Public Health Practices

Social media training program builds responders' comfort with, ability to use Facebook, Twitter for emergency communications

Source Agency: 
JSI Research and Training Institute, Inc.
,
New Hampshire

Based on a flooding scenario, “Disaster Strikes. Social Media Responds” (from New Hampshire) walks responders through the step-by-step process of basic and more advanced activities on popular social media sites.

Online mapping site allows residents to search and prepare for local natural hazards

Source Agency: 
California Emergency Management Agency
,
California

The "My Hazards" Web site empowers California residents to search and plan for natural hazards specific to their locality.

The "My Hazards" Web site empowers California residents to search and plan for natural hazards specific to their locality.

Evaluation of flooding response leads to data- and image-based preparedness, response plan

Source Agency: 
Lawrence County Emergency Management Agency
,
Illinois

After Lawrence County in southern Illinois experienced severe flooding in 2008, planners built GIS maps using community data to develop a strategy for future emergency events.

Using vulnerability maps to inform local public health policies, climate change adaptation efforts

Source Agency: 
Austin/Travis County Health & Human Services Department
,
Texas

The City of Austin (Texas) used a geospatial program to assess the area’s risks for extreme heat and river flooding.

Responding to major flooding in 2 Georgia counties

Source Agency: 
Cobb & Douglas Public Health
,
Georgia

Public Health nurses provided medical care, flu vaccines, diphtheria and tetanus shots; environmental health personnel inspected the shelter’s food service and assessed flooded mobile homes.

Healthcare, public health partnerships support flood victims

Source Agency: 
Tennessee Department of Health
,
Tennessee

Tennessee worked with pharmacies to ensure that people displaced by flooding had necessary medications.

Guide helps people prepare for and respond to disasters

Source Agency: 
Florida Department of Health
,
Florida

Two agencies created a preparedness handbook for people with disabilities and their families, available in Spanish and Haitian Creole.

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