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LLIS Lesson Learned: High Rise Fire Operations: Hooking Up to the Standpipe on the Floor Below
"When operating at fires in high-rise buildings, firefighters should ensure that they connect their attack lines to the standpipe outlet on the floor below the fire. Connecting to the standpipe outlet on the fire floor may unnecessarily subject firefighters to intense heat and smoke conditions, thus compromising the safety of personnel and resulting in a delay of securing a water source for fire suppression."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)
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LLIS Lesson Learned: Disaster and Emergency Declarations: Establishing Procedures for Informing Affected Localities
"State emergency operations centers (SEOC) should establish standard operating procedures (SOP) to ensure that localities are notified when their jurisdictions are included in a disaster or emergency declaration."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)
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LLIS Lesson Learned: Mass Casualty Incidents: Securing Electronic Transmissions of Victim Information
"Jurisdictions should establish procedures to safeguard all forms of electronically transmitted victim information. This information should not be carelessly displayed or accessible to unauthorized individuals during tabulation and transmittal."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)
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LLIS Lesson Learned: Strategic National Stockpile Operations: Conducting an Inventory Count at Receipt, Storage, and Staging Facilities
"Receipt, storage, and staging (RSS) facility personnel should consider conducting an inventory count of each Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) asset as soon as the carton is opened. Any discrepancies in the contents should be recorded and communicated to the inventory control leader."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)
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LLIS Lesson Learned: Volunteer Management: Pre-Screening Volunteers for Physical and Financial Limitations
"Emergency managers should screen individuals who volunteer for a disaster relief mission prior to deployment. The screening process should ensure that volunteers are physically and financially capable of supporting a long-term deployment."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)
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LLIS Lesson Learned: Mass Casualty Incident: Establishing a Staging Area
"Incident commanders should establish a staging area and assign a visually identifiable emergency medical services (EMS) command officer to coordinate it as soon as possible after a mass casualty incident (MCI). The staging area should be large enough to contain the number of vehicles anticipated and to allow for rapid access and egress. Vehicles in the staging area should be organized by function, and EMS crews should remain with their vehicles until given an assignment."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)
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LLIS Lesson Learned: Continuity of Operations: Possessing Portable Generators to Ensure Delivery of Critical Services During Incidents
"Higher education institutions should possess a sufficient number of portable generators to ensure continuity of operations and delivery of critical services during power outages and other large-scale events."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)
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LLIS Lesson Learned: School Safety: Campus Emergency Response: Providing Family Assistance through University Liaisons
"Higher education institutions should ensure that a trained victim service provider is assigned to serve as a liaison to each victim or victim's family after a major incident."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)
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LLIS Lesson Learned: Mass Casualty Management: Accounting for Hospitalized Victims
"Procedures for accounting for victims hospitalized during a mass casualty incident (MCI) should be noted in response and recovery plans and coordinated in advance between law enforcement agencies and local hospitals. To avoid miscommunication, it may be necessary to dispatch personnel to establish face-to-face contact with area hospitals."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)
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Climate Change in the United States: Benefits of Global Action
"The Earth's changing climate is affecting human health and the environment in many
ways. Across the United States (U.S.), temperatures are rising, snow and rainfall patterns
are shifting, and extreme climate events are becoming more common. Scientists are
confident that many of the observed changes in the climate are caused by the increase in
greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere. As GHG emissions from human activities increase,
many climate change impacts are expected to increase in both magnitude and frequency over
the coming decades, with risks to human health, the economy, and the environment.
Actions can be taken now to reduce GHG emissions and avoid many of the adverse impacts of
climate change. Quantifying the benefits of reducing GHG emissions (i.e., how GHG mitigation
reduces or avoids impacts) requires comparing projections of climate change impacts and damages
in a future with policy actions and a future without policy actions. Looking across a large
number of sectors, this report communicates estimates of these benefits to the U.S. associated
with global action on climate change."
United States. Environmental Protection Agency
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Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Plume Forecasting: Magello
"The effects of natural and man-made disasters on urban coastal
communities can be unpredictable and catastrophic. Predicting
disasters is compounded by the complex nature of urban landscapes,
which involve highly populated areas, various environmental
conditions such as wind and ocean currents, and a concentration
of critical infrastructure (e.g., port terminals, airports, train stations,
bridges, tunnels) that are essential to the economy. [...] Magello is a customizable, Web-based tool that integrates oceanic and
atmospheric forecasting, plume modeling, and real-time information
updates that can help decision-makers and emergency responders
prepare for, respond to, and recover from events. The tool overlays
multiple datasets, model outputs, and information sources in a
single, user-friendly interface."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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Coastal Flood Exposure Mapper [website]
This website and map can "help start your community discussions about hazard impacts with maps of your area that show people, places, and natural resources exposed to coastal flooding."
