Emergency Preparedness and Resilience
States Are Using Policy to Strengthen Preparedness and Supply Chain Resilience
| Maggie Nilz | ASTHO | June 22, 2026
State health agencies are using policy tools to strengthen emergency preparedness, protect medical supply chains, and improve continuity during disasters and public health emergencies.
Major Critical Infrastructure Disruptions Are Inevitable, CISA Official Says
| David Jones | Cybersecurity Dive | June 17, 2026
CISA’s resilience-focused approach highlights how hospitals, utilities, emergency services, and other critical systems must prepare not only to prevent disruptions, but to keep functioning when disruptions occur.
From 911 to Hospital: Challenges and Opportunities for AI Integration in Emergency Medical Services
| Emily Hou, Marelyn Gonzalez, Andrew L. Kun, Osnat Mokryn, Orit Shaer | arXiv | June 15, 2026
This research examines how emergency medical services coordinate under pressure and how new technologies could support dispatch, field care, hospital handoff, and situational awareness during crises.
Himachal Pradesh Conducts Mega Mock Exercise to Boost Disaster Preparedness
| Staff | Times of India | June 2026
A statewide disaster drill in Himachal Pradesh tested coordination among emergency managers, district officials, health departments, responders, and communities preparing for earthquakes, cloudbursts, and forest fires.
Ready.gov: Plan Ahead for Disasters
| FEMA | Ready.gov | June 29, 2026
Ready.gov provides updated public guidance on disaster planning, emergency alerts, evacuation, sheltering, family communication, and basic preparedness steps for households and communities.
Build a Kit
| FEMA | Ready.gov | May 29, 2026
This preparedness guide explains how households can assemble emergency supplies for several days without outside assistance, including water, food, medications, communication tools, and backup essentials.
Make a Plan
| FEMA | Ready.gov | May 27, 2026
FEMA’s planning guide walks families through emergency alerts, shelter plans, evacuation routes, household communication, and special needs that should be addressed before a disaster happens.
UK Supply Chain Unprepared for Major Shocks Such as War, Report Warns
| Toby Helm | The Guardian | May 24, 2026
This article reports warnings that national supply chains need stronger preparedness for war, pandemics, climate shocks, medicine shortages, food disruptions, and other large-scale emergencies.
FEMA Approves Additional $237 Million to Help Rebuild Communities Affected by Disasters
FEMA funding supports disaster recovery and backup power projects that help communities keep critical facilities operating during future outages and emergencies.
Medical Leadership in Disaster Preparedness and Response
| ASPR TRACIE | U.S. HHS | May 11, 2026
This conference resource focuses on medical leadership during disasters, including emergency coordination, hospital readiness, surge response, and health care decision-making under crisis conditions.
Wildfires
| FEMA | Ready.gov | May 11, 2026
FEMA’s wildfire preparedness guidance covers evacuation planning, safer sheltering, emergency communication, family readiness, and steps to reduce risk before and during wildfire emergencies.
The British Public Need to Be Better Prepared for Emergencies
| Jean Coussins | The Guardian | May 7, 2026
This opinion article argues for a whole-of-society preparedness culture, clear public guidance, household readiness, and stronger national resilience planning for modern interconnected threats.
CISA Unveils New Initiative to Fortify America’s Critical Infrastructure
CISA’s CI Fortify initiative is designed to help critical infrastructure organizations strengthen continuity, identify vulnerabilities, and maintain essential services during disruptions.
FEMA Approves More Than $41.5 Million to Support Mitigation Projects in Southeast Florida
| Staff | FEMA | April 27, 2026
FEMA mitigation funding supports hurricane safe rooms, backup power, and infrastructure improvements that can protect communities before future disasters strike.
People with Disabilities
| FEMA | Ready.gov | March 13, 2026
This preparedness guide explains how people with disabilities can build support networks, plan for accessible transportation and shelter, and prepare emergency supplies that meet individual needs.
New WHO Guidance Helps Countries Institutionalize Simulation Exercises to Strengthen Health Emergency Readiness
| Staff | World Health Organization | March 24, 2026
WHO guidance encourages countries to move from one-time emergency drills to structured simulation exercise programs that strengthen preparedness for pandemics, radiological threats, and other emergencies.
Framework for Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Capabilities for National Public Health Agencies
| World Health Organization | WHO | March 23, 2026
This technical framework helps national public health agencies organize emergency preparedness, response capabilities, coordination systems, and resilience planning across multiple hazards.
ASPR Releases the Fiscal Year 2026 Hospital Preparedness Program Continuation Guidance
| Staff | ASPR | March 23, 2026
ASPR’s guidance supports health care coalitions, hospitals, emergency medical services, and public health partners working to improve readiness for disasters and medical surge events.
Prepare Your Pets for Disasters
| FEMA | Ready.gov | March 20, 2026
FEMA’s pet preparedness guide explains how families can include animals in emergency planning, evacuation decisions, shelter arrangements, and disaster supply kits.
Building Climate-Ready Healthcare Facilities Across Indonesia
| Staff | World Health Organization | March 6, 2026
This article describes efforts to make health facilities more resilient to floods, landslides, drought, and climate-sensitive disease risks so essential care can continue during disasters.
