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Campaign: Public Private Partnerships- Building Relationships for the Future
Do-It-Yourself Affordable Tornado Shelter
While pre-cast tornado shelters can be purchased for around $3,000. it seems to me that a hardware business like Loew's, Ace, and Home Depot, who rent equipment like cement mixers could profit by developing a less than $500. DIY kit for home owners to make their own shelters. I was envisioning a shelter that looked like an Igloo that would function as a storage shed for lawn mowers, bicycles, etc. 99.9% of the time, ...more »
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Campaign: Medical Responses
Influenza Pandemic Mitigation
FEMA: Experts agree that a pandemic is not a matter of "if" but "when." We all expect that our government will produce a "silver bullet" vaccine that will "save the day," but in the past few years when flu vaccine was in short supply it took months before additional supplies could be generated. A similar 1918 Bird Flu pandemic would be more devastating than any terrorist threat or natural disaster could be to our country. ...more »
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Campaign: Medical Responses
Rapid Hospital Capability Expansion for Disasters
FEMA: Most larger hospitals in major metropolitan areas have multilevel parking garages in close proximity to their main structure. In the case of a pandemic like the 1918 Bird Flu, the hospital's capacity would be soon overrun. Additionally, the hospitals would still need to provide their regular services to the community even with a great influx of flu patients. While military tents at off site locations could be ...more »
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Campaign: FEMA Think Tank
Intermodal Shipping Container Temporary Disaster Housing
FEMA: While numerous people have suggested Intermodal Shipping Container Housing, what I wanted to propose is using non-dedicated shipping containers that could be leased from normal shipping container companies after a disaster, where families are displaced, and outfitted with interior components that FEMA would own and have stockpiled, and once they were no longer needed the containers could be returned to their owners ...more »