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From the City of Boston

City of Boston Unveils New Tools to Improve City's Personal Preparedness

The City of Boston has unveiled new online technologies to help residents prepare for emergencies such as floods, fires, power outages or more extreme scenarios.

The Family Preparedness Planner and the Shelter Finder provide interactive ways for residents to answer logistical questions that would arise in an emergency. The Planner is a personalized tool to assist Bostonians in creating an emergency plan and kit. In the Planner, residents enter addresses of important locations such as schools, workplaces, and an out-of-town meeting place; contact information for family, workplaces, schools, and doctors/veterinarians; and digital photos of household members and pets.

The Shelter Finder helps residents identify, map, and find directions by foot, car, or public transportation to their nearest Neighborhood Emergency Center. Pre-designated Neighborhood Emergency Centers (NECs) are located throughout the City to provide various types of support services during an emergency. These Centers are designed to support a number of different functions, depending on the type of emergency. For example, they may serve as an emergency shelter, an evacuation pick up site, a distribution site (for personal supplies or medicine), or a cooling/warming center. NECs are typically located in community centers or schools, and are activated by the City should the need arise.

www.cityofboston.gov/readyboston

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David Baldwin Trauma Information Pages

This site focuses on emotional trauma and traumatic stress, including PTSD (Post-traumatic Stress Disorder) and dissociation, whether following individual traumatic experience(s) or a large-scale disaster. Continuously online for eleven years (a month after the Oklahoma City bombing), this site has welcomed more than 1 million visits. This is a must visit site if you are looking for trauma resources.

www.trauma-pages.com/

From the Job Accommodation Network

Accommodation and Compliance Series: Employers’ Guide to Including Employees with Disabilities in Emergency Evacuation Plans
Interest in emergency evacuation planning has increased dramatically since the September 11 terrorist attacks. In turn, the Job Accommodation Network (JAN) started receiving more calls from employers requesting information about evacuation plans and how to include employees with disabilities in such plans. Many employers want to develop emergency evacuation plans. JAN provides steps for including employees with disabilities in those plans.

http://www.jan.wvu.edu/media/emergency.html

From the Society for Human Resource Management

Pandemic Resources from Society for Human Resource Management
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the world’s largest association devoted to human resource management, offers a wealth of good pandemic resources.

Employee Categorization Is a Key HR Planning Function
Which employees are mission-critical, and which ones can work from home? Determine which employees must be onsite and how to accommodate them.

'Hey HR, What's Our H1N1 Policy?'
A majority of American workers report their employers haven’t said anything to them about plans for dealing with H1N1 flu, also called swine flu, at their workplaces. Employers are missing out on an opportunity to build trust with their workers and communities, say communication experts.

In Disaster Planning, Don't 'Reinvent the Wheel'
Retool an existing contingency plan to respond to a H1N1 (swine) flu pandemic, say risk management experts at a conference of health and business leaders in Minneapolis.

H1N1 Flu Presents Management Challenges
Employers that side-step contingency plans are most likely to be hit the hardest by the H1N1 (swine) flu, say experts at a conference on the pandemic.

From the Employee Assistance Professionals Association

Workplace Critical Incident Resources & Handouts

From the Disaster Recovery Journal

Doing the Right Thing: Putting Associates First in Times of Crisis
Ranked as one of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” by Fortune magazine for 11 consecutive years, diversified automotive company, JM Family Enterprises Inc. (JM Family), is known for best practices. Founded by automotive legend Jim Moran, and built upon his guiding philosophies, including the “3C’s” of communication, cooperation, and consideration, JM Family considers its staff far more than employees. We are associates – and, as instilled by Moran, our company’s “most important asset.” That fundamental belief is reflected in both day-to-day operations and how we handle crisis management. This critical function is viewed not just from the perspective of compliance; rather, we consider it the right thing to do. Simply stated, we put both associates and business continuity first – especially in times of crisis.
 
www.drj.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2939&Itemid=429

From the Humane Society of the USA

www.hsus.org/hsus_field/hsus_disaster_center/resources/
The Humane Society has a variety of resources available to help individuals prepare and protect their companion animals and livestock in the event of a disaster. There is also a manual that can help communities include animals in their disaster plans. And, there’s a quiz to help gauge one’s disaster preparedness IQ.

From Business Roundtable

Family Disaster Preparedness Checklist
Intended for all employees to educate them about personal/family disaster preparedness and encourage them to take specific actions

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Helping Employees Affected by a Disaster Guide
Designed for HR leaders to help them support employees whose lives have been affected by a disaster

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Employee Training Brochure
Designed to provide guidance for employers to help build an effective volunteer program

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