Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Building Cultures of Preparedness: A Report for the Emergency Management Higher Education Community

01/01/2019 12:00 AM EST

Source: Federal Emergency Management Agency [Department of Homeland Security] (FEMA). Published: 2019. This 40-page report highlights the vast diversity of American communities and households, indicating that a one-size-fits-all strategy is not well-suited to the specific demands of variable and distinctive environments, and that a Culture of Preparedness will have to be built one community at a time. It presents a culture-based approach to the preparedness goals laid out in the Strategic Plan to Build a Culture of Preparedness, and lays out four Guiding Principles for building Cultures of Preparedness, followed by practical strategies and examples that demonstrate successful outcomes in real-world settings. (PDF)

Dampness and Mold Assessment Tool: General Buildings - Form and Instructions

12/01/2018 12:00 AM EST

Source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] (CDC NIOSH). Published: 12/2018. This 17-page document is a tool to help assess areas of dampness in buildings and to help prioritize remediation of problems areas, where moisture allows indoor mold to multiply more easily on building materials or other surfaces, and people inside buildings may be exposed to microbes and their structural components, such as spores and fungal fragments. The document provides information about the assessment cycle, and detailed instructions on how to use the tool. (PDF)

Dampness and Mold Assessment Tool: School Buildings - Form and Instructions

12/01/2018 12:00 AM EST

Source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] (CDC NIOSH). Published: 12/2018. This 17-page document is a tool to help assess areas of dampness in schools buildings and to help prioritize remediation of problems areas, where moisture allows indoor mold to multiply more easily on building materials or other surfaces, and people inside buildings may be exposed to microbes and their structural components, such as spores and fungal fragments. The document provides information about the assessment cycle, and detailed instructions on how to use the tool. (PDF)

Disasters and Emergencies Preparedness Programme Evaluation: Summative Phase Report

05/03/2018 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI). Published: 5/3/2018. This 230-page report provides the summative results from the three-year external impact evaluation of the Disasters and Emergencies Preparedness Programme (DEPP) conducted by a team at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI). The DEPP was a program that aimed to strengthen skills and capacity, and improve the quality and speed of humanitarian response in countries that are at risk of natural disasters or emergencies. (PDF)