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While emergency drills may help schools feel safer, they contain underlying and often unintended moral messages about the nature of school and life itself.
According to current forecasts, California has a 93 percent chance of an earthquake with magnitude 7 or greater occurring by 2045. Early warning systems, now in development, could limit casualties and damage.
Evacuating nursing home residents during a disaster can be even more dangerous than staying put.
In the wake of natural disasters, pets are be stranded, lost or abandoned. There are simple guidelines that can help keep your whole family safe.
During Hurricane Katrina in 2005, some people died rather than evacuating without their pets. Now emergency managers are required to include animals in their response plans.
With a little advance planning and creativity, librarians can help keep kids and teens busy and safe during emergencies.
Evacuations and disruptions to health care during and after disasters like Hurricane Harvey are serious threats for older adults, who may need support well after relief operations end.
New research shows that older people are especially at risk during and after natural disasters, and may need medical help or other support well after relief operations end.
A new data management system can give emergency responders a fast lane on the internet to help speed rescue efforts after a disaster.
Irrespective of whether climate change contributed to the thunderstorm in Melbourne last week, we can be sure Australia’s climate projections herald new risks to health that cannot be ignored.
Melbourne's recent thunderstorm asthma event caught services by surprise. So, is it time for a national health protection agency to coordinate our public health response?
Why do some people evacuate ahead of disasters while others stay put? The rising death toll from Hurricane Matthew shows that often the poor and vulnerable are least able to move.
We can't predict or prevent tsunamis you can improve your chances of staying safe by understanding the risk, being prepared and acting quickly when disaster strikes.
The solution to emergency communications: redundancy, redundancy, redundancy.
As Atlantic hurricane season opens on June 1, eastern U.S. cities can prepare by updating laws, codes and ordinances that hamper rebuilding after storms.
The Christmas Day fires that struck the Victorian town of Wye River are an example of how to get emergency responses right.
Why do people still die in bushfires? Recent fires have triggered a debate about emergency warnings.
When disaster strikes, more people than ever are turning to social media to find out if they're in danger. But Australian emergency services need to work together more to learn what works to save lives.
Papua New Guinea is now facing a drought and frosts that look set to be worse than 1997, when hundreds of people died. So how can memories of 1997 save lives over the next few months?
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Clinical Associate Professor of Nursing, University of Michigan
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Director, CSIRO Digital Productivity and Services Flagship, CSIRO
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Professor, Creative Industries, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Communication and Creative Industries, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Respiratory Medicine, South Western Sydney Clinical School, UNSW
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Principal Research Scientist, Fluid Dynamics, CSIRO
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Research Manager, CSIRO
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Research Team Leader, Bushfire Behaviour and Risks, CSIRO
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Professor, Computer Networking and Telecommunications, University of Salford
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Seth Bonder Collegiate Professor of Engineering, University of Michigan
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Senior Researcher, Data61
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Sessional Academic/Research Assistant, Queensland University of Technology
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Research Professor, Sokoine University of Agriculture
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Doctoral researcher investigating governance of social media platforms, Queensland University of Technology
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Principal Lecturer in Public Service Management, Programme Director, Nottingham Trent University
