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The QR Center is the most comprehensive personal Earthquake Relief Center. Minutes after an earthquake hits, you will have a secure, warm, lit shelter with food and water for up to a week.

Residents of Los Angeles and Southern California who want to be prepared for the next big earthquake can now take advantage of the most complete earthquake kit on the market. Disaster Survival Solutions, a company located just miles from the epicenter of the 1906 earthquake, has taken all the guesswork out of earthquake preparedness and is now delivering and installing the QR Center to Los Angeles area residents.

Residents of Los Angeles and Southern California who want to be prepared for the next big earthquake can now take advantage of the most complete earthquake kit on the market. Starting today, Disaster Survival Solutions, a company located just miles from the epicenter of the 1906 earthquake, has taken all the guesswork out of earthquake disaster preparedness and is now delivering and installing the QR Center to Los Angeles area residents. Read the rest of this entry »

Atlas Business Solutions, Inc. (ABS) announced that Hennepin County, Minnesota, the largest county in Minnesota with 1.1 million residents, has chosen ScheduleAnywhere® to schedule nearly 7,500 of its employees. Hennepin County will use ScheduleAnywhere to manage the day-to-day work schedules of its employees and gain real-time visibility of schedules and staffing needs across multiple departments, including health services, public health, libraries, public safety, and public works.

Managing Employee Work Schedules Online

ScheduleAnywhere will ensure proper staffing levels are achieved throughout Hennepin County. Departments will enter their staffing requirements and instantly see coverage gaps, as well as be able to identify available and qualified employees to help fill those gaps. ScheduleAnywhere will also be used to track time off and availability, as well as employee skills and certifications.

“It’s the most effective way for Hennepin County to schedules its employees, share personnel, and ensure the right people are scheduled where and when they’re needed,” said Jon Forknell, ABS vice president and general manager. “Hennepin County will use ScheduleAnywhere to schedule employees by shift, department and location, as well as allow managers to share schedules and personnel across multiple departments.”

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Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials announced the launch of FEMA’s redesigned Spanish Web site, www.fema.gov/espanol. As part of FEMA’s mission to be Prepared, Responsive, and Committed and commemorating the National Hispanic Heritage Month, the site was deployed to cover the needs of Spanish-speakers nationwide and establishes a new stage in the agency’s multilingual communications efforts.

Launched at the end of September, the redesigned FEMA Spanish Web site www.fema.gov/espanol is a continuance of the preparedness message from National Preparedness Month and commemorates National Hispanic Heritage Month. “The launch of this site is part of our effort to ensure that communities across country continue to have the tools necessary to be prepared before an emergency or disaster strikes.”

The site is focused on individuals and families in multi-hazard disasters. It includes information on what to do before (natural disaster preparedness), during (emergency response) and after (recovery and mitigation) disasters. Disaster survivors can also register for disaster assistance through www.disasterassistance.gov/espanol and, when activated, can look for loved ones displaced during emergencies through the National Emergency Family Registry and Locator systems. Both applications are available in Spanish.

The new design features a simple format with main topics divided in blocks of three for easy access. The first block includes information like disaster information, preparedness, and mitigation. The second block includes action items such as recent news, major warnings and relevant information just one click away, i.e. hurricane preparedness, National Preparedness Month and H1N1. The third block includes general information like current disasters, types of disasters and what to do before, during and after different types of natural or man-made emergencies as well as links to other government agencies active in disasters.

We encourage everyone to link up to the page www.fema.gov/espanol so that more people have access to important information about disasters, how to be prepared, how FEMA can help and be part of the country’s response team.

FEMA’s mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards.