Responding to Natural and Industrial Disasters: Partnerships and Lessons Learned

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• Alternative Title:
  Disaster Med Public Health Prep
• Personal Author:
  Symanski, Elaine ; An Han, Heyreoun ; Han, Inkyu ; McDaniel, Michelle ; Whitworth, Kristina W. ; McCurdy, Sheryl ; Perkison, William Brett ; Rammah, Amal ; Lewis, P. Grace Tee ; Delclos, George L. ; Craft, Elena ; Bondy, Melissa ; Walker, Cheryl Lyn ; Hopkins, Loren ; Laurent, José Guillermo Cedeño ; James, Daisy
• Description:
  Objectives:
  
  The aim of this study was to provide insights learned from disaster research response (DR2) efforts following Hurricane Harvey in 2017 to launch DR2 activities following the Intercontinental Terminals Company (ITC) fire in Deer Park, Texas, in 2019.
  
  Methods:
  
  A multidisciplinary group of academic, community, and government partners launched a myriad of DR2 activities.
  
  Results:
  
  The DR2 response to Hurricane Harvey focused on enhancing environmental health literacy around clean-up efforts, measuring environmental contaminants in soil and water in impacted neighborhoods, and launching studies to evaluate the health impact of the disaster. The lessons learned after Harvey enabled rapid DR2 activities following the ITC fire, including air monitoring and administering surveys and in-depth interviews with affected residents.
  
  Conclusions:
  
  Embedding DR2 activities at academic institutions can enable rapid deployment of lessons learned from one disaster to enhance the response to subsequent disasters, even when those disasters are different. Our experience demonstrates the importance of academic institutions working with governmental and community partners to support timely disaster response efforts. Efforts enabled by such experience include providing health and safety training and consistent and reliable messaging, collecting time-sensitive and critical data in the wake of the event, and launching research to understand health impacts and improve resiliency.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Animals Article Cyclonic Storms Deer Disaster Planning Disaster Response Disasters Humans Industrial Fire Industry Natural Disasters Partnerships Public Health

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• Source:
  Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 16(3):885-888
• Pubmed ID:
  33722331
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8443687
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  R21 ES029460/ES/NIEHS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R21 ES029493/ES/NIEHS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; P30 ES030285/ES/NIEHS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R01 ES023563/ES/NIEHS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; T42 OH008421/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; T42OH008421/ACL/ACL HHSUnited States/ ; R24 TW009559/TW/FIC NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R21 ES029616/ES/NIEHS NIH HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  16
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20064964
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:fc7aa775d40478a87865aa0785e279142b6c186eab4d6e8283fc5099f60ede7842ce79674ca782e74888273b40a4bf82126933df08c10f778372987dec5582d7
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/110268/cdc_110268_DS1.pdf
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