The post-disaster town hall meeting, is one of the first and most important opportunities for the regional state emergency management office to update an impacted locality on the state assistance and equipment being provided. Click here to download a post-disaster town hall meeting agenda template, and here for press releases and agendas used by other localities.… Read more
The post-disaster town hall meeting, is one of the first and most important opportunities for the incident commander – typically the emergency manager – to update the community on the status and timeline of disaster recovery. Click here to download a post-disaster town hall meeting agenda template, and here for press releases and agendas used by… Read more
The post-disaster town hall meeting, is one of the first and most important opportunities for localities to update the community on the status of recovery, and set the tone for the entire recovery process. During a post disaster town hall meeting, a top-level local official, such as the mayor, chief elected official, city or town… Read more
A post-disaster town hall meeting is one of the first and most important opportunities for incident command – typically the emergency manager – to update the community on the recovery timeline, and help set the tone for the entire recovery process. Emotions will be running high; community members will demand answers on when they can… Read more
A post-disaster town hall meeting is one of the first and most important opportunities for local leaders to update the community on the status of recovery, yet federal representatives from and will also play a critical role in providing property owners with important information regarding the recovery process. No matter the situation, homeowners’ biggest concern… Read more
A post-disaster town hall meeting is one of the first and most important opportunities for a top level local leader – such as a mayor, chief elected official, city or town manager, or county administrator – to update the community on the status of recovery, and set the tone for the entire recovery process. Emotions will… Read more
The post-disaster town hall meeting, is the first and most important opportunity for localities to update the community on the status of recovery and set the tone for the entire recovery process. The public information officer will work behind the scenes to ensure that local leaders and federal and state representatives send a unified message… Read more
For public information officers, a post-disaster town hall meeting requires careful planning and coordination both internally and with external state and federal representatives. Emotions will be running high; community members will demand answers on when they can get back into their homes and when their lives will return to normal. It’s one of the first… Read more
A post-disaster town hall meeting is one of the first and most important opportunities for local leaders – like mayors, chief elected officials, city and town managers, county administrators and emergency managers – to update the community on the status of recovery, and set the tone for the entire recovery process. Emotions will be running… Read more
The authors examine (1) reasons that community resilience has become a key area of focus in national policy within just the past few years (2) the core principles embodied in community resilience theory, including equality and social justice considerations, (3) the challenges of integrating community resilience with traditional public health practices and (4) the importance… Read more
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