Communities at the Centre: Advancing Social and Economic Protection for Preparedness and Response
| Staff | World Health Organization | March 6, 2026
WHO emphasizes that emergency preparedness must include community protection, social support, economic resilience, and planning for vulnerable groups during prolonged or overlapping crises.
Public Health Preparedness: HHS Should Address Strategic National Stockpile Coordination Challenges
| U.S. Government Accountability Office | GAO | February 23, 2026
GAO reviews public health preparedness systems, stockpile coordination, health care coalitions, and the need to strengthen emergency response capacity across jurisdictions.
AHA Urges Congress to Reauthorize Preparedness Program
| Staff | American Hospital Association | February 18, 2026
The American Hospital Association calls for stronger support for the Hospital Preparedness Program, which helps health systems coordinate emergency response and maintain care during disasters.
The Role of Community Resilience Hubs in Disasters
| Staff | Domestic Preparedness | February 4, 2026
This article explains how resilience hubs can provide trusted local spaces for emergency supplies, communication, cooling, food distribution, charging, and community response coordination.
British Red Cross Helps More Than Half a Million People Through Its Disaster Fund
| Staff | British Red Cross | February 2, 2026
The British Red Cross describes disaster fund work that supports preparation, fast response, and long-term recovery for communities affected by emergencies.
Emergency Shelter and Non-Food Items in Afghanistan
| Humanitarian Action | United Nations OCHA | January 29, 2026
This humanitarian response plan addresses emergency shelter, transitional shelter, winterization, and essential household items for people displaced or affected by disasters and conflict.
Emergency Management: Foundations of Response
| CDC Office of Readiness and Response | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | January 2026
CDC explains how emergency operations, technical assistance, information sharing, staffing, and public health coordination support states, tribes, territories, and communities during emergencies.
Office of Readiness and Response
| CDC Office of Readiness and Response | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | 2026
CDC’s Office of Readiness and Response supports emergency operations, public health preparedness grants, crisis communication, and coordination for domestic and global health threats.
Building Health System Resilience Through Simulation Exercises
This article highlights how simulation exercises help health systems test emergency plans, improve coordination, and strengthen readiness before real crises occur.
Resilience-Oriented Optimization of Hospital Microgrids
| P. Nazartalab | Scientific Reports | 2026
This study models hospital microgrids using solar power, batteries, and medical load prioritization to keep critical care operating during grid outages.
Evaluating Emergency Shelter Resilience Under Disaster Conditions
| Y. Wu | Sustainability | 2026
This research examines emergency shelters as essential urban disaster infrastructure and evaluates how shelter systems can better serve people during emergencies.
Design of Microgrid-Based Resilience Solutions to Improve Critical Services
| S. E. Eyimaya | Sustainability | 2026
The article explores hybrid microgrids, battery storage, renewable generation, and load prioritization as tools for keeping essential services running during outages.
Understanding Community Residents’ Disaster Preparedness
| B. Cakir | BMC Public Health | 2026
This study examines factors that influence household and community disaster preparedness, including public health behavior, risk perception, and social conditions.
Beyond Warnings and Shelters: Local Institutions and Trust
| M. L. Hossain | Nature | 2026
This study of cyclone-prone communities examines how trust, local institutions, warnings, and preparedness systems shape disaster response and recovery.
Hospital Preparedness Program and Health Care Readiness Resources
| Staff | Health Response Alliance | 2026
This article explains how the Hospital Preparedness Program supports hospitals, emergency medical services, long-term care, public health, and health care coalitions.
Hospital Preparedness Program: Maximizing Your 2026 Operational Readiness
This operational guide looks at hospital and EMS readiness, medical surge, decontamination, safety systems, and preparedness planning for large-scale emergencies.
The Quiet Crisis in Public Health Preparedness
| Staff | Health Response Alliance | May 7, 2026
This article warns that public health preparedness capacity can weaken when funding declines, leaving communities less ready for outbreaks, disasters, and emergency response needs.
Healthcare Power Resiliency in 2026
| Staff | Trystar | December 12, 2025
This article discusses hospital backup power trends, including microgrids, battery storage, on-site generation, and electrical systems that keep patient care operating during outages.
Powering Through Crisis: Microgrids and Emergency Response
| Staff | Domestic Preparedness | November 19, 2025
This article explains how microgrids can support emergency operations, provide backup power, and strengthen resilience for public facilities and critical services.
Maritime Port Supply Chain Resilience: A Systematic Review
| Digvijay Redekar, Ronald Askin, Feng Ju | arXiv | October 10, 2025
This review examines how ports and maritime supply chains can prepare for disasters, cyberattacks, infrastructure damage, and cascading disruptions to essential goods movement.
Promoting Resilience and Preparedness in Supply Chains
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development | November 28, 2024
OECD reviews policy options for strengthening critical supply chains, emphasizing system performance, preparedness, redundancy, flexibility, and recovery after shocks.
Disaster Response and Emergency Shelter
| UNICEF Brazil | UNICEF | 2024
This guide focuses on emergency shelter, child protection, inclusive response, and community resilience before, during, and after disasters.
