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West Virginia VOAD Receives the Governor’s Service Award

VisionLink

VisionLink would like to congratulate the Member Agencies of the West Virginia Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) on receiving the Governor’s Service Award. The award honors WV VOAD’s dedication to service and acknowledges their commitment to volunteerism throughout West Virginia.

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Disaster Relief Of A Different Kind - West Virginia Headline News and Talk Radio

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Disaster Relief Of A Different Kind - West Virginia Headline News and Talk Radio : Seventeen West Virginia Office of Technology employees are working long hours in Louisiana lending an IT helping hand following what Hurricane Isaac left behind.

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The Bold, Focused Ideas of Breakthrough Nonprofit Brands: Book Giveaway Winners Announced

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

in 2011 to be involved in disaster training programs leading up to the 10th anniversary of 9/11, called the “March to 1 Million” program. Second, organize local veterinarians, municipalities and animal rescue organizations in working together to provide low-cost spay/neuter and promote adoption of the satos.’”. Mobilizing 1 million people!

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Virgin Hyperloop hits an important milestone: the first human passenger test

The Verge

The company recently announced its plan to build a $500 million certification center to advance its vision of the future of high-speed transportation in West Virginia. Maintaining safety at such high speeds is very important, and all of the unforeseen disasters need to be engineered into the system. An earthquake?

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FEMA cancels classes at national fire training academy over Trump’s federal funding cuts

Fast Company Tech

The NFA is a powerhouse for the fire service,” said Marc Bashoor, a former Maryland fire chief and West Virginia emergency services director with 44 years of fire safety experience. Its not a nice to have. It is the one avenue we have to bring people from all over the country to learn from and with each other. Firings at the U.S.

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Trump’s EPA wants to get rid of a rule that protects you from chemical disasters

Fast Company Tech

The RMP program was established in 1990 following a series of infamous chemical disasters in the 1980s, most notably the chemical leak at Union Carbides plant in Bhopal, India, which poisoned roughly 500,000 people , around 20,000 of whom died in the hours and years afterward due to health complications from the exposure.

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How HHS layoffs will impact research, disease tracking, and other health needs

Fast Company Tech

Patty Murray of Washington predicted the cuts will have ramifications when natural disasters strike or infectious diseases, like the ongoing measles outbreak , spread. NIOSH is based in Cincinnati but also has people in Pittsburgh; Spokane, Washington; and Morgantown, West Virginia. Democratic Sen.

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