Monthly Archives: July, 2013
Pandemic and the Public
The slow but steady death increase in the “SARS-like” respiratory coronavirus centered in the Middle East should be of concern. But why, when it seems so distant, so remote? After all, the virus is clustered in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Tunisia, and Jordan. A few cases have been confirmed in Britain, France, Italy and […]
The Four Horsemen of Emergency Management
A basic principle of emergency management is that we can do something useful both before and after the disaster-triggering event occurs. This is called comprehensive emergency management, and includes mitigation, preparation, response, and recovery. Mitigation: Mitigation eliminates or lessens the severity of the disaster. This can be done in a couple of ways. One is […]
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