United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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HHS emPOWER Map
"Over 1.6 million Medicare Fee-For-Service beneficiaries rely upon electricity-dependent medical and assistive equipment, such as ventilators and wheel chairs, in our communities. Severe weather and disasters that cause power outages can be life threatening for these individuals. How can we empower community and electricity-dependent Medicare beneficiary health resilience? Every hospital, first responder, electric company, and community member can use the map to find the monthly total of Medicare beneficiaries with electricity-dependent equipment claims at the U.S. state, territory, county, and zip code level and turn on real-time NOAA [National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration] severe weather tracking services to identify areas and populations that may be impacted and at risk for power outages. Together, we can all better anticipate potential access and functional needs, emergency plan for the whole community, and assist our at-risk community members before, during, and after an emergency."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
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Oil Spills Prevention and Preparedness Regulations [website]
"One of EPA's [Environmental Protection Agency] top priorities is to prevent, prepare for, and respond to oil spills that occur in and around inland waters of the United States. EPA is the lead federal response agency for oil spills occurring in inland waters. The U.S. Coast Guard is the lead response agency for spills in coastal waters and deepwater ports.
EPA's oil spill prevention program includes the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) and the Facility Response Plan (FRP) rules. The SPCC rule helps facilities prevent a discharge of oil into navigable waters or adjoining shorelines. The FRP rule requires certain facilities to submit a response plan and prepare to respond to a worst case oil discharge or threat of a discharge."
United States. Environmental Protection Agency
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U.S. Geological Survey Publications Warehouse [website]
This is the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) publication warehouse website. "The Pubs Warehouse provides access to over 130,000 publications written by USGS scientists over the century-plus history of the bureau." This website allows users to search for publications, browse new publications by USGS authors, conduct an advanced search, explore recent publications by USGS authors, and browse the warehouse by publication type and year.
Geological Survey (U.S.)
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LLIS Lesson Learned: Emergency Response Operations: Collaborating with School Systems to Feed Personnel during Incidents
"Emergency planners should consider collaborating with local school systems to pre-identify buildings with kitchen facilities that can prepare food for responders and other staff members during response operations."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS); United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Levee Safety Program: NFIP Levee System Evaluation
This fact sheet provides information on the NFIP [National Flood Insurance Program], the treatment of levees under the NFIP, and the role of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in evaluating levees.
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
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Harzardous Materials Cleanup and Continuous Operations
"Hazardous materials recovery teams can perform for long periods of time with the right support. Civilian and military personnel have long been expected to operate at an acceptable level of efficiency in difficult, continuous, and sustained operations. This has led to a large body of studies done on operational requirements. Identified factors that may contribute to various types of performance degradation include: protective equipment and environmental demands (heat, cold, high altitude); extreme environments (undersea, polar, outer space); conditions of low stimulation inducing boredom; night operations; prolonged combat and exposure to life-threatening work; sleep deprivation; and other situations. In non-military settings, workers often have work and union rules, the freedom to quit a job, and they cannot be ordered to perform certain tasks except in very special circumstances. Failure to adhere to performance guidelines can be the result of organizational breakdown. In this way, organizational disruption can lead to sleep loss, fatigue, poor performance, accidents, psychological stress, and reduced effectiveness."
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
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Leadership in Disasters
"This document is a selection of excerpts from an excellent article about leadership in the wake of disaster, by Prudence Bushnell, the US Ambassador to Kenya in 1998. The author's intent is to provide leaders with a framework for understanding expectable group responses to human-made disaster, in order to promote effective leadership and management for victims of such tragedies."
