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Item 2007 Twin Cities Area Survey: Results and Technical Report.(Minnesota Center for Survey Research (MCSR), 2007) Minnesota Center for Survey ResearchItem 2008 Twin Cities Area Survey: Results and Technical Report.(Minnesota Center for Survey Research (MCSR), 2008) Minnesota Center for Survey ResearchItem An Evaluation of the Literacy Demands of Online Natural Disaster Preparedness Materials for Families(Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 2020) So, Marvin; Franks, Jessica L.; Cree, Robyn A.; Leeb, Rebecca T.Objective: Natural disasters are becoming increasingly common, but it is unclear whether families can comprehend and use available resources to prepare for such emergencies. The objective of this study was to evaluate the literacy demands of risk communication materials on natural disasters for US families with children. Methods: In January 2018, we assessed 386 online self-directed learning resources related to emergency preparedness for natural disasters using 5 literacy assessment tools. Assessment scores were compared by information source, audience type, and disaster type. Results: One-in-three websites represented government institutions, and 3/4 were written for a general audience. Nearly 1-in-5 websites did not specify a disaster type. Assessment scores suggest a mismatch between the general population’s literacy levels and literacy demands of materials in the areas of readability, complexity, suitability, web usability, and overall audience appropriateness. Materials required more years of education beyond the grade level recommended by prominent health organizations. Resources for caregivers of children generally and children with special health care needs possessed lower literacy demands than materials overall, for most assessment tools. Conclusions: Risk communication and public health agencies could better align the literacy demands of emergency preparedness materials with the literacy capabilities of the general public.Item Minutes: Senate Committee on Finance and Planning: December 11, 2007(University of Minnesota, 2007-12-11) University of Minnesota: Senate Committee on Finance and PlanningItem Minutes: Senate Committee on Finance and Planning: May 29, 2007(University of Minnesota, 2007-05-29) University of Minnesota: Senate Committee on Finance and PlanningItem A Model for Emergency Preparedness and Response in the 21st Century: A Closer Look at the I-35 W Bridge Collapse and the City of Minneapolis’s Crisis Management System(Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, 2009-05-13) Doyle, JeremiahOne of the most critical roles for local government is to have an efficient and effective emergency preparedness and response system. A successful emergency preparedness and response system plans for and protects its citizens from potential crises, both expected and unexpected. The need for an effective system could not be made more evident than on September 11th, 2001 after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Many valuable lessons were learned after that response including the need for clearer strategic planning and better communications. Six years later, the City of Minneapolis encountered an unexpected disaster when the I-35 W Bridge collapsed during rush hour on Wednesday, August 1st 2007. The emergency response to the I-35 W Bridge collapse was swift and massive with more than 140 different organizations involved in the effort. It took emergency responders less than two hours to rescue every survivor, and as I will argue throughout the paper, the crisis response to the I-35 W Bridge collapse is a model for effective emergency preparedness and response in the 21st century. There were two very important lessons learned from this analysis. First, hierarchical and network characteristics within the crisis management system proved to be one of the most significant reasons the emergency response was so effective. The crisis management system utilized during the I-35 W Bridge collapse was the Incident Command System. The Minneapolis response illustrates that a successful crisis management system requires a balance between hierarchical and network elements. The second most important lesson learned was Mayor R.T. Rybak’s decision to attend the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA’s) training course in 2002. Thisdecision played a crucial role in the response and recovery efforts for two reasons. First, it was the initial step towards relationship building, and second, it illustrated weaknesses in the city’s emergency response, which were amended before the 2007 I-35 W Bridge collapse.Item Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Workplan and Progress Report(University of Minnesota, 2006-09-15) University of Minnesota. Academic Health Center Office of Emergency ResponseItem Weapons of Mass Destruction: From Worst Case Scenarios to Reality(2009-11-17) Andregg, Michael M.This is a 48 slide, PowerPoint review of every aspect of nuclear weapons that first responders should know about that can be packed into a 90 minute time period. It covers elementary weapons effects, inventories around the world including allies, enemies and troublesome third parties, numbers relevant to an SS-18 attack on Minnesota, and responses that could mitigate effects. It also covers biological and chemical WMDs, but in less detail since they are much less liable to end civilization as we know it, which the nuclear arsenals certainly could.