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Keeping Business Viable After a Disaster

Getting businesses big or small back into a community and keeping them viable after a disaster is a cornerstone of recovery. In this audio lecture, Karl Matzke, a Stanford Graduate School of Business alumnus and volunteer first responder, discusses best practices and available resources with Federal Emergency Management Authority Administrator Craig Fugate.

The audio covers available resources for corporations and small to medium-sized businesses to prepare for and protect themselves from the impact of disaster. For a community to maintain a healthy recovery, Fugate asserts that private and public groups must work collaboratively to help stabilize an environment after disaster.

Hospital and Community Response to the San Bernardino Terrorist Attack

2016 Disaster Conference

This session discusses the hospital’s mitigation and preparedness strategies that contributed to the effectiveness of their response to the San Bernardino terrorist attack. The presentation also described how the recovery process continues beyond the event, and shares lessons learned from the hospital perspective.

Active Shooter Preparation for Hospitals

2022 Disaster Conference

This active shooter training for hospital settings aims to assist leadership and educators in establishing protocols, training strategies, community assessment of coverage, and developing a recovery response plan.

Activating Hospital Emergency Operations Plans

Hospitals are required to have an Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) detailing plans for responding and recovering from hazards. The plan must include 6 critical elements within The Joint Commission’s Emergency Management Standards:

  • Communications
  • Resources and assets
  • Safety and security
  • Staff responsibilities
  • Utilities
  • Clinical support activities
  • Business Continuity Planning Suite

    This software was created for businesses to create, improve, or update their business continuity plans. The suite is scalable for optimal use by organizations of any size and consists of a business continuity plan (BCP) training, automated BCP and disaster recovery plan generators, and a self-directed exercise for testing an implemented BCP. Businesses can utilize this solution to maintain normal operations and foster resilience during a disruption.

    FEMA Funding for Eligible COVID-19 Costs Extended Through April 1, 2022 

    This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.

    This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.President Biden has announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency will continue to provide 100% federal reimbursement for eligible costs associated with ongoing COVID-19 recovery efforts and vaccine initiatives through April 1, 2022.   The funding will be available to local, state, tribal or territorial governments, and […]

    Portable Mass Fatality Remains Storage

    Military, federal and state agencies have worked with Mortuary Response Solutions (MRS) to employ a mass fatality management and storage solutions for mass fatality events. MRS has designed, engineered and tested the four types of refrigeration systems to support storage of human remains.

    FEMA Region 9/CalOES Reimbursement Update

    Comments on the proposed rule are due to CMS by June 9. Join CHA’s Megan Howard and Chad Mulvany as they provide a summary of the proposed rule implications on your organization and how you can share your concerns on the impending changes.