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Sep
04
0 comments Tags: disaster preparedness, mental health, National Health Observances, volcanoes
September is National Preparedness Month and for the next few months, Region 5 staff will be posting about emergency preparedness. Each month we will focus on a specific emergency that will include: An overview of the emergency Before, during, and after resources Local and national resources We won’t be able to cover everything, but we… Read More »
Posted in: Emergency Preparedness, Health Observances
Jan
15
0 comments Tags: disaster preparedness, wildfires
The Region 5 team extends our heartfelt support to everyone affected by the devasting wildfires in California. These communities are facing terrible losses, and we are ready to offer support any way we can. We have compiled some links to trusted resources that provide up-to-date information on tools and services for people affected by these… Read More »
Posted in: Emergency Preparedness
Sep
03
0 comments Tags: disaster preparedness, emergency preparedness
In this Consumer Health Minute blog column, National Health Observances have been featured as a way to bring awareness and information to your communities. One of the September observances is National Preparedness Month. Region 5 communities experience flooding, wildfires, snow storms, droughts, tsunamis, earthquakes, and other disasters. Some of these are happening a lot more… Read More »
Posted in: Emergency Preparedness, News from NNLM Region 5, Training & Education
Jan
15
0 comments Tags: disaster information, disaster preparedness, emergency preparedness, online education
We’re partnering with our colleagues at NNLM Southeastern/Atlantic to bring you this 2-part series. Thanks to Liz Waltman for putting together this introduction: We all hope that by the end of the summer 2021 the COVID-19 pandemic will mainly be behind us, and the large bandwidth that the pandemic has taken up over the past… Read More »
Posted in: Emergency Preparedness, News from NNLM, Public Libraries, Training & Education
Feb
27
0 comments Tags: disaster preparedness, disease outbreak, public health
The following information was sent by the NLM Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC). Please continue to refer to the National Library of Medicine for updates on the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). For Continuity of Operations planning, businesses and libraries may want to review these resources: On February 12, 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control… Read More »
Posted in: Emergency Preparedness, News from NLM, Public Health