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2. The University of Pittsburgh Center for Public Health Preparedness Purpose: Trains professionals and students in public health and related organizations to respond to bioterrorism, infectious disease outbreaks, and other public health threats and emergencies. A project of the CDC through cooperative agreement number U90/CCU3214238

3. The Center www.cphp.pitt.edu/upcphp

4. Housekeeping Cell Phones, pagers, etc. Schedule for the day Learning objectives Thanks

5. 2005 - Katrina Catastrophic failure of a system of network typically requires the application of a heavy load to a weakened structure “Structure” may be physical or virtual

7. St. Patrick’s Day Flood, 1936

8. Resilience People’s capacity to cope with stress and catastrophe The ability of an organization, resource, or structure to sustain the impact of a business interruption and recover and resume its operations How far a system can be perturbed before it collapses or is fundamentally altered