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  • Time to make disaster response training mandatory?

    March 27, 2023 |

    The Business Standard |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh, Jatrabari

    The Bangladesh Red Crescent Society teaches and trains volunteers in disaster response preparedness, like how to use search and rescue equipment, how to make improvised stretchers and various emergency rescue methods. The organization has a total of 68 units and has trained 13,336 volunteers since its formation in the 1970s.

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  • A surprising remedy for teens in mental health crises

    March 03, 2023 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Ramsey, New Jersey

    The Teen Mental Health First Aid training program gives students the necessary tools to identify warning signs and help their peers when experiencing a mental health crisis. Training students on how to act as first responders through this program has shown to increase mental health literacy and reduce reports of psychological distress among teens. Due to its results, Mental Health First Aid training is now required for all students and staff throughout the school district.

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  • Program trains teachers, officials to stop bad bleeds

    December 01, 2022 |

    The Oglethorpe Echo |

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    Response Location: United States, Georgia

    Stop the Bleed distributes equipment kits to agencies and departments trained in handling severe bleeds and tasks them to educate school officials on the task.

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  • Fox Island a model for disaster preparedness

    November 17, 2022 |

    Gig Harbor Now |

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    Response Location: United States, Gig Harbor, Washington

    The Fox Island Community and Recreation Association Emergency Response Organization is a model for community-level emergency planning. Realizing the island would be cut off from any help in the case of a major disaster, they set up a command center, bought equipment and supplies, and worked with government and NGO sources to develop a disaster plan that uses neighborhood response teams that are ready to deploy on short notice.

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  • They Said the Tornado Would Hit at 9:30. It Hit at 9:30.

    December 14, 2021 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Mayfield, Kentucky

    Advances in meteorological technology have helped drive down the fatality rate from tornadoes in the U.S. to a fraction of what it was a century ago. Violent tornadoes rarely evade advance detection, thanks to weather satellites, advances in radar, and a communication system to announce warnings. The deadly tornadoes that struck Kentucky and other states in December 2021 illustrate the ways in which even this system – one scientist called it "one of the most incredible success stories in applied science" – can fail, including when people ignore warnings or buildings cannot withstand the high winds.

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  • After Michigan Killings, Students Praised Shooter Drills. But Do They Really Work?

    December 02, 2021 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Oxford, Michigan

    Students at Oxford High School in Michigan, the scene of a mass shooting on Nov. 30, credit their active-shooter training with saving lives. But experts on school safety say some of the lessons taught in the training given to the OHS students, from a program called ALICE (alert, lockdown, inform, counter, evacuate), could endanger more people than they protect. The evidence that this and similar training is effective is quite thin, and critics fear it detracts from higher priorities: preventing, not just surviving, such shootings, and focusing on much more common forms of gun violence.

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  • Drug testing takes off in the Laurentians — even dealers are doing it

    June 11, 2021 |

    Ricochet |

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    Response Location: Canada, St-Jérôme, Quebec

    To reduce overdose deaths from the increasing number of deadly substances found in street drugs, Centre SIDA Amitié uses lab testing to help understand exactly what drugs users are putting in their bodies and how to slow the spread of deadly drugs. They distribute testing kits to hundreds of people every year, analyze urine samples, have handed out 12,189 naloxone doses, and trained over 1,000 people to administer the drug. Staff works directly with clients in communities that don’t have access to many resources, also helping them navigate court proceedings, find housing, and get into rehab if interested.

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  • How to help someone struggling with mental illness

    June 07, 2021 |

    Popular Science |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The Mental Health First Aid course teaches people who are not mental health professionals to respond to people in crisis based on understanding rather than fear. Millions of people have taken the course in 24 countries since its introduction two decades ago. It has been shown to give trainees greater confidence in their ability to provide help, but its effects on the people receiving the care is less clear. The training can be particularly useful to healthcare and law enforcement workers who are more likely to encounter such scenarios.

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  • As Paradise Rebuilds, It's Also Preparing for the Next Fire

    May 04, 2021 |

    Sierra Club |

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    Response Location: United States, Paradise, California

    After the 2018 Camp Fire that tore through the town of Paradise, California, local residents are starting to rebuild. As of April, the town issued nearly 1,500 building permits. They’re also implementing a plan to remove trees that pose a safety concern for residents, which has been an extensive coordination effort between federal, state, and local government officials. Housing prices in the area have increased significantly making it difficult for some people to rebuild, but some organizations are working to help those that want to return to the area.

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  • In a roiled Minneapolis, schools are testing new model for safety

    April 20, 2021 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Washburn High School in Minneapolis is taking a different approach for in-school safety, one that doesn't rely on a police presence. The school district ended its contract with the Minneapolis Police Department and replaces School Resource Officers with civilian safety specialists, who are not uniformed, armed, and have no power of arrest. Instead, the specialists provide more community-centered services to visiting students who were disconnected, aiding with food distribution, and evaluate school safety plans.

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