Protecting the Cybersecurity of Critical Infrastructures and Their Supply Chains
| International Chamber of Commerce | ICC | July 2024
This working paper discusses cybersecurity risks to critical infrastructure and supply chains, showing why digital resilience is now part of emergency preparedness.
Building Health System Resilience to Public Health Challenges
| World Health Organization | WHO | June 19, 2024
WHO provides guidance for intentionally building health system resilience so countries can maintain essential services while preparing for and responding to emergencies.
Keeping Hospitals Safe in Emergencies
| Staff | WHO Europe | February 14, 2024
WHO describes hospital safety training, response coordination, and facility preparedness work that helps health systems remain functional during emergencies.
Australian Red Cross Psychosocial Approach to Disaster Preparedness
| Australian Red Cross | Australian Journal of Emergency Management | July 3, 2023
This article explains how psychosocial preparedness helps people manage stress, make decisions, support others, and recover emotionally after disasters.
Health Systems Resilience Toolkit
| World Health Organization | WHO | May 10, 2022
WHO’s toolkit offers technical guidance for strengthening health systems before, during, and after emergencies, from policy planning to service delivery and monitoring.
Microgrid Resilience: A Holistic and Context-Aware Resilience Metric
| Sakshi Mishra, Ted Kwasnik, Kate Anderson | arXiv | June 17, 2021
This paper proposes ways to measure how well microgrids can absorb, adapt to, and recover from outages, disasters, cyber risks, and other threats.
A Resilience-Oriented Centralised-to-Decentralised Framework for Networked Microgrids Management
| Pudong Ge, Fei Teng, Charalambos Konstantinou, Shiyan Hu | arXiv | September 1, 2021
This research examines how networked microgrids can keep critical loads such as hospitals and data centers powered during extreme events that damage electric and communications systems.
Achieving Disaster-Resilient Distribution Systems via Emergency Response Resources
| Santosh Sharma, Qifeng Li, Qiuhua Huang, Ahmad Tbaileh | arXiv | August 21, 2020
This study models how emergency response resources and distributed energy systems can reduce power outage impacts and speed restoration after disasters.
Microgrid Resilience: A Holistic Approach for Assessing Threats
| Sakshi Mishra, Kate Anderson, Brian Miller, Kyle Boyer, Adam Warren | arXiv | October 2, 2019
This paper reviews physical and cyber threats to microgrids and explains how resilient design can keep backup power available for critical loads.
Challenges in Community Resilience Planning and Opportunities with Simulation Modeling
| Abbas Ganji, Negin Alimohammadi, Scott Miles | arXiv | April 26, 2019
This study identifies common barriers in community resilience planning, including interdependent infrastructure, local coordination, communication gaps, and the need for better simulation tools.
A Community-Based Disaster Coordination Framework for Effective Disaster Preparedness and Response
| Staff | Australian Journal of Emergency Management | April 2017
This article explores how local volunteers, community knowledge, and coordination systems can improve disaster response when professional responders are stretched.
Predisaster Integration of Community Emergency Response Teams
| J. Jensen | Journal of Emergency Management | 2015
This article examines how Community Emergency Response Teams can be integrated into local emergency management before disasters happen, rather than being used only after a crisis begins.
The Role of Community Emergency Response Teams in Disaster Management
| Kati Scanlon | International Institute of Global Resilience | August 24, 2015
This paper reviews Community Emergency Response Teams and explains how trained civilian volunteers can support preparedness, campus safety, and disaster response.
Microgrids for Disaster Preparedness and Recovery
| Global Disaster Preparedness Center | PrepareCenter | 2014
This white paper explains how microgrids can provide local backup power, support disaster recovery, and reduce dependence on fragile centralized power systems.
Rural Emergency Preparedness and Response
| Rural Health Information Hub | RHIhub | Updated Resource
This overview explains why rural communities face special preparedness challenges, including distance, limited equipment, health care access, communications, and low population density.
Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience
| CISA | Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency | Updated Resource
CISA provides guidance for protecting the essential infrastructure that communities rely on, including energy, water, transportation, communications, emergency services, and health care.
Homeland Security Grant Program
| FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency | Updated Resource
FEMA’s grant program supports state, local, tribal, and territorial preparedness capabilities, including planning, equipment, training, exercises, and regional emergency coordination.
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program
| FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency | April 10, 2026
FEMA’s mitigation grant program helps communities reduce future disaster losses through planning, infrastructure improvements, and risk reduction projects.
Power Outage Incident Annex to the Response and Recovery Federal Interagency Operational Plans
| FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency | Federal Planning Document
This federal planning annex addresses preparedness, response, resilience, and recovery for major power outages that affect electricity supply and critical services.
Resolve to Be Ready Social Media Toolkit
| FEMA | Ready.gov | December 30, 2024
FEMA’s toolkit encourages emergency planning, evacuation awareness, out-of-town contacts, current family photos, and practical preparedness messages for public outreach.
Be Red Cross Ready
| American Red Cross | Red Cross | Updated Resource
The Red Cross explains basic preparedness steps, including making a plan, building a kit, staying informed, and preparing households to weather emergencies safely.
Ready for the Future: Meeting People’s Needs in an Emergency
| British Red Cross | British Red Cross | Updated Resource
This report calls for emergency systems that are more people-centered, locally responsive, and better prepared to meet community needs during crises.