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
Bushnell, Prudence
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LLIS Lesson Learned: Emergency Operations Centers: Establishing an Alternate Facility
"Jurisdictions should plan for activating an alternate emergency operations center that can be used if the primary center is inaccessible or at capacity."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS); United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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LLIS Lesson Learned: Special Event Planning: Establishing a Logistics Staging Area
"Special event planners should consider establishing a logistics staging area with an appropriate tracking system for events that involve multiple response agencies. This can help ensure that agencies can track incoming supplies more effectively and maintain awareness of resources utilized by other response agencies."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS); United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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FEMA Fact Sheet: Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 502
"Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 502: Considerations for Fusion Center and Emergency Operations
Center Coordination, identifies and provides guidance on considerations through which fusion centers and
emergency operations centers (EOC) can work together to share information on an on-going basis, during both
steady and incident states. This guide was developed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in
partnership with the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Intelligence and Analysis and the Global
Justice Information Sharing Initiative (Global), with significant input from key state, local and federal partners,
non-profit organizations and other groups active in the emergency management, law enforcement, homeland
security and fusion center communities."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Fact Sheet: Cyber Storm III
"The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Cyber Storm exercise series is part of the
Department's ongoing efforts to assess and strengthen cyber preparedness; examine incident response
processes in response to ever-evolving threats, and enhance information sharing among federal, state,
international and private sector partners.
The Cyber Storm series simulates large-scale cyber events and attacks on the government and the
nation's critical infrastructure and key resources (CIKR)-so that collective cyber preparedness and
response capabilities can be measured against realistic and credible national-level events."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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Flu Season 2011: What Military Healthcare Providers Should Know
"The flu season is not just a time of routine
vaccination. For military healthcare providers,
the flu season can provide patient-centered
care opportunities: building new patient
relationships; reassuring patients who
are feeling the stressors of war and/or its
aftermath; and, educating young parents and
families about general hygiene.
Healthcare providers play a significant role
in medical intervention (disease surveillance,
identification, and treatment) and in
influencing patient behaviors for protecting
individual, family, and public health.
Addressing your patient's questions about
the flu provides a 'teachable moment' for
educating patients, especially parents, about
important health habits that can last a lifetime."
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
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Caring For Your Family During Flu Season
"If you are a military mom or dad, grandparent
or caregiver, here are some important things
you should know about caring for your family
and children during the flu season."
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
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LLIS Lesson Learned: Food Recall Operations: Activating Joint Information Centers
"Food safety agencies should consider activating a joint information center (JIC) whenever they activate their emergency operations center (EOC) for a food recall operation. This will ensure that the incident managers have immediate access to public information officers (PIO)."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS); United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Template for State Healthcare Associated Infections Plans
"In response to the increasing concerns about the public health impact of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has developed an Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections (HHS Action Plan). The HHS Action Plan includes recommendations for surveillance, research, communication and metrics for measuring progress towards national goals. […] In a concurrent development, the 2009 Omnibus bill requires states receiving Preventive Health and Health Services (PHHS) Block Grant funds to certify that they will submit a plan to reduce HAIs to the Secretary of Health and Human Services not later than January 1, 2010. In order to assist states in responding within the short timeline required by that language and to facilitate coordination with national HAI prevention efforts, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has drafted a template to assist state planning efforts in the prevention of HAIs. This template will help to ensure progress towards national prevention targets as described in the HHS Action Plan, wherein CDC is leading the implementation of recommendations on National Prevention Targets and Metrics and the implementation of priority prevention recommendations, while allowing flexibility to tailor the plan to each state's specific needs."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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LLIS Lesson Learned: Mass Care: Shelter Compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act
"Mass care planners should review shelter facilities to determine the extent to which they comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS); United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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LLIS Lesson Learned: Emergency Resources: Ensuring the Availability of Emergency Vehicles for Use by Human Services Personnel
"Governmental agencies responsible for maintaining public vehicles should ensure the availability of all-wheel drive or chained vehicles for use by human services case management workers during prolonged snowfall events or other emergencies. This will, ensure case management workers can reach their clients."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS); United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Sentencing Project [website]
From the About Us section: "Established in 1986, The Sentencing Project works for a fair and effective U.S. criminal justice system by promoting reforms in sentencing policy, addressing unjust racial disparities and practices, and advocating for alternatives to incarceration. The Sentencing Project was founded in 1986 to provide defense lawyers with sentencing advocacy training and to reduce the reliance on incarceration. Since that time, The Sentencing Project has become a leader in the effort to bring national attention to disturbing trends and inequities in the criminal justice system with a successful formula that includes the publication of groundbreaking research, aggressive media campaigns and strategic advocacy for policy reform. As a result of The Sentencing Project's research, publications and advocacy, many people know that this country is the world's leader in incarceration, that one in three young black men is under control of the criminal justice system, that five million Americans can't vote because of felony convictions, and that thousands of women and children have lost welfare, education and housing benefits as the result of convictions for minor drug offenses. The Sentencing Project is dedicated to changing the way Americans think about crime and punishment."
Sentencing Project (U.S.)
