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Environmental Health Assessment Form for Disaster Shelters During COVID-19
This FEMA guidance and set of checklists is designed for emergency management planning and includes:Identifying the assessing agencyFacility detailsOccupant processingServices the facility providesArea to note immediate needsRecommended for Emer...
Chemical Emergencies
This resource listing is from the ATSDR chemical emergency website provides a list of information and resources for multiple audiences related to how to prepare and respond to chemical emergencies. This resource includes: What to do in a chemic...
COVID-19 Working Groups for Public Health and Social Sciences Research
This webpage shares the resource list of the Natural Hazard’s Center COVID-19 Working Groups for Public Health and Social Sciences. The working groups focus on a variety of issues and advancements in methods, ethics, and empirical topics related...
Responding to Chemical Incidents
This course is offered by the Tennessee Emergency Medical Services for Children. This course will support the user to recognize the signs, symptoms and treatment modalities for several chemical agents. This course includes: Pediatric decontamin...
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...
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...
Nonprofit Capacity to Manage Hurricane-Pandemic Threat
This article examines the professional capacity of nonprofit organizations when responding to disasters occurring simultaneously. This paper includes: Service delivery strategies for nonprofits during COVID-19 Impact of natural disasters on n...
Communications and Social Norms of Mask Behavior During Wildfires and COVID-19
This article looks into the COVID-19 pandemic and the potential for co-occurring wildfires and the health risks that they pose. While there are behaviors that can be implemented to reduce the negative impacts, government agencies and public heal...
Compound Risks of Hurricane Evacuation Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States
This article models how a hurricane evacuation from four different counties in a state would impact COVID-19 case levels. The number of COVID-19 cases produced by the evacuation is influenced by the ability of destination counties meeting the ne...
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...
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...
The Mental Health Impacts of Successive Disasters
Experiencing a natural disaster at the same time as a global pandemic is associated with negative impacts on mental health. This article studies resiliency at the individual and community levels to understand problematic impacts following a disa...
When Emergencies and Disasters Collide
This article details the interaction between the responses to both the COVID-19 pandemic and the Magna earthquake in Utah. COVID-19 may have limited injuries or the loss of life during the earthquake, and it also enabled an early activation of t...
Health and Medical Response Through COVID-19 Concurrent Events
This article analyzes the critical role that non-profit organizations play in capacity-building among healthcare institutions in a large medical center. An assessment of the conceptual resilience model is used by the organizations as they respon...
Nonprofit Response to Concurrent and Consecutive Disaster Events in Puerto Rico
This article examines how nonprofit organizations are prominent stakeholders when working in community-level recovery efforts. It explores the role of nonprofits to facilitate dynamic information flows, fill in critical service delivery gaps lef...
CDC Preparedness Response Capabilities
This resource includes numerous resources relating to emergency preparedness and response capabilities and contains: Emergency Preparedness Resources Response Capabilities Recommended for environmental public health professionals and admi...
Winter Weather Guidance
This condensed brochure helps homeowners manage septic systems before, during, and after a winter weather event. This tool includes: Brochure Safety reminders Recommended steps for before, during, and after the winter season Recommended for...
Wildfire Guidance Condensed (Septic)
This resource provides emergency and maintenance guidance for homeowners if their septic system may be impacted by wildfire. It includes: Safety reminders Recommended steps to take to protect a homeowner’s health and their septic system ...
Wells - What to Do After a Flood
The document provides steps and precautions for protecting private wells following a flood. This guide includes information on: Well and pump inspection Emergency disinfection of wells that have been flooded Sampling and testing the well w...
EPA Water Photolog
This photolog documents the status of utility systems and facilities after a disaster event and provides a supplemental feature when reviewing reports and contains a report form. Recommended for environmental public health and public health pr...
Underground Water Tank Flood Guide
This document is a resource for underground storage tank (UST) owners and operators to help manage an UST before, during, and after a flooding event. The guide includes information on: Types of flooding Effects of flooding on UST systems Plan...
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 ...
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...
Radiation Decontamination Infographic
This infographic provides clear, easily understood methods of radiation decontamination. This tool includes: Safety Measures to stay safe Steps to decontaminate yourself, others, and pets. Recommended for for emergency environmental public...
