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Get Prepared With Mobile Apps

2/21/2017

 
Audience: All ages 
Topics: Disaster psychology, Fire safety, General preparedness, Medical, Personal safety, Recovery, Search and rescue, Volunteerism/Community service
Description: These address a variety of audiences, providing emergency alerts, preparedness tips, and activities for children right on your smartphone.
  • FEMA Mobile App: Emergency alerts for all audiences
  • National Weather Service Mobile Weather App: Emergency alerts for all audiences
  • Sesame Street Let’s Get Ready App: Games and activities for children
  • The National Child Traumatic Stress Network Help Kids Cope App: Response tips for parents
  • The American Red Cross Monster Guard App: Games and activities for children
  • The American Red Cross Suite of Apps: Alerts, first aid, and response tips for everyone

How Facebook is Transforming Disaster Response

12/9/2016

 
After the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida many people used Facebook to check on their friends.  Safety Check is a Facebook tool where someone can send a message to a friend asking them to respond informing of their status following an emergency.
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Annual MI CIMS User Verification - Due September 30, 2016

9/13/2016

 
All MI CIMS Users,

This is just a friendly reminder for those that have not yet completed the Annual MI CIMS Verification to do so before the end of September.  Thank you to the users that have already completed this important task!

We run this annual verification as a security measure to clean out MI CIMS accounts that are no longer in use. In order to comply with this annual verification, all users are required to log into MI CIMS during the month of September and verify their contact information. Any user that does not complete the verification will have their accounts locked at the beginning of October and will be sent a notice on how to complete the verification. All locked accounts will be removed from MI CIMS on November 1, 2016
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Annual MI CIMS User Verification

9/6/2016

 
All MI CIMS Users,

It is time for the Annual MI Critical Incident Management System (MI CIMS) User Verification. We run this annual verification as a security measure to clean out MI CIMS accounts that are no longer in use.

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Effectiveness of N95 Respirators Versus Surgical masks in Protecting Health Care Workers From Acute Respiratory Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

4/12/2016

 
Researchers in the Canadian Medical Association Journal reviewed clinical and exposure data to measure the ability of N95 and surgical masks to prevent acute respiratory infection. 

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