May 9, 2002 - More 2nd Edition enhancements coming soon – summary of changes

Fedhealth is planning to release a revised version of the 2nd Edition of "IT’S A DISASTER! …and what are YOU gonna do about it?" in the coming months. The following summarizes the revisions to the 212-page manual (listed in the order they will appear)…

--  Moving CONTENTS section closer to front of book -- now easier to reference with new pagination

--  Adding new Disaster Facts & Figures thru April 2002

--  Inserting new U.S. National Poison Control 800 #

--  Including additional Canadian information under the "Nuclear Power Plant Emergency" section (info provided by Ontario Ministry of Public Safety & Security EMO’s "Provincial Nuclear Emergency Plan" Backgrounder)

--  Reminding Americans and Canadians to pay attention to "alerts" provided by the Office of Homeland Security and OCIPEP in the "Terrorism" section

--  Adding new FEMA initiative and new FEMA organization under "Mitigation Strategies for Businesses & Consumers" section (per FEMA announcements posted online in March & April 2002)
     - Pre-Disaster Mitigation Program [PDM]
     - Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration [FIMA]

--  Updating various State & Provincial contact information through May 2002 (about 30 offices had changes to ph#s, addresses, web sites, etc.)
 
--  Changing "Appendix A" from "Project Impact" to "Office of Homeland Security" (per White House & FEMA announcements posted online early 2002) 
     - Office of Homeland Security
     - Homeland Security Advisory System's color-coded "threat conditions"
     - Office of National Preparedness
     - Citizen Corps

--  Adding more "Additional Resources & Web Sites" in back of book

2nd Edition will still have 212 pages total. Estimated availability is late-June / early-July 2002 so please check back for updates.

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