Community Resilience in Urban Areas Manual
| British Red Cross | British Red Cross | Updated Resource
This toolkit helps communities prepare for flooding by mapping risks, identifying vulnerabilities, building local emergency plans, and coordinating with responders.
Resources for Agencies: RediPlan
| Australian Red Cross | Australian Red Cross | Updated Resource
RediPlan provides disaster preparedness guidance that agencies can use to help individuals, families, and communities create practical emergency plans.
Shelter and Settlements
| International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies | IFRC | Updated Resource
IFRC explains how emergency shelter work evolves from immediate protection after disasters into safer settlements, recovery, and long-term community resilience.
Search Results for Disaster Preparedness
| Red Cross EU Office | Red Cross EU | Updated Resource
The Red Cross EU resource collection highlights disaster preparedness, risk reduction, climate resilience, and community-level emergency planning across Europe.
Health Emergencies
| World Health Organization | WHO | Updated Resource
WHO’s health emergency work focuses on preparedness, readiness, response, public health capacity, and reducing the health consequences of emergencies.
Health Systems Resilience
| World Health Organization | WHO | Updated Resource
WHO explains how resilient health systems prevent, prepare for, detect, respond to, and recover from public health threats while maintaining essential care.
Health Systems Resilience in Emergencies
| WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region | WHO EMRO | Updated Resource
WHO EMRO describes work to integrate emergency programs and health system strengthening so countries can maintain services during crises.
Strategic Partnership for Health Security and Emergency Preparedness
| World Health Organization | WHO | Updated Resource
WHO’s platform supports national planning, health security, hospital safety, multihazard response planning, and stronger preparedness systems.
Building Resilient Health Systems for Universal Health Coverage and Health Security
| World Health Organization | WHO | October 19, 2021
WHO argues that resilient health systems are essential for universal health coverage, emergency preparedness, and continued care during pandemics and other shocks.
Research Prioritization for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence
| WHO Pandemic Hub | World Health Organization | 2025
This technical brief identifies research priorities for outbreak intelligence, surveillance, data systems, and preparedness for future pandemics and epidemics.
Celebrating 15 Years of Investments in Pandemic Influenza Preparedness
| WHO Europe | World Health Organization | May 13, 2026
WHO Europe describes pandemic preparedness planning, national exercises, and updated influenza plans that help countries prepare for future outbreaks.
Hospital Preparedness Program and Health Care Readiness Funding
| Trust for America’s Health | TFAH | 2025
This fact sheet explains how federal health care readiness programs strengthen hospitals, coalitions, and emergency response capacity, especially in rural and underserved areas.
Northwest Center for Evidence-Based Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response
| University of Washington | Collaborative on Extreme Event Resilience | Updated Resource
This center works with public health departments in the Pacific Northwest to strengthen evidence-based preparedness and response for regional public health threats.
Promising Examples of FEMA’s Whole Community Approach to Emergency Management
| CDC Foundation | CDC Foundation | Updated Resource
This resource highlights community efforts that reflect FEMA’s whole-community approach, showing how local partnerships can improve emergency management.
CERT Training Program
| City of Redlands | Redlands CERT | Updated Resource
The CERT program trains residents in disaster preparedness, fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and basic disaster medical operations.
Community Emergency Response Teams
| Town of Brooklyn, Connecticut | Brooklyn CERT | Updated Resource
This local CERT page explains how trained volunteers can help neighborhoods and workplaces after disasters when professional responders are not immediately available.
Supporting Supply Chain During Extreme Weather Events
| PIARC | World Road Association | Updated Resource
This report focuses on keeping transportation networks resilient so supply chains can continue operating during extreme weather, disasters, and recovery periods.
Emergency Management and Response Strategies for Resilient Supply Chain Systems
| Research Authors | ResearchGate | 2024
This article reviews risk assessment, early warning systems, emergency planning, continuity strategies, and recovery methods for supply chains facing unexpected events.
Natural Disaster Preparedness in Emerging Markets
| Industry Contributor | LinkedIn | July 24, 2025
This article discusses how logistics providers and supply chains can prepare for natural disasters through redundancy, risk mapping, and continuity planning.
Mission Continuity News: Supply Chain Resilience
| UNC Emergency Management and Planning | University of North Carolina | March 17, 2025
This university resource connects mission continuity, disaster displacement research, and supply chain resilience as part of broader emergency preparedness planning.
Danger After Disaster: Why Emergencies Come With Increased Risks for Women
| Sarah Johnson | The Guardian | March 27, 2026
This article examines how disaster preparedness and emergency shelters must account for safety, privacy, caregiving burdens, and gender-based violence risks.
Shelter After Disasters in Australia
| Anastasia Mortimer | Australian Journal of Emergency Management | April 2, 2026
This article examines disaster shelter, displacement, housing recovery, and community resilience after emergencies in Australia.
Haryana Conducts Flood Mock Drill Across 13 Districts
| Staff | Times of India | May 2026
Haryana’s flood drill tested state and district preparedness, emergency response coordination, evacuation systems, and technology-supported disaster management before monsoon flooding.
Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Capabilities
| ASPR | U.S. HHS | Guidance Document
ASPR’s health care coalition capabilities guide outlines how hospitals, EMS, public health, emergency management, and partners can coordinate during disasters.
Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2026–2029
| Missouri Hospital Association | MHA | January 14, 2026
This article summarizes ASPR’s federal direction for health security, emergency preparedness, hospital readiness, and coordinated response planning.
CISA 2025 Year in Review Focuses on Driving Security and Resilience Across Critical Infrastructure
| Staff | Industrial Cyber | February 13, 2026
This article reviews CISA’s work strengthening critical infrastructure security and resilience, including preparedness for cyber and physical disruptions.
CISA Launches FY2025–2026 International Strategic Plan
| Staff | Critical Infrastructure Protection Association | December 9, 2024
CISA’s international strategy focuses on reducing risk to interconnected infrastructure systems and strengthening resilience across global dependencies.
Manufacturing and Critical Infrastructure Threat Report
| CyManII | Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation Institute | April 14, 2026
This report describes risks to manufacturing and critical infrastructure, showing how emergency preparedness now includes industrial cybersecurity and supply chain continuity.
Health Emergency Prevention, Preparedness, Response and Resilience Framework
| World Health Organization | WHO | 2026
WHO’s framework outlines how countries can strengthen prevention, preparedness, response, and resilience systems for health emergencies.
Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and National Emergency Exercises
| WHO Europe | World Health Organization | May 13, 2026
This article highlights the role of updated pandemic plans and preparedness exercises in building stronger public health emergency systems.
Voluntary Agency Liaison Snapshot Report
| FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency | May 14, 2026
FEMA’s snapshot report describes voluntary organizations active in disaster response, including community recovery support and response sites after severe events.
Cholera Preparedness and Response Strategy
| WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region | WHO EMRO | 2025
This regional strategy addresses cholera preparedness, outbreak response, surveillance, coordination, and health system readiness in emergency-prone settings.
Emergency Shelter Response Training
| International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies | IFRC | Updated Resource
IFRC shelter training helps responders plan shelter operations, understand settlement needs, and support safer recovery after disasters.
Community Resilience Themes
| Red Cross Red Crescent Southeast Asia | RCRC Resilience Library | Updated Resource
This resource organizes community resilience around disaster risk reduction, health, migration, gender and diversity, youth, communication, and national society development.
Singapore Strategic Partnership for Health Security and Emergency Preparedness
| World Health Organization | WHO | Updated Resource
WHO’s country profile shows how national planning supports actions to prevent, detect, prepare for, and respond to public health threats.
Health Security National Planning
| World Health Organization | WHO | Updated Resource
WHO’s health security platform emphasizes all-hazards national planning, contingency plans, hospital safety, and emergency preparedness systems.
FEMA App and Emergency Alerts
| FEMA | Ready.gov | June 29, 2026
Ready.gov promotes emergency alerts, preparedness strategies, and mobile tools that help households receive timely warnings before and during disasters.
Family Shelter and Evacuation Planning
| FEMA | Ready.gov | May 27, 2026
FEMA’s planning guidance helps families identify shelter options, evacuation routes, emergency contacts, and communication plans before a crisis occurs.
Emergency Supply Kits for Household Resilience
| FEMA | Ready.gov | May 29, 2026
Emergency kits help households remain safe when services are disrupted, especially during outages, storms, earthquakes, wildfires, floods, or delayed response.
Preparedness for People with Access and Functional Needs
| FEMA | Ready.gov | March 13, 2026
This guide emphasizes personal support networks, emergency supplies, accessible communication, assistive technology, and planning for people with disabilities.
Pet Emergency Planning
| FEMA | Ready.gov | March 20, 2026
Pet preparedness reduces evacuation delays and shelter complications by encouraging families to prepare carriers, food, medicine, records, and animal-friendly plans.
Wildfire Evacuation and Shelter Preparedness
| FEMA | Ready.gov | May 11, 2026
FEMA’s wildfire resource explains how residents can prepare evacuation plans, reduce exposure to smoke and fire, and identify safer sheltering options.
Whole Community Emergency Management
| CDC Foundation | CDC Foundation | Updated Resource
Whole-community emergency management recognizes that governments, nonprofits, businesses, faith groups, neighborhoods, and residents all play roles in preparedness and recovery.
Urban Flood Resilience Planning
| British Red Cross | British Red Cross | Updated Resource
Urban flood resilience planning helps communities identify local risks, protect vulnerable residents, coordinate emergency response, and recover more quickly after flooding.
People-Centered Emergency Systems
| British Red Cross | British Red Cross | Updated Resource
People-centered emergency structures focus on actual community needs, including communication, shelter, recovery support, accessibility, and local trust.
Emergency Preparedness for Households
| American Red Cross | Red Cross | Updated Resource
The Red Cross household preparedness model encourages residents to plan ahead, gather supplies, understand local hazards, and stay informed during emergencies.
Agency Tools for Disaster Preparedness
| Australian Red Cross | Australian Red Cross | Updated Resource
Red Cross agency resources help organizations teach preparedness, support emergency planning, and encourage practical readiness at the household and community level.
Emergency Shelter and Safer Recovery
| International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies | IFRC | Updated Resource
Shelter programs help disaster survivors move from immediate safety toward stable recovery, safer rebuilding, and restored community life.
