Colorized transmission electron micrograph of Avian influenza A H5N1 viruses (seen in gold). Image provided by CDC/C. Goldsmith, J. Katz, and S. Zaki.
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General Disaster Preparedness
These resources included in this section were not written specifically for use during an influenza pandemic. They are intended for use during disasters of all kinds and types. This means that some of the information will not have anything to do with the conditions and challenges we encounter during a pandemic while others written to address and entirely different issue will provide information of overlapping but significant benefit for this particular emergency.
- Are You Ready An Indepth Guide to Citizen Preparedness FEMA Aug2004.pdf
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Authored by the FEMA and claimed by the Department of Homeland Security,
this 200 page tour-de-force on disaster preparedness covers everything from
tsunamis to a terrorist dirty nuclear bomb attack but not an influenza
pandemic. Not to worry. They provide us with a lot of very good
solid advice that will save lives during the pandemic just as it would
during a hurricane or flood. This book is very comprehensive in scope
and practically oriented. Here is an excerpt from the book’s
Preface, “The guide has been designed to help the citizens of
this nation learn how to protect themselves and their families against all
types of hazards. It can be used as a reference source or as a step-by-step
manual. The focus of the content is on how to develop, practice, and
maintain emergency plans that reflect what must be done before, during, and
after a disaster to protect people and their property. Also included is
information on how to assemble a disaster supplies kit that contains the
food, water, and other supplies in sufficient quantity for individuals and
their families to survive following a disaster in the event they must rely
on their own resources.”B+
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- Emergency Management Guide for Business FEMA 1993.pdf
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The FEMA wrote this little guide in the early 1990s and it has become
the foundation upon which most business disaster and recovery plans
are based. What follows is an excerpt from the booklet’s
Introduction: “What Is an Emergency? An emergency is any
unplanned event that can cause deaths or significant injuries to
employees, customers or the public; or that can shut down your
business, disrupt operations, cause physical or environmental damage,
or threaten the facility’s financial standing or public
image… This guide provides step-by step advice on how to create
and maintain a comprehensive emergency management program. It can be
used by manufacturers, corporate offices, retailers, utilities or any
organization where a sizable number of people work or
gather.” While the book is a bit dated today, and does not
address the influenza pandemic specifically, it does provide all the
elements a business needs to consider having in their disaster and
recovery plan. Most companies did not have a serious plan in
place until after the events of 9/11. Virtually every plan authored
prior to the present requires amendment to take into consider the
unique challenges a company could face from an influenza pandemic. B+
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- Global Risk Report 2006 Davos.pdf
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This report from the World Economic Forum held in Davos in 2006 is a
compendium of potential risks we earthlings face everyday. This is
pretty scary stuff frankly. These guys have really gone out of their
way to consider all the many ways that terrible catastrophic events might
occur and in fact probably will some day happen. Here is a quote for
the executive summary: “The global risk landscape: The 2006 risk
landscape is dominated by high impact headline risks, such as terrorism and
an influenza pandemic, which top the global risk mitigation agenda and are
increasingly well understood. Other risks, like climate change, whose
cumulative impact will only be felt over the longer term, have begun to
move to the centre of the policy debate and may offer the greatest
challenges for global risk mitigation in the future. Finally, we consider a
number of potential risks whose outcomes are as yet very unclear, such as
those associated with new technologies.” These guys could give
Steven King a run for his money. At any rate, this document has some
pretty interesting information and speculation that will leave you more
than a little unnerved. B+
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- SODIS Water Purification
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