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Missing Links: Connecting Emergency Management and the Cultural Heritage Industry

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Cultural heritage is a source of community identity and local income, two elements that are necessary in any successful disaster recovery effort. The cultural heritage industry, however, has been historically underprepared for disaster events, as recent events demonstrate. This lack of preparedness may result in the loss of irreplaceable artifacts and lagging recovery efforts.

Summer 2010 Newsletter

Thursday, August 5, 2010

The CHHS semiannual newsletter chronicles our most recent work and accomplishments. Printed copies are distributed and mailed to our contacts across the country. If you are interested in receiving a copy of our newsletter, click here to fill out the sign up form.

CHHS Receives $300,000 to Continue Delivering COOP Planning Course

CHHS is pleased to announce the receipt of $300,000 in continuation funding from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security/FEMA, Training and Exercise Division, to continue our FEMA-certified course “Preparing the States: Implementing Continuity of Operations Planning.” CHHS has now received almost $3 million for development and delivery of this course.

Protection against liability for emergency medical service providers

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Emergency Medical Services (EMS) providers must often provide medical assistance without adequate time and resources. To encourage EMS providers not to be fearful of negligence lawsuits when they provide treatment, many states have enacted laws that protect them from civil liability. However, these laws provide immunity only under certain conditions.

Project announcement: Critical care surge preparedness

CHHS has been contracted by the Montgomery County Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security to work with the hospitals in Montgomery County and Prince George’s County (Maryland) to assess and improve surge preparedness for potential catastrophes in the National Capital Region (NC

Washington and CCTV: It's 2010, Not Nineteen Eighty-Four

Monday, April 19, 2010

Washington, D.C.'s Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) program and the role it plays in homeland security and law enforcement can inform other jurisdictions in their development of CCTV policies and implementation. Examining both the process by which Washington, D.C.

Changing the nature of special needs: Utilizing a function-based approach to special needs planning

Thursday, April 22, 2010

When preparing for emergencies, planners should be cognizant of individuals with "special needs." Analyzing various governmental agencies’ definitions demonstrates a lack of general consensus on who should be considered “special needs,” thus making it difficult to accommodate these individuals in current emergency plans.

Montgomery County Functional Exercise 2010: Hurricane Zoe

The CHHS Exercise and Training team led by Christina Crue designed, planned, and executed a functional exercise for Montgomery County, Maryland in April 2010. The exercise scenario was based on a Category 3 hurricane ravaging Maryland.

Needles in the H1N1 Haystack

Sunday, February 21, 2010

When children are accidentally vaccinated at school without parental consent, compensation may be hard to find.

Can My Boss Stick it to Me? Courts May Give a Shot in the Arm to Employer-Mandated H1N1 Vaccines

Monday, February 22, 2010

The H1N1 influenza virus, more commonly known as “swine flu,” emerged in the spring of 2009. In response to the 2009 H1N1 influenza outbreak, New York State Health Commissioner Richard Daines, MD, enacted an emergency regulation requiring all New York healthcare personnel to receive the seasonal influenza and H1N1 influenza vaccine by November 30, 2009 as a precondition of employment.

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