Resources
April 30, 2010: FEMA Intergovernmental Advisory FEMA Urges Residents to Get Ready for Hurricane Season
- Persons with Disabilities and the Flu http://www.hhs.gov/od/
- You may also go directly to flu.gov Persons with Disabilities and Flu, by following this link http://www.flu.gov/individualfamily/healthconditions/disabilities/index.html
- To be taken directly to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently published: 2009 H1N1 Flu Information for People with Disabilities and Their Caregivers or Personal Assistants, please follow this link http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/disabilities/
- September 30, 2009 - The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today
released the following reports, testimony, and correspondence: Disaster Housing:
FEMA Needs More Detailed Guidance and Performance Measures to Help Ensure
Effective Assistance after Major Disasters. GAO-09-796, August 28
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-796 .
- September 30, 2009 - Detailed Report on the Status of Georgia Flood Activities
- September 29, 2009 - FEMA Statement: American Samoa Earthquake Tsunami Disaster
- September 24, 2009 - See DSHO-H1N1 for Dear State Health Officer letter from CMS
regarding H1N1, discussing among other things high priority populations and
presumptive eligibility
- The National Commission on Children and Disasters approved an Interim Report
to President Obama and Congress. The report identifies several shortcomings in
disaster preparedness, response and recovery and provides recommendations
designed to make children an immediate priority in disaster planning…See Commission Urges President and Congress to Make Children a
Priority in Disaster Planning - September 15, 2009.
- Preparing for H1N1 this Flu Season (September 17, 2009)
- Planning for 2009 H1N1 Influenza: A Preparedness Guide for Small
Businesses and P&As- September 16, 2009
Seasonal flu vaccine is now available and CDC leaders are encouraging everyone to take advantage of this vaccine early this year. It is anticipated that a vaccine for the H1N1 virus will be available sometime in early to mid-October.
See http://www.flu.gov/professional/business/smallbiz.html/?date=091409for recently released guidance for H1N1 targeting small businesses – like the P&As. The guidance is intended to minimize the potential effects of widespread H1N1 flu in the coming weeks and months - 2009 H1N1 Influenza
- H1N1 (Swine) Flu and You Questions & Answers
- Get Disaster Information Fact Sheet
- Fact Sheet - Spring Rainy Season
- FEMA North Dakota Flooding Press Release
- National Voluntary Organizations Assistance Guide
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Disaster Preparedness
- Disaster Preparedness Checklist
- Ready.gov (US Dept of Homeland Security)
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