Power Outage - Septic
This brochure is a tool for homeowners that need to manage septic systems before, during, and after a power outage.Safety RemindersSuggestions for Before, During, and After a power outageRecommended for homeowners managing their septic systems.V...
Post-Fire Inspection Checklist for Retail Food Facilities
This checklist can be used by environmental health professionals to assess if a retail food facility can reopen safely after a fire in the facility. Disaster Report checklist for: Building structure Water Service Power Outage Equipment ...
Environmental Health Rapid Needs Assessment for Floods
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) works to improve the health and quality of life of their populations in the countries of the Americas. PAHO developed an Environmental Health Rapid Needs Assessment (ENRNA) tool as a basic operational ...
New Orleans Flood Resilience Experiment After Action Report
This after-action report (AAR) documents the New Orleans Flood Resilience Experiment. core objectives procedure results next step recommendations from observation and input from participantsRecommended for emergency environmental public hea...
Natural Hazards Center: Lessons on Concurrent Disasters
This academic report discusses the experiences from concurrent disasters, the network of communications between agencies, non-profits, and the community and covers: Concurrent Disasters COVID-19 and Hurricanes Emergency Shelter Netw...
EPA Natural Disaster Incident Report Form
This resource can be used to record water incidents occurring in public water supply sources and includes a: Checklist Damage Assessment Information Recommended for environmental public health professionals who are assessing the operational...
Inspector Checklist Sewage Backup
This checklist supports sewage backup response in a food establishment. Reopening procedures Recommended for environmental public health professionals working within disaster response and recovery. Download...
Inspector Checklist Boil Water Order
This checklist is for inspectors to use when evaluating if a food establishment may operate during a boil water order. Recommended for environmental public health and public health professionals working with food establishments to determine th...
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...
Hurricane Season During COVID-19
This is for planning for a hurricane concurrently with COVID-19 that contains topics on: Preparing for hurricane season Preparing to evacuate Stay safe during and after a hurricane Recommended for Environmental public health professionals...
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...
Healthcare Coalition Engagement in COVID-19
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...
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 shelters Shelter prioritization Shelter health staff Recommended for local official...
Flooding Guidance Condensed
This guide provides support for individuals working and caring for septic systems after floods and includes: Guide Infographic Recommended for environmental public health professionals working with disaster and flood response. Download...
Retail Food Facility Checklist for Floods
This checklist can be used by environmental health professionals to assess if a retail food facility can reopen safely after a flood in the facility. Recommended for emergency environmental public health practitioners working at the s...
FEMA Hurricane Season After Action Report
This report provides the emergency management community with recommendations for areas of improvement based on the 2017 hurricanes season and includes information on: Scaling disaster Response Staffing Sustained Community Logistics Long...
FEMA COVID Natural Hazards Preparedness
This guide educates the public on COVID-19 response and recovery and contains: Supporting patients and healthcare workers Recovery and economic support How to help Recommended for public health and environmental public health professiona...
EPA WARN Water System Status Report
The Water and Wastewater Agency Response Network (WARN) is a mutual aid and assistance network comprised of drinking water and wastewater utilities that provides other utilities within a state a means to quickly obtain help in the form of person...
EPA Suggested Questions for Water and Wastewater Utilities
This checklist can assess damage to a water and wastewater system. Damage Assessment Form Recommended for environmental public health professionals who are performing assessments on water and wastewater facilities. Download...
Environmental Health Assessment Form for Disaster Shelters
Environmental public health (EPH) professionals play a key role in protecting the health and living environment of occupants of disaster shelters by conducting pre-occupancy and post-event assessments of these facilities. This health assessment ...
Environmental Health Preparedness Manual
This North Carolina Public Health manual provides guidance to environmental public health (EPH) professionals for preparedness and recovery efforts and contains a: Guide Resource Review Recommended for supporting environmental public health...
Earthquake Guidance Condensed
This guide provides information on caring for septic systems after earthquakes. This tool includes: InfographicRecommended for disaster response professionals. Download...
Disaster-Specific Memorandum of Understanding
This is an agreement to be used by federal, state, tribal, local, and territorial agencies to assist and define the relationship between and among agencies during disaster recovery efforts. This report is made up of: A guide Recommended for e...