FEMA Releases COVID-19 Operational Guidance for Hurricane Season FEMA released "COVID-19 Pandemic Operational Guidance for the 2020 Hurricane Season" to help emergency managers and public health officials best prepare for disasters, while continuing to respond to and recover from COVID-19. The guide provides actions emergency managers and public officials can take to prepare for […]
The impacts of COVID-19 will persist for the foreseeable future, and recovery will likely last for years. As a result, countless aspects of emergency management will be challenged: community preparedness, mass sheltering, relief services and care, and much more. In this virtual Distinguished Speaker Series program, Craig Fugate, former Administrator of FEMA, and Greg Brunelle, […]
The National Emerging Special Pathogen Training and Education Center is offering a webinar to learn how to assess and foster post-traumatic growth, understand the importance of bi-directional (systems/individual) approaches to resilience, and learn how to practice a few short-term/simple resilience practices. Register Here
FEMA Releases COVID-19 Operational Guidance for Hurricane Season FEMA released "COVID-19 Pandemic Operational Guidance for the 2020 Hurricane Season" to help emergency managers and public health officials best prepare for disasters, while continuing to respond to and recover from COVID-19. The guide provides actions emergency managers and public officials can take to prepare for […]
RFA has conducted nearly 300 in person Ethanol Safety Seminars across the country. Due to current circumstances and social distancing the RFA will be offering 4-hour long Ethanol Safety Webinars. These webinars are instructed by a nationally accredited and professional instructor with an extensive background in emergency management/firefighting/hazardous materials response. The goal of these seminars […]
FEMA Releases COVID-19 Operational Guidance for Hurricane Season FEMA released "COVID-19 Pandemic Operational Guidance for the 2020 Hurricane Season" to help emergency managers and public health officials best prepare for disasters, while continuing to respond to and recover from COVID-19. The guide provides actions emergency managers and public officials can take to prepare for […]
Following today’s call, participants will understand why using personal protective equipment (PPE) is necessary for infection prevention and will be able to describe how to properly use it. Additionally, participants will learn how to use an audit tool for tracking compliance in proper use of PPE. An auditing tool will be shared with participants. Lastly, […]
CVHC Monthly Meeting - June Hosted by Central RHCC Friday, Jun 26, 2020 9:00 am | 2 hours | (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada) 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM, (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada) Meeting number: 733 077 886 Password: pV7upn88 https://cvhc.webex.com/cvhc/j.php?MTID=m7359f9af4599adce1afea02f14f9ebdc Join by video system Dial [email protected] You can also dial 173.243.2.68 […]
The Virginia Department of Health provides regional Respiratory Fit Testing Train-the-Trainer courses. The course purpose is to ensure that each health district and medical practice have qualified staff to provide respirator fit testing. In addition, the attendee can train others in the proper procedures for fit testing. This training is for qualitative testing using a […]
The Regional Healthcare Coordination Center (RHCC) will be conducting a regional emergency communications drill with all healthcare organizations that serve medically vulnerable populations (Long Term Care, Dialysis, Hospice/Home Health, Ambulatory Surgery Centers, ICF/IID, etc.) on Wednesday, July 1, 2020 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm At 9AM on Wednesday, July 1, 2020 the RHCC will create a […]