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Addressing Critical Success Factors for Improving Concurrent Emergency Management: Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic

This journal article discusses the challenges in managing natural disasters and emergencies that occur during a pandemic. It identifies the critical success factors having a major role in effective management of concurrent emergencies and evalua...

All-Hazards Incident Management Teams Association - Considerations in COVID-19

This FEMA resource guide shares best practices to support incident management and contains:Key ConsiderationsDetails of how all-hazards incident management teams have been involved in the COVID-19 responsePreliminary Best PracticesRecommended fo...

Dual Disaster Handbook – Flooding

This is a comprehensive handbook to help local officials and emergency managers address dual disaster scenarios during the COVID-19 pandemic. This handbook contains: Recommendations for Local Leaders Flood Response During COVID-19 Checklis...

Ensuring Civil Rights in Multiple Disasters During COVID-19

This column discusses best practices to ensure civil rights in multiple disasters during the COVID-19 pandemic and includes: Effective Communication Access Inclusive Planning, Response, and Recovery Language and Physical accessibility E...

COVID-19 Best Practice Information: Continuity of Operations

This is a FEMA resource of key findings and considerations on infrastructure maintenance and services for communities during a pandemic and contains:Key ConsiderationsLessons LearnedInfrastructure ConsiderationsRecommendations for Local Governme...

FEMA COVID-19 Pandemic Operational Guidance

This operational guidance plan offers emergency management guidance at all levels of government. It includes:Response PlanningRecovery PlanningRecommended for Emergency response and preparedness planners.Download Guide...

FEMA Hurricane Pandemic Plan

This is a guide for hurricane response during a pandemic and contains: Hurricane Guide Hurricane Response Recommended use as a guide to train environmental public health professionals working with disaste...

Guidance for Field Staff During COVID-19

This resource is a guide to educate environmental public health professionals and public health officials on safety measures to reduce exposure to COVID-19 and contains points on: Assess the Risk Social Distancing Disinfection Handy H...

Dual Disaster Checklist: Flooding and COVID-19

This resource is a dual disaster checklist that can be utilized to support the preparedness of local leaders and contains: Action steps to prepare Checklist for local leaders Recommended for environmental public health professionals, publi...

Floods and the COVID-19 Pandemic – A New Double Hazard Problem

This article is a literature review that points out three items to consider, which are preparedness, resiliency, and systems engineering, and contains: Guidance on how to address threats. Assess Challenges between threat multipliers. Em...

Guidance for General Population Disaster Shelters COVID-19

This resource assesses best practices for the general population to use during emergency shelters during COVID-19 pandemic and contains:Opening disaster sheltersShelter prioritizationShelter health staffRecommended for local officials to underst...

Guide to Air Cleaners in the Home

This EPA guide provides recommendations regarding indoor air quality. The guide offers comprehensive information and suggestions including pictures, diagrams, and Q/A at the end. This guide includes information on:At home air filtersRecommendati...

Healthcare Coalition Engagement in COVID-19 Assessment

This resource lays out the healthcare concern associated with response, staffing and providing services during the pandemic. This includes: Field Project Officer Survey Analysis Environmental Scan Focus Groups Recommended for Environme...

Homeless Shelter Resources for COVID-19

This resource offers up-to-date information to assist outpatient centers in documenting clients experiencing homelessness who have been tested for COVID-19. It includes:Medical, healthcare system preparedness, and public health emergency prepare...

Hurricanes and COVID-19

This is for planning for a hurricane concurrently with COVID-19 that contains topics on:Preparing for hurricane seasonPreparing to evacuateStay safe during and after a hurricaneRecommended for Environmental public health professionals to use an ...

Indoor Air Filtration Factsheet

This is an EPA document about indoor air filtration, designed to educate the public and includes: Filtration options Choosing a Portable Air Cleaner 2-pages, simple language Recommended for environmental public health professionals to sh...

Preparing for Disasters During COVID-19

This resource from the American Red Cross can help educate the public about how to prepare for a disaster during the COVID-19 pandemic. This webpage includes topics on:Understanding the risksLearning emergency skillsGathering suppliesRecommended...

Reduce Wildfire Health Risks

Use this communication tool to share suggested actions individuals should take if exposed to wildfire smoke. This tool contains an: Infographic Dos and Don’ts to stay safe during a wildfire Communication Strategies Resources for the pu...

Reduce Wildfire Smoke Exposure

This EPA tool shares preparedness actions for community members who may be exposed to a wildfire event. It includes: A fact sheet Suggestions to reduce smoke exposures indoorsRecommended for emergency environmental public health professionals ...

Safety in Emergency Shelters in Low Resource, Non-U.S. Settings

This document offers resources on emergency sheltering during the COVID-19 pandemic in non-U.S. settings and contains:Recommendations to prevent the spread of COVID-19 during evacuation shelteringEmergency Shelter Information ResponseRecommended...

The Impact of Natural Disasters on the Spread of COVID-19

This journal article discusses es how natural disasters and infectious disease disrupts human health and livelihood. It modeled a concurrent disaster scenario on the impact of infection related fatalities. This resource contains information on: ...