CONVERGE COVID-19 Hurricane Preparedness Working Group: Planning for Evacuation and Sheltering of Vulnerable and Medically Fragile Populations during a Compound Hurricane-Pandemic Threat
CONVERGE COVID-19 Hurricane Preparedness Working Group: Planning for Evacuation and Sheltering of Vulnerable and Medically Fragile Populations during a Compound Hurricane-Pandemic Threat

Resources

  After-action reports

Vulnerable Populations & Planning Considerations

Workshop 1

Public Messaging: Risk Communication for Disaster Preparedness, Evacuation and Sheltering

Workshop 4

Health and Infection Control Measures

Workshop 2

Workforce: Evacuations, Shelter Staffing, Workforce Structure, Capacity, PPE, and Telemedicine

Workshop 5

Transportation and Sheltering Logistics

Workshop 3

Psychological Adjustment During COVID-19 Pandemic

Workshop 6

Planning for Evacuation and Sheltering of Vulnerable & Medically Fragile Populations During the Post-Vaccine Period of a Compound Hurricane-Pandemic Threat

Workshop Fall 2021

  Other

Job hazard analysis of shelter operations.  Description, example worksheet and blank worksheet are useful in understanding the job hazard of shelter operations.

A guide to disaster workforce planning during the 2020 Hurricane-Coronavirus pandemic season and beyond.

The COVID-19 Evacuation and Sheltering Risk Perception Study prepared for the Virginia Department of Emergency Management.

Shelters mapped by CEDR (Crowd Emergency Disaster Response) Digital Corp.

Understanding and Communicating about COVID-19 Vaccine Efficacy, Effectiveness, and Equity:

A report that summarizes social, behavioral, and decision science research relevant to communicating how well COVID-19 vaccines work are and how equitably they are being distributed.

It offers practical strategies for both the process and the content of such communication, recognizing that people respond to both how they learn about something and what they learn about it.

Emergency Evacuation and Sheltering During the COVID-19 Pandemic:

A report that identifies strategies for emergency planners and decision-makers to consider amid COVID-19, as they plan for disaster response, evacuation, sheltering, and mass care during snowstorms, flooding, earthquakes, and other emergencies.

Encouraging Adoption of Protective Behaviors to Mitigate the Spread of COVID-19: Strategies for Behavior Change:

A report to help decision makers identify strategies for increasing adherence to protective behaviors that can mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

Ultimately, the focus is on increasing knowledge, reducing barriers, and emphasizing efforts that make healthier choices easier and rewarding, to complement communication interventions.

Research Counts collection that focuses on mass sheltering:

  1. Hurricane Shelters and COVID-19: Protecting Workers' Emotional Well-Being (here)
  2. Take Shelter: Monitoring the Health of Diverse Populations During Disaster (here)
  3. Planning in Advance: Promoting Health and Wellness in Disaster Shelters (here)
  4. PET PODs: Including Pets in Your Community Evacuation Shelter Plan (here)
  5. The Inside Edge: Enhancing Shelters Through Community Partnerships (here)

Selected reports from the Natural Hazards Center Quick Response Research Award Program

  1. Lessons from Concurrent Disasters: COVID-19 and Eight Hurricanes (here)
  2. Dynamic Risk Perception and Behavior in Response to COVID-19 (here)
  3. Adapting Transportation to Accommodate Populations Vulnerable to COVID-19 in Hazardous Settings (here) and storymap.
  4. To Remain or Relocate? Mobility Decisions of Homeowners Exposed to Recurrent Hurricanes (here)