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With the black Emergency Managers association. I think she summed it up in terms of disaster management, in terms of the Emergency Management network. Guinea liberia sierra leone for the west african nations that needs to be established. I think your ims system was outstanding, setting that up, the coordination with stakeholders involved and thats going to be a key to rebuilding your Health Care Structures especially from the Community Level level. I want to commend you for all the work youve done. One other thing with dr. Lacy that he mentioned with the response to that and usually response w...

That the Laboratory System is strengthened, the capacity of our liberian military guys to do a job. So you feel confident that today you have, through the incident with the oversight of the Incident Management System you have access to sufficient ambulances and laboratories . You have the isolation and containment. You have the Case Investigation Contact Tracing teams, and the data coordination that that infrastructure is in place. It needs to be sustained and strengthened, and as you say within liberia itself, the biggest immediate challenge is montserrat county and monrovia proper, right . T...

The very beginning of hurricane season. so it's important for everyone along the eastern seaboard to be ready for a storm. if and when the time comes. for more on that, i'm joined by eaton edwards, executive director of the international preparedness network. thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> your mission is to keep us safe. what do we need to have in order to stay safe in any storm? >> people need to recognize they have to have a certain amount of equipment and information obviously to recognize what they need to do and what they need to have when the storms hit, after the...

Hurricane season but probably will not be the last serm. so what do you need to do and what do need to have and know if you're living in the path of the next hurricane? anton edwards is with the national preparedness network and joins us now. you've brought simple items that we can have it prepare for storms, earthquakes, what have you. >> right. one of the things that we discussed right before the segment was that the hurricane can also bring about other disasters, other problems, like, power outages and people need flashlights and such. i brought one of the things i got sheer a head lamp. wh...

Visitors is our number one priority. >> what's the smart way to brace for the storm? and is an america that wasn't ready for katrina, wasn't ready for sandy going to be ready next time? we're just learning this moment that president obama has been briefed on the storm. will that conversation turn to long-term preparedness? let's go to an expert on survivalism on this. he's a man who has his flashlights charged, his zombie ax is ready. ayton edwards from the national preparedness network. a big advocate for greater infrastructure for preparedness for storms to come. if any part of the country i...