Author(s): Angelo Verzoni, Scott Sutherland, Jesse Roman. Published on May 1, 2020.
Learning from COVID
What the pandemic teaches us about large-scale emergency response
The upheavals resulting from the coronavirus pandemic have forced countries around the world to confront a host of vulnerabilities and to take steps to reinforce, or even rebuild, systems designed to support public health and safety. As the latest crisis continues, the staff of NFPA Journal looks at the early lessons from COVID-19 and their potential impact on how health care facilities, first responders, and communities as a whole manage the next widespread emergency.
As health care facilities scrambled to expand patient capacity amid the coronavirus pandemic, fire and life safety code compliance took a back seat. Should that worry us?
BY ANGELO VERZONI
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Will lessons from the pandemic change emergency response forever?
BY JESSE ROMAN
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The better you understand your community, the better you can manage the next large-scale crisis. Why the time is now to pursue community risk reduction.
BY SCOTT SUTHERLAND
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