Critical Infrastructure Continuity
| CISA | Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency | Updated Resource
Critical infrastructure continuity planning helps essential services survive disasters, cyberattacks, power failures, and other disruptions that can cascade across communities.
Preparedness Grants for Regional Capability
| FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency | Updated Resource
Preparedness grants can support emergency operations, regional coordination, interoperable communications, training, exercises, and equipment needed before disasters.
Hazard Mitigation Planning
| FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency | April 10, 2026
Hazard mitigation planning helps communities reduce future damage by identifying risks, setting priorities, and investing in protective infrastructure before disaster strikes.
Power Outage Planning for Critical Services
| FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency | Federal Planning Document
Power outage planning is essential for hospitals, water systems, communications, transportation, shelters, and other services that must keep operating during emergencies.
Hospital Coalitions for Disaster Response
| ASPR | U.S. HHS | Guidance Document
Health care coalitions bring together hospitals, EMS, public health, long-term care, and emergency management to coordinate patient care during disasters.
Public Health Emergency Operations
| CDC Office of Readiness and Response | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | January 2026
Public health emergency operations centers help agencies coordinate information, staffing, technical assistance, and communication during outbreaks and other health emergencies.
National Public Health Agency Preparedness
| World Health Organization | WHO | March 23, 2026
National public health agencies need clear emergency capabilities, command structures, trained staff, surveillance, risk communication, and coordination systems for all-hazards readiness.
Simulation Exercises for Health Emergency Readiness
| Staff | World Health Organization | March 24, 2026
Simulation exercises help agencies test plans, expose gaps, train personnel, and improve coordination before emergencies become real.
Health Facilities and Climate Disaster Resilience
| Staff | World Health Organization | March 6, 2026
Climate-ready health facilities protect patients and staff by preparing for floods, landslides, drought, disease risks, and service interruptions.
Community Protection During Emergencies
| Staff | World Health Organization | March 6, 2026
Emergency preparedness works best when social protection, economic support, local participation, and attention to vulnerable groups are built into response plans.
Hospital Microgrids for Emergency Power
| P. Nazartalab | Scientific Reports | 2026
Hospital microgrids can combine solar, batteries, and prioritized medical loads to protect critical care when the electric grid fails.
Emergency Shelter Resilience
| Y. Wu | Sustainability | 2026
Shelter resilience research helps planners evaluate whether emergency shelter networks can handle population needs, hazard exposure, accessibility, and recovery demands.
Hybrid Microgrids for Critical Facilities
| S. E. Eyimaya | Sustainability | 2026
Hybrid microgrids can extend fuel autonomy, reduce diesel dependence, and keep priority services functioning during prolonged outages.
Disaster Preparedness Among Urban Residents
| B. Cakir | BMC Public Health | 2026
Understanding why some residents prepare more than others can help public health agencies design better emergency education and community outreach.
Local Trust in Cyclone Preparedness
| M. L. Hossain | Nature | 2026
Trust in warnings, local institutions, and community response systems can shape whether people evacuate, shelter safely, and recover after cyclones.
Disaster Shelter and Gender Safety
| Sarah Johnson | The Guardian | March 27, 2026
Disaster shelters and recovery plans must address privacy, safety, caregiving, and violence prevention so women and girls are protected during emergencies.
Emergency Shelter After Disasters
| Anastasia Mortimer | Australian Journal of Emergency Management | April 2, 2026
Shelter after disasters is not only a logistics issue; it also affects displacement, mental health, housing stability, and long-term community recovery.
Flood Mock Drills for State Preparedness
| Staff | Times of India | May 2026
Flood mock drills help governments test response plans, identify weaknesses, coordinate departments, and prepare communities before seasonal flooding.
Mega Disaster Drills for Multi-Hazard Preparedness
| Staff | Times of India | June 2026
Multi-hazard drills can test earthquake response, forest fire readiness, emergency communications, medical surge, evacuation, and resource mobilization.
Supply Chain Resilience Policy
| Maggie Nilz | ASTHO | June 22, 2026
Supply chain resilience policy can help states prepare for shortages of medical products, emergency supplies, equipment, and other goods needed during crises.
National Supply Chain Shock Preparedness
| Toby Helm | The Guardian | May 24, 2026
National resilience planning must account for food, medicine, fuel, and critical materials that may be disrupted by war, pandemics, cyberattacks, or climate disasters.
Public Emergency Preparedness Culture
| Jean Coussins | The Guardian | May 7, 2026
A public preparedness culture normalizes household readiness, trusted information, local response, and practical guidance before emergencies happen.
Resilience Hubs as Community Infrastructure
| Staff | Domestic Preparedness | February 4, 2026
Resilience hubs can serve as trusted neighborhood anchors for cooling, charging, emergency supplies, communication, shelter support, and disaster recovery coordination.
Microgrids and Emergency Operations
| Staff | Domestic Preparedness | November 19, 2025
Microgrids support emergency operations by keeping local power available when the wider grid is damaged or overloaded.
Port Supply Chain Resilience
| Digvijay Redekar, Ronald Askin, Feng Ju | arXiv | October 10, 2025
Port resilience matters because disasters, cyberattacks, and infrastructure failures can disrupt the movement of essential goods across entire regions.
