Winter Storms - Be prepared

In Thurston County, we aren’t strangers to winter storms. Days of heavy rainfall, power outages, and strong winds are all too familiar to ma...

National Preparedness Month

September 2014 marks the eleventh annual National Preparedness Month, which is being supported by more than 3,000 public and private organiz...

Surviving the stress of a disaster

 Laura Santacrose Today’s guest blog on the importance of preparing both mentally and physically for disasters is by Laura Santacrose, MPH,...

Study: Most older adults aren’t prepared for disasters

Disasters can happen to anyone, anytime. But some people are more in danger of being harmed by disasters. According to a recent study, our o...

When natural disaster strikes...

Photo Credit: Snohomish County  As we watch and read the news coverage of the devastating landslide in Snohomish County, many of us want to...

Vigilant Guard

Maine CDC staff recently participated in a five-day full-scale disaster response exercise. The Vigilant Guard exercise began with a briefing...