NEHA September 2025 Journal of Environmental Health

SPOTLIGHT ON NEHA RESOURCES: EMERGENCY AND DISASTER READINESS

Concurrent Disaster and Recovery Resource Hubs

professionals, all ready to be downloaded. You can find both resources at www.neha.org/readiness. Concurrent Disasters Resources: This collection of resources is for environmental health professionals to use to prepare, mitigate, respond, and recover from disasters such as hurricanes, wildfires, earthquakes, and infectious diseases that occur at the same time or consecutively. The repository includes resources to facilitate knowledge sharing across jurisdictions on concurrent disasters that were developed by state, local, tribal, and territorial health departments; academic institutions; nongovernmental organiza- tions; and governmental agencies. Here are just a few highlighted resources: • Federal Emergency Management Agency Hurricane Pandemic Plan • Natural Hazards Center: Lessons on Concurrent Disasters • Dual Disaster Handbook—Flooding Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Resources : This collection of resources is for environmental health profes- sionals to use to prepare, mitigate, respond, and recover from nat- ural and human-made emergencies and disasters. The repository includes resources to facilitate knowledge sharing across juris- dictions that were developed by state, local, tribal, and territorial health departments; academic institutions; nongovernmental orga- nizations; and governmental agencies. Here are just a few highlighted resources: • Wells—What to Do After a Flood • Disaster Guide for Retail Food Facilities • Wildfire Response Guide

We have created two resource hubs filled with forms, templates, exercises, reports, and guides for environmental public health

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