Resilient Road Networks for Supply Chains
| PIARC | World Road Association | Updated Resource
Road network resilience protects supply chains by preserving routes, redundancy, freight movement, and access to emergency supplies during extreme weather.
Critical Infrastructure Cyber Resilience
| International Chamber of Commerce | ICC | July 2024
Cyber resilience protects emergency services, energy, communications, transportation, and supply chains from digital disruptions during crises.
Community Emergency Response Team Training
| City of Redlands | Redlands CERT | Updated Resource
CERT training gives residents basic skills that can save lives and support neighborhoods when professional responders are delayed after a disaster.
Volunteer Response Team Integration
| J. Jensen | Journal of Emergency Management | 2015
Integrating volunteer response teams before disasters improves coordination, clarifies roles, and helps emergency managers use local capacity effectively.
Campus Community Emergency Response Teams
| Kati Scanlon | International Institute of Global Resilience | August 24, 2015
Campus CERT programs show how trained volunteers can support preparedness, light search and rescue, medical triage, and emergency coordination in institutions.
Local Volunteer Coordination in Disasters
| Staff | Australian Journal of Emergency Management | April 2017
Community-based coordination frameworks can help match local volunteers, resources, and response tasks during fast-changing disaster conditions.
Psychosocial Disaster Preparedness
| Australian Red Cross | Australian Journal of Emergency Management | July 3, 2023
Psychosocial preparedness strengthens personal resilience, coping capacity, community support, and recovery after traumatic emergency events.
Health System Resilience Toolkit
| World Health Organization | WHO | May 10, 2022
Health system resilience toolkits help governments and providers plan for service continuity, workforce needs, supplies, communication, and recovery.
Community Resilience Planning and Simulation
| Abbas Ganji, Negin Alimohammadi, Scott Miles | arXiv | April 26, 2019
Simulation modeling can help communities understand infrastructure interdependencies, social impacts, and recovery timelines before disasters occur.
Resilience of Critical Structures, Infrastructure, and Communities
This report examines resilience across hospitals, schools, infrastructure networks, emergency departments, restoration processes, and community functionality.
Disaster-Resilient Power Distribution
| Santosh Sharma, Qifeng Li, Qiuhua Huang, Ahmad Tbaileh | arXiv | August 21, 2020
Resilient distribution planning uses emergency resources, distributed energy, and restoration models to reduce outage impacts after disasters.
Context-Aware Microgrid Resilience
| Sakshi Mishra, Ted Kwasnik, Kate Anderson | arXiv | June 17, 2021
Context-aware resilience metrics help planners understand whether a microgrid can support critical loads under the specific hazards faced by a site.
Decentralized Microgrid Management for Extreme Events
| Pudong Ge, Fei Teng, Charalambos Konstantinou, Shiyan Hu | arXiv | September 1, 2021
Decentralized microgrid management can help critical facilities maintain power when disasters damage both physical grid infrastructure and communication systems.
Threat Assessment for Resilient Microgrids
| Sakshi Mishra, Kate Anderson, Brian Miller, Kyle Boyer, Adam Warren | arXiv | October 2, 2019
Threat assessment helps microgrid designers identify physical, cyber, and operational vulnerabilities before relying on local power systems for emergency backup.
Disaster Preparedness and Recovery Microgrids
| Global Disaster Preparedness Center | PrepareCenter | 2014
Microgrids can support disaster recovery by powering critical facilities, reducing outage impacts, and improving local control over emergency energy resources.
Rural Preparedness Challenges
| Rural Health Information Hub | RHIhub | Updated Resource
Rural emergency preparedness must account for limited resources, long travel distances, communications barriers, workforce shortages, and access to higher-level care.
Health Emergency Readiness Across Hazards
| World Health Organization | WHO | Updated Resource
Health emergency readiness includes surveillance, public health capacity, emergency operations, risk communication, logistics, and coordination across multiple hazards.
Maintaining Essential Health Services During Crises
| World Health Organization | WHO | Updated Resource
Resilient health systems protect routine and emergency care even when communities face outbreaks, disasters, conflict, climate shocks, or infrastructure failures.
Disaster Law and Community Resilience
| Red Cross Red Crescent Southeast Asia | RCRC Resilience Library | Updated Resource
Community resilience depends on disaster law, risk reduction, communication, health systems, volunteer networks, gender equity, and local preparedness.
Emergency Shelter for Children and Families
| UNICEF Brazil | UNICEF | 2024
Child-centered emergency shelter planning helps protect children and families during disasters while supporting safety, dignity, continuity, and recovery.
Cholera Outbreak Preparedness
| WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region | WHO EMRO | 2025
Cholera preparedness requires surveillance, water and sanitation planning, health care readiness, community engagement, and fast outbreak response.
Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence
| WHO Pandemic Hub | World Health Organization | 2025
Pandemic intelligence strengthens early warning, routine surveillance, research coordination, and the ability to detect and respond to emerging health threats.
Safe Hospitals in Emergencies
| Staff | WHO Europe | February 14, 2024
Safe hospital initiatives help health facilities prepare staff, coordinate response, assess risks, and continue care during emergencies.
