Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Bio-Hazard Disaster Risk Governance through Multi-Agency Cooperation

07/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). Published: 7/2019. The intention of this 40-page paper is to provide an understanding of the characteristics that distinguish biological disasters from other disasters, examine biological hazards, and propose a structure for agencies to mitigate bio-risks. It discusses how it is hard to predict not only when a biological event will occur, but also what sort of biological agent will cause a disaster, leading to which specific kind of scenario and whether it will be induced naturally, accidentally, or intentionally. (PDF)

Mass Casualty Triage: Paradigms and Pitfalls

07/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services] (HHS ASPR). Published: 7/2019. The focus of this 59-page paper from TRACIE (Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange) is to alert emergency medical services (EMS) medical directors, EMS systems planners, and hospital emergency planners to key differences between “conventional” mass casualty incidents and mass violence events when the scene is dynamic; the number of patients far exceeds usual resources; and usual triage and treatment paradigms may fail or be insufficient. It provides a framework for those stakeholders and a list of factors to consider when planning a response to mass casualty incidents. (PDF)

Words into Action: Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Strategies

06/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). Published: 6/2019. The aim of this 59-page guidebook is to advise local governments on developing and implementing a holistic and integrated local disaster risk reduction (DRR) strategy that contributes to building resilience at the local scale and that accommodates to a national strategy whenever one is in place. It outlines what a local DRR and resilience strategy should look like and what is needed to create and implement one. (PDF)

Policy Brief: Disaster Displacement and Disaster Risk Reduction

05/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: United Nations (UN). Published: 5/2019. This four-page brief from the Platform on Disaster Displacement aims to help update or develop local, national, and regional disaster risk reduction (DRR) strategies that include provisions on disaster displacement and human mobility by 2020; and ensure that national DRR policies, strategies, and plans are integrated with policies, strategies, and plans on climate change action, development, humanitarian assistance and protection, human rights, migration management, and refugee protection. (PDF)