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Disaster Readiness Simulator

We are developing a Disaster Readiness Simulator that offers a revolutionary approach to preparing for the reality of concurrent disasters. The simulator enables organizations to accurately test and understand their emergency response capabiliti...

Environmental Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Capability Framework

In 2022, we established a Community of Practice (CoP) to guide the development and review of environmental public health disaster readiness resources. With the support of the CoP, we began the process of developing a list of core capabilities an...

Concurrent Disaster Response Success Story

This success story describes how the Environmental Division of the Town of Addison, Texas faced the challenges of a winter storm during COVID-19 in the context of ensuring food safety, public health, and providing warming stations and power to a...

Declaration on National Preparedness Month, September 2020

Publication Date: September 2020We support National Preparedness Month and advocate for national, state, and local policies, regulations, research, and resources that enhance the ability of environmental health professionals to contribute to and...

Flooding Preparedness Resources for Private Water Systems

These resources are meant to assist private well and septic system users before, during, and after a hurricane or mass flooding disaster.Drinking WaterU.S. EPA: Emergency Disinfection of Drinking WaterCDC: Download FAQs on When and How to Boil W...

Emergency & Disaster Readiness

Environmental public health is an essential component of disaster readiness. We partner with state, tribal, local, territorial, and national environmental public health organizations to identify needs and develop tools to assist you in prepa...

Preparedness Committee

Thank you to all who applied to join the committee.The term is 2 years: October 2023 - September 2025. Time commitment is 1-hour meetings per month plus subcommittee work (approx. additional potential 1 hour a month).MissionTo serve as a resourc...

Preparedness Go-Bag

Date posted: August 25, 2021Blog poster: NEHA's Preparedness CommitteeWell, it is that time of year again. The ocean waters are hotter, and hurricanes are starting to form, with the 2021 season already at five named storms as of mid-July. The we...

Data-Driven Operation of the Resilient Electric Grid: A Case of COVID-19

This article explores the resilience of power grids in the face of pandemics and various machine learning tools that can be helpful to augment human operators are discussed by reviewing the impact of COVID-19 on power grid operations and actions...

Maintaining Critical Infrastructure Resilience to Natural Hazards During the COVID-19 Pandemic

This article describes alternative approaches that an energy organization can take to prepare for a concurrent disaster. Maintaining strong infrastructure during a natural disaster during COVID-19 is challenging and has the potential to disrupt ...