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Why should we think about #socialcapital when we are looking at #disasters and #crises? I try to tackle this question in my @preptalks fema.gov/blog/preptalks-dr-d…
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During #shocks, why do #socialties matter? I try to explain it in this @fema @preptalks youtube.com/watch?v=z7A8m0zQ… @MoreheadCain @Resilience_NU @AbeFellowship @MansfieldFDN
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1 Feb 2021
In remembrance of Dr. Dennis Mileti, a giant in emergency management research. One of our very first PrepTalks.
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Listen and Learn about Access and Functional Needs (Whole Community Focus) Take 40 minutes to view...you will be glad you did. @preptalks @fema @AHEPP1 @FamilyVoices @ComplexChildMag @emweeklyrpt @EMSCImprovement @NACCHOalerts @NAEMT_ @EMS1 @TheWRAPEM
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20 May 2020
Public Works is vital to recovery. Watch Phil Mann’s @preptalks "Public Works & Emergency Management-Restoring Life Line Services."youtu.be/Y5i-oguCJ7Q
@Traffic_Phil explains the collaboration needed to restore critical services after disasters #NPWW #RhythmofPublicWorks
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In our latest #PrepTalks, Dr. Sophia B. Liu explains how leveraging digital volunteers to crowdsource useful, trustworthy, and actionable information from social media during times of crisis could benefit emergency managers across the country.
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25 Feb 2020
“Our brains are simply not designed to think effectively about how to prepare for rare events.” Understanding how we make decisions under uncertainty and why we under prepare for disasters is the focus of today’s PrepTalk from Dr. Howard Kunreuther. youtu.be/9-_YeNdzIcg
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18 Feb 2020
Experts discuss health threats and biosecurity amid coronavi... youtu.be/PNpRWPAiT3A
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18 Feb 2020
Robert Kadlec and Dr. Anthony Fauci spoke today on the coronavirus. They are transparent and knowledgeable leaders.
"[Leaders] don't manage the truth, they tell the truth." Watch John Barry's PrepTalk for more important insights into pandemics: youtu.be/m9cmAahzVEc
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30 Jan 2020
"We must remember that these are people, not numbers.
More important than the declaration of a public health emergency are the committee’s recommendations for preventing the spread of the #2019nCoV virus and ensuring a measured and evidence-based response"-@DrTedros
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30 Jan 2020
Coronavirus is not the flu or a pandemic (at the time of this tweet), but how will a pandemic stress communities? #preptalks #coronarvirus #flu
“The just in time economy will breakdown … you will run out of everything.” Watch John M. Barry’s PrepTalk: youtu.be/m9cmAahzVEc
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16 Jan 2020
The right type & amount of insurance will help you recover more completely after a disaster. #PrepTalks
Dr. Kousky's expertise & insights, from the individual to the national level, will make you a believer that we can improve access to disaster insurance youtu.be/bz30k9uBnfo
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18 Dec 2019
As the New Year approaches it is time to step back, reassess our challenges, and renew our efforts to meet them.
Watch David Kaufman's PrepTalk and lets work together to overcome the challenges of the next decade. youtu.be/MsCExEgc0cg
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10 Dec 2019
Let the community lead! #preptalks is excited to highlight Aaron Titus, President of Mountain West VOAD, as he challenges emergency managers to acknowledge the limitations of command and control systems. Watch here! youtu.be/Ny3pC4entl8
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5 Dec 2019
It's National Influenza Vaccination Week. If you are wondering what a flu pandemic will be like watch John M. Barry's PrepTalk "The Next Pandemic: Lessons from History" youtu.be/m9cmAahzVEc
Today begins National Influenza Vaccination Week. Each day we're highlighting different groups of people at high risk of developing serious #flu complications and how #fluvaccine can help protect them.
More on #NIVW: go.usa.gov/xpr5q
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19 Nov 2019
There have been several great sessions at #iaem19 on water-adjacent communities' changing approaches in the face of a changing climate. Today's new PrepTalk from @JanRPeelen highlights some innovative ways the Netherlands lives with water. youtu.be/94vriLbFFZ4
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19 Nov 2019
.@FEMA presents @JanRPeelen in a @preptalks discussion on "Living with Water: How the Netherlands Prevents Flood Disasters."
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#flooding #watermanagement
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12 Nov 2019
PrepTalks speaker and Sonoma County Supervisor @jamesgoreiv discusses how his community’s experiences in the Tubbs fire helped them react during the Kincade fire. govtech.com/em/disaster/Earl…
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12 Nov 2019
See Supervisor Gore’s PrepTalk on imperfect, relentless progress here: fema.gov/preptalks/gore
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