NIMS in Action: A Case Study of the System’s Use and Utility
The National Incident Management System aimed to standardize disaster response, but questions remain about its use and usefulness. This Natural Hazards Center Quick Response report by North Dakota State University Researcher Jessica Jensen examines NIMS use in state and a local emergency operations centers and finds NIMS can have unintended benefits, even while its implementation sometimes falls short of its goals.
AMAFluhelp.org
Whether you’re a confused consumer or a healthcare professional, getting help with flu symptoms is but a click away, thanks to the American Medical Association’s flu help website. The site allows patients to get personalized advice on suspected seasonal and H1N1 flu, report symptoms, and follow up if they do have the flu. Medical professionals can get resources and direct reports on their patients using the site.
Project White Horse
When disasters and emergencies strike, people often look for someone to gallop in on a white horse to save the day—and this website aims to saddle up riders. Billed as a forum for exchanging ideas on decision making and leadership, the site is part e-zine, part online community, with an emphasis on building leaders prepared to respond quickly and wisely in times of crisis.
Interactive Tsunami Guide
In a wave of recent Tsunami sites, this flashy, fact-filled offering from the researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution rises above the rest. The site teaches everything from tsunami science to how they’re studied to how to survive one. Interactive maps, firsthand accounts from survivors, and tsunami videos are just some of interesting and useful information you’ll find.
AlertNet Climate Change
AlertNet, the Thomson Reuters Foundation project that shines a spotlight on the humanitarian aspects of emergencies, has just dedicated a section of its site to the social impacts of climate change. The new page offers news stories, video, photography, blogs, commentary, and resources to keep visitors informed about the ways in which climate change is affecting populations worldwide.