated. It contains recommendations for getting it right before the next disasters strike.

Emergency Management Healthcare Environment Checklist

08/27/2018 12:00 AM EDT

This 10-page checklist can help facilities with identifying fully functioning systems and processes to ensure full patient care delivery after an incident. Categories are items Required to Sustain the Healthcare Environment, and items Required to Provide Clinical Services. This checklist is featured in the Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (APSR) TRACIE (Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange) Healthcare Coalition Recovery Plan Template.

Vector-Borne Diseases

08/27/2018 12:00 AM EDT

This fact sheet provides information about vector-borne diseases, which are human illnesses caused by parasites, viruses, and bacteria that are transmitted by mosquitoes, sandflies, triatomine bugs, blackflies, ticks, tsetse flies, mites, snails, and lice. Topics are Key Facts, Main Vectors and Diseases They Transmit, and World Health Organization Response.