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Winter is just around the corner, and it’s
time to think about cold weather safety; specifically hypothermia. Hypothermia is a dangerous
drop in body temperature, usually
caused by prolonged exposure to cold temperatures.
According to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC), hypothermia is particularly dangerous because a person
may not know it’s happening. Some
signs of hypothermia include shivering, exhaustion, and slurred
speech.
The CDC offers tips
for helping someone who may be experiencing hypothermia, including:
- Get the victim into a warm room or shelter;
- If the victim has on any wet clothing, remove it;
- Warm the center of the body first using an electric blanket, if
available; and
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Get medical attention as soon as possible.
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Are local disaster
preparedness efforts reaching everyone in your community? Join an
upcoming discussion on disaster preparedness efforts to serve populations that
are disproportionately impacted during an emergency due to risk factors related
to language, cultural isolation, immigration status, and national
identity.
Title: Community Discussion: Preparing Individuals
Disproportionately Impacted by Disasters
Date: Monday, November 23, 2015
Time:
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. (ET)
Featured Speakers:
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Iskra
Gencheva, from Ready New York, New York City
Citizen Corps, and New York City Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) will share experiences preparing New York
City’s immigrant and Limited English Proficiency (LEP) populations.
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Sarah
Babcock, from New Orleans Medical Reserve
Corps will share experiences preparing the Spanish-Speaking
and Vietnamese communities of New Orleans.
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Dana
Perry, from Newport News CERT will share experiences preparing refugees
from nations including Afghanistan,
Cuba, Burma, Nepal, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Tom Hipper, from the National
Resource Center on Advancing Emergency Preparedness for Culturally Diverse
Communities will share helpful resources that support
emergency preparedness efforts for culturally diverse communities.
How to Join the Webinar:
November is Critical
Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month. This observance
recognizes the important role critical infrastructure plays in our nation’s way
of life and why it is important to expand and reinforce critical infrastructure
security and resilience.
Critical infrastructure is the physical or
virtual assets, systems, and networks that are vital to the security, national
economic security, and national public health and safety of the United States.
The Department of Homeland Security has ways
you can get involved throughout the month, including:
- Share stories and information about your efforts to support
infrastructure security and resilience with your customers, constituents,
partners, residents, and employees through newsletters, websites, emails,
blog posts, and tweets;
- Reinforce the role your organization or office
plays in infrastructure security and resilience by incorporating
references to Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month in speaking
engagements and events;
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Download the Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month Toolkit to help promote
awareness; and
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Download and print the Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month fact sheet for your event,
office, or friends.
Disclaimer: The reader recognizes that the
federal government provides links and informational data on various disaster
preparedness resources and events and does not endorse any non-federal events,
entities, organizations, services or products. Please let us know about other events
and services for individual and community preparedness that could be included
in future newsletters by contacting citizencorps@fema.dhs.gov.
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