Climate-Ready Health Care Infrastructure
| Staff | World Health Organization | March 6, 2026
Climate-ready health care infrastructure reduces service interruptions by preparing facilities for flooding, heat, landslides, water risks, and climate-sensitive disease outbreaks.
Emergency Recovery and Voluntary Organizations
| FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency | May 14, 2026
Voluntary organizations support disaster survivors through feeding, cleanup, shelter support, casework, donations management, and long-term recovery.
Rebuilding With Backup Power
Backup power projects help public facilities maintain critical operations when storms, floods, fires, or grid failures interrupt electricity.
Hurricane Safe Rooms and Mitigation Funding
| Staff | FEMA | April 27, 2026
Hurricane safe rooms and mitigation investments protect people before disasters and reduce the burden on emergency shelters and responders.
Emergency Supply Chain Continuity
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development | November 28, 2024
Supply chain continuity planning can reduce shortages, improve redundancy, and help governments and firms recover faster after shocks.
Resilient Supply Chain Emergency Management
| Research Authors | ResearchGate | 2024
Emergency management for supply chains includes early warning, risk assessment, response planning, alternative suppliers, and recovery strategies.
Preparedness for Emerging-Market Logistics
| Industry Contributor | LinkedIn | July 24, 2025
Logistics preparedness helps protect communities by maintaining the movement of food, medicine, fuel, equipment, and other essential goods after disasters.
Mission Continuity and Resilience
| UNC Emergency Management and Planning | University of North Carolina | March 17, 2025
Mission continuity planning helps institutions prepare for supply chain disruption, displacement, operations interruptions, and recovery after emergencies.
Health Care Readiness and Recovery
| Trust for America’s Health | TFAH | 2025
Health care readiness and recovery programs help hospitals and emergency partners maintain lifesaving care when disasters exceed normal capacity.
National Emergency Preparedness Funding
| Staff | Health Response Alliance | 2026
Preparedness funding supports hospital coalitions, regional response, emergency care coordination, and the ability to handle disasters that overwhelm routine systems.
Emergency Medical Services Technology Readiness
| Emily Hou, Marelyn Gonzalez, Andrew L. Kun, Osnat Mokryn, Orit Shaer | arXiv | June 15, 2026
EMS technology must support coordination, situational awareness, trust, privacy, and professional judgment during high-pressure emergency response.
Critical Infrastructure Fortification
Critical infrastructure fortification focuses on continuity and resilience so essential services can withstand cyber, physical, natural, and human-caused disruptions.
Manufacturing Resilience and Emergency Risk
| CyManII | Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation Institute | April 14, 2026
Manufacturing resilience matters for emergency preparedness because disruptions can affect medical supplies, infrastructure repair, equipment production, and critical supply chains.
International Critical Infrastructure Resilience
| Staff | Critical Infrastructure Protection Association | December 9, 2024
Global infrastructure interdependence means emergency preparedness increasingly requires cross-border coordination, shared risk reduction, and resilient supply chains.
Critical Infrastructure Year in Review
| Staff | Industrial Cyber | February 13, 2026
CISA’s year in review highlights preparedness, security, and resilience work across critical systems that communities depend on during disasters.
Emergency Preparedness and National Resilience
| Jean Coussins | The Guardian | May 7, 2026
National resilience depends on public education, trusted guidance, household readiness, local participation, and realistic planning for large-scale emergencies.
Disaster Recovery Fund for Communities
| Staff | British Red Cross | February 2, 2026
Disaster recovery funds can support people before, during, and after crises by strengthening preparedness, rapid response, and long-term community rebuilding.
Emergency Shelter and Transitional Support
| Humanitarian Action | United Nations OCHA | January 29, 2026
Emergency shelter programs provide immediate protection, essential supplies, seasonal support, and transition pathways for people affected by disasters and displacement.
Disaster Preparedness for Vulnerable Communities
| Staff | World Health Organization | March 6, 2026
Preparedness plans are stronger when they center children, women, marginalized communities, and people facing social or economic vulnerability.
Hospital Power Resilience Trends
| Staff | Trystar | December 12, 2025
Hospital power resilience includes standby generation, microgrids, battery systems, intelligent controls, and infrastructure designed for uninterrupted patient care.
Emergency Planning for Community Shelters
| Y. Wu | Sustainability | 2026
Emergency shelter planning must consider location, capacity, access, hazard exposure, public communication, and the ability to support people through recovery.
Community Preparedness Behavior
| B. Cakir | BMC Public Health | 2026
Preparedness behavior research helps agencies understand how education, social conditions, risk awareness, and household capacity influence disaster readiness.
Institutional Effectiveness in Disaster Response
| M. L. Hossain | Nature | 2026
Effective local institutions can improve warning response, shelter use, recovery support, and trust before and after major disasters.
All-Hazards Health Emergency Framework
| World Health Organization | WHO | 2026
All-hazards health emergency frameworks help countries prepare for pandemics, natural disasters, chemical events, radiological threats, and other emergencies.
Preparedness Exercises for Public Health Systems
Preparedness exercises let health systems practice roles, test command structures, identify weaknesses, and improve readiness before emergencies occur.
