Effective Emergency Management: Making Improvements for Communities and People with Disabilities—In the Public Eye
(February 17, 2010)
This document shows the impact of NCD’s emergency management report and may contain information helpful to you on this important topic. In some instances, the work has not been prepared by NCD and therefore may not reflect NCD publishing rules, including “people first” language. This list is not inclusive since it does not contain entries where links were not available.
Testimony of Pat Pound, First Vice Chairperson, National Council on Disability, presented to the Texas Housing and Health Services Coordination Council (February 8, 2010)
NCD Presentation, National Evacuation Conference, New Orleans, LA, Effective Emergency Management, Making Improvements for Communities and People with Disabilities (February 4, 2010)
“New Trends in Evacuation Planning For Disabled and Special
Needs Patients,”
Healthcare Security & Safety
DIRECTIONS, a Publication of the International Association For Healthcare Security
& Safety, Volume 22, Number 4, 2009
NCD Testimony, Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, U.S. Senate, “Disaster Case Management: Developing a Comprehensive National Program Focused on Outcomes” (December 2, 2009) (submitted for consideration for the written record)
"Effective Emergency
Management,” Code Red Radio Show (November 3, 2009) and
NCD Testimony, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, U.S. House of Representatives, “Looking out for the Very Young, the Elderly and Others with Special Needs: Lessons from Katrina and other Major Disasters” (October 20, 2009)
NCD Responses to Hearing Follow-up Questions, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, U.S. House of Representatives, “Looking out for the Very Young, the Elderly and Others with Special Needs: Lessons from Katrina and other Major Disasters” (October 20, 2009)
NCD Congressional Briefing Transcript, Effective Emergency Management (October 13, 2009)
NCD Testimony, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, U.S. House of Representatives, “This is NOT a Test: Will the Nation’s Emergency Alert System Deliver the President’s Message to the Public?” (September 30, 2009)
NCD Presentation and paper, Wireless Emergency Communications State of Technology Conference, Atlanta, GA, Effective Emergency Management (September 23, 2009)
EM Virtual Forum (August 26, 2009)
“Disaster planning for disabled faulted; More feedback is needed, report says,” The Times-Picayune (August 13, 2009)
Presentation, International Association of Emergency Managers’ 2009 National Conference on Community Preparedness—The Power of Citizen Corps, Arlington, VA. (August 12, 2009)
“Disaster plans leave disabled behind,” The Washington Times (August 12, 2009)