This episode, Workplace Preparedness, interviews Bob Boyd president and CEO of Agility Recovery, a company that develops disaster preparedness plans for the workplace and business continuity solutions. By the Nation’s Health reporter, Teddi Johnson.

Emergencies and disasters can strike in the blink of an eye and everybody has to be prepared. But older adults often have some special needs. To help seniors and caregivers plan their preparedness stategy, the Get Ready campaign recently interviewed Jim Judge, executive director for Lake Sumter EMS, Inc., in Mount Dora, Florida and a member of the American Red Cross Scientific Advisory Council and chair of the Disaster Health Subcommittee.

APHA’s Get Ready campaign interviews John Lindsay, Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Disaster and Emergency Studies at Brandon University in Monitoba, Canada and a member of the American Red Cross’ Scientific Advisory Council on preparing for the cold weather.

APHA’s Get Ready campaign interviews Tina Pettingill, executive director of the Maine Public Health Association, on the launch of their new preparedness campaign called GetMEReady.

APHA’s Get Ready campaign interviews William Schaffner, MD, infectious disease specialist and co-chair of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases and its Pneumococcal Disease Advisory Board on the importance of getting vaccines to prevent pneumococcal disease in all age groups.