Monthly Archive: September 2019
Elizabeth Rigby
September 12, 2019
Michelle Burnett, Senior Manager from the Enterprise Response and Resiliency Department within CVS Health, is one of Rhode Island’s skilled Emergency Managers. Burnett graduated from the University of Rhode Island with her Bachelor’s degree in Marine Biology and then received…
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samadams
September 12, 2019
A recent article by NPR highlights the considerable challenges emergency managers face in helping elderly residents evacuate in advance of storms. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/09/05/757674278/they-just-panic-elderly-residents-face-evacuation-challenges-during-storms From the perspective of Alysia Mihalakos, Chief of the RI Department of Health’s Center for Preparedness and Response,…
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