Staff members of the Global CDMHA have established contacts worldwide in the areas of disaster management, health, and terrorism counter-action, preparedness and planning. Our contacts range from high-ranking government officials, to the local first responders providing direct assistance. Through this unique relationship, the Global CDMHA has assisted nations in developing and reviewing plans, conducting research and assisting with disaster mitigation measures.
The Global CDMHA Disaster Response Teams have the capability to provide information from the impact area through the use of modern technology (e.g. collection and transmission of fragile data to facilitate timely analyses).
The Disaster Response Team’s goals include expanding our network of subject matter experts to continue developing a user-friendly, real-time, mobile, and internet-enabled disaster response management system.
Disaster Response Team Goals include, developing a user-friendly, real-time, mobile, and internet-enabled disaster response management system, which will allow for:
- A quick and more effective response to disasters
- A system, which efficiently provides access to reliable and uniform information regarding infrastructure, casualties/injuries, and communications
- Improve logistical operations of a disaster and allow for improvement in resource management including: critical work force, relief workers, supplies, and disaster victims
- Improve service delivery by collecting, analyzing, and evaluating perishable data following a disaster
- Develop innovative, relevant, and efficient ways to deliver services to disaster victims and communities
- Develop a central collection point for information that can be shared with other agencies associated with disaster relief
Through applied research the Disaster Response Team is working to continually improve the global disaster management system.
