Article Out Loud – Mitigating Disasters Through Collective Resilience

Full article by Andy Altizer and Barrett Cappetto, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, July 24, 2024. In this feature article, an emergency preparedness coordinator and a pipeline controller emphasize the importance of leveraging existing social bonds to help communities better adapt to, respond to, and collectively cope with crises. Although the collective resilience concept is not a typical emergency preparedness strategy or organizational structure, it could help lessen the effects after an emergency. Listen to expert insights on using creative thinking and research to develop realistic disaster mitigation programs and support an active process at all organizational levels.