Carlos Mejia’s CHDS master’s thesis, “Active Shooter Response: Can a Comprehensive Approach Address the Existing Gaps?,” analyzes the shortcomings of the current Incident Command System […]
Active Shooter Response: Can a Comprehensive Approach Address the Existing Gaps? More
Environmental disasters are complex problems not only for the communities directly hit but also for areas that receive the people forced out of their homes.
Academics and practitioners see resilience as a critical driver of a community’s success or failure in recovering or bouncing back from disasters. Jill Raycroft discusses
Resilience is a term ubiquitously used to gauge how communities fare during and following disasters. Academics and practitioners see resilience as a critical driver of
Tom Mackin proposes using system dynamics in a computer-aided approach to creating a maximally efficient patient triage and transport system during a mass casualty event.
Paul Jara discusses the complexity involved in activating DoD, DHS and National Guard resources in a multi-state disaster like COVID. While it has become commonplace
How Should the National Guard Be Employed for The Next National Disaster? More
A weekly resource summary of COVID-19 information, policies, and emerging smart practices shared amongst the CHDS Community. From May 22, 2020 From May 15, 2020
CHDS Alumni Network: COVID-19 Information Sharing Summaries More
Dr. Kunreuther discusses the processes and biases in decision-making under uncertainty. He also proposes a behavioral risk audit that couple’s protective decision-making with economic incentives,
Human Biases: Why People Underprepare for Disasters More
Dr. Carolyn Kousky, Executive Director of the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center at the University of Pennsylvania, demonstrates the essential role of insurance
Harnessing the Power of Disaster Insurance More
Aaron Titus, President of Mountain West VOAD, challenges emergency managers to acknowledge the limitations of command and control systems and to rethink how we interact
Let the Community Lead: Rethinking Command and Control Systems More
The Big One: Your Survival Guide is a nine-episode podcast series released in early 2019. The Big One Podcast Team includes host, Jacob Margolis; producers, Arwen Champion
Storytelling to Promote Action More
Philip Mann‘s PrepTalk, “Public Works & Emergency Management: Restoring Lifeline Services” helps emergency managers and public works personnel understand the role of public works and public
Public Works & Emergency Management – Restoring Life Line Services More
