Monthly Archives: November 2009
2009 Hurricane Season Wrap Party
It’s been a quiet one, with H1N1 taking all the news space this season. National Geographic details why this hurricane season has been so Pacific-focused in a great article here. With U of R alumni (and former “Leader-in-Residence” at the … Continue reading
Thinking like a journalist…
If you were a journalist and needed accurate, authoritative information about the flu, where would you go? Two different resources, it turns out, work well for both journalists and ESM/Disaster Science practicioners. Both offer well-researched and well-written overviews of the … Continue reading
Disaster Fastlinks
The Learning Resource Center (aka “the library”) at the U.S. Fire Administration has a treasure trove of research tools for disaster scientists and emergency services managers. (More to come, I promise!) I couldn’t resist giving a sneak peek of one … Continue reading
Pandemic Influenza: Emergency Planning and Community Preparedness
The back cover of this new book from CRC Press claims it contains, “All the Essential Information Needed to Build an Effective Response.” As the book weighs in at just more than 250 pages (inclusive of index and notes), I … Continue reading
New CRS Report: Public Safety Communications and Spectrum Resources: Policy Issues for Congress October 14, 2009
This just in, courtesy of Open CRS: http://opencrs.com/document/R40859/2009-10-14/download/1013/ Effective emergency response is dependent on wireless communications. To minimize communications failures during and after a crisis requires ongoing improvements in emergency communications capacity and capability. The availability of radio frequency spectrum … Continue reading