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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...
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 ...
A Rapid Assessment of Disaster Preparedness Needs and Resources During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This article provides a rapid qualitative assessment method to determine the impact of the pandemic on preparedness and response to natural disasters and the impact of past experiences with natural disasters in responding to the pandemic. This a...
Compounding Hazards and Intersecting Vulnerabilities
This report discusses study findings that measure how COVID-19 affected extreme heat vulnerability during the summer of 2020. This resource includes: Examination of socio-demographic characteristics and pandemic related factors Examined vulne...
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...
Nonprofit Capacity to Manage Hurricane-Pandemic Threat
This report examines the professional capacity of nonprofit organizations when responding to disasters occurring simultaneously. This report includes:Service delivery strategies for nonprofits during COVID-19Impact of natural disasters on nonpro...
The COVID-19 Crisis Worsens With the Occurrence of Climate Extremes and Disasters
This article examines the impacts of climate disasters and COVID-19 in Africa and provides suggestions for countries to strengthen their emergency department by boosting the staff component, provide adequate technical support and develop detaile...