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- Basic First-Aid Supplies: Disaster Fact SheetMartin, Michael (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2014-06-24)This is a disaster fact sheet covering basic first-aid supplies. First-aid kits are a necessity for attending to victims and should be kept in homes, vehicles, schools and workplaces.
- Biological & Chemical Terrorism: Disaster Fact SheetMartin, Michael (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2014-06-24)This is a disaster fact sheet biological and chemical terrorism, what they are, hazards associated with them, risks, how severity is expressed, and protective measures to take.
- Child Emergency Preparedness: Disaster Fact SheetMartin, Michael (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2014-06-24)The way children cope with disasters or emergencies often is directly tied to the way their parents cope. Parents and adults can make disasters less traumatic for children by taking steps to manage their own feelings and coping. One way to establish a sense of control and to build confidence in children before a disaster is to involve them in preparing family disaster kits and plans.
- Connected Vehicle Data Safety ApplicationsMartin, Michael; Wu, Lingtao; Ramezani, Mahin; Li, Xiao; Turner, Shawn; Stutes, Sophia; Hasan, Faiza; Potter, Michael (2023-09)The large-scale assessment of how driving behavior affects traffic safety and ongoing surveillance is hindered by data collection difficulties, small sample sizes, and high costs. Connected vehicles (CV) now offer massive volumes of observed driving behavior data from newer vehicles with myriad electronics and sensors that monitor the state of the vehicle, environmental conditions, and the driver’s actions. This project evaluated the viability of CV data in roadway safety applications with the objective of improving existing predictive crash methods, measuring traffic speed and its relationship to crashes, and determining whether CV data could be used to evaluate pavement marking products. The research team developed safety performance functions (SPFs) for rural two-lane segments and urban intersections in Texas. The results showed that the SPFs improved with the addition of hard braking and hard acceleration counts in a majority of areas. Further, a variety of CV speed measures were generated from the CV data and were shown to have conflicting correlations with crash risk and counts. Lastly, the research team developed the data processing methods for evaluating pavement marking products but was unable to perform an evaluation due to the lack of detailed construction project records.
- Earthquakes: Disaster Fact SheetMartin, Michael (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2014-06-25)This is a disaster fact sheet covering earthquakes, what they are, hazards associated with them, risks, how severity is expressed, and protective measures to take.
- Emergency Preparedness: Basic First-Aid SuppliesMartin, Michael; Goerlich, Daniel L. (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2020)Discusses basic first aid kits for home, school, or businesses
- Emergency Preparedness: Biological & Chemical TerrorismMartin, Michael; Goerlich, Daniel L. (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2020)Discusses terrorism, biological agents, chemical terrorism, how to develop emergency plans, how to create emergency supply kits, evacuation and shelter in place
- Emergency Preparedness: ChildrenMartin, Michael; Goerlich, Daniel L. (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2020)Discusses helping children with disasters including coping with disaster, developing a family emergency plan, creating a family emergency supply kit, and reassuring children after the disaster.
- Emergency preparedness: EarthquakesMartin, Michael; Goerlich, Daniel L. (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2020)Discusses Earthquakes, where the occur the most in the United States, their hazards, severity, hot to create emergency preparedness kits, take protective measures, what to do during the quake, and what to do after the quake
- Emergency Preparedness: FloodsMartin, Michael; Goerlich, Daniel L. (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2020)Discusses floods as one of the most common hazards in the United States. Lists types and categories of floods and the damage they can do. How to protect your home from flooding, develop emergency plans, how to create a disaster supply kit, and how to avoid drowning by not driving into flood waters.
- Emergency Preparedness: PetsMartin, Michael; Goerlich, Daniel L. (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2020)Discusses how to care for pets in an emergency. Protecting animals in emergencies involves a public and private coordinated effort
- Emergency Preparedness: TornadoesMartin, Michael; Goerlich, Daniel L. (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2020)Discusses tornadoes, tornado danger signs, tornado scales, how to plan ahead to seek shelter and knowing where to shelter
- Floods: Disaster Fact SheetMartin, Michael (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2014-06-25)This is a disaster fact sheet covering floods, what they are, hazards associated with them, risks, how severity is expressed, and protective measures to take.
- Life Skills Develop through Participation in Youth Entrepreneurship ProgramHowland, Catherine (Virginia Tech, 2013-12)Entrepreneur and vocational programs are important in building workforce readiness skills in youth (Fields, Brown, Piechocinski, & Wells, 2012). Recent surveys have found that certain skills, including communications, critical thinking, as well as leadership development are lacking among young people (Pace, 2012). Ninety percent of respondents in a survey by the Center for Creative Leadership indicated that education in leadership should begin before age 18, while 50% noted a need to start in elementary school or before (Pace, 2012). Through already existing program settings that involve youth development professionals, youth have the potential to improve upon certain life skills that will aid them in achieving employment or starting a business of their own. Dedicated professionals in support of these endeavors can positively affect young people in their attempts to simultaneously balance jobs and maintain grades at school. In this report, the role of entrepreneurship within a 4-H youth development program was examined. Several young entrepreneurial workshops took place in an after school setting to provide youth with tools needed to run their own booth at a local farmers market. Participation in 4-H programs was positively related to youth life skill development. Building communication skills, teamwork skills, and a sense of responsibility in youth are just a few of the ways that Virginia Cooperative Extension programs influence young people on their way to adulthood. Findings in this report support the claim that youth gained important life skills as a result of their participation in the educational workshops combined with the hands-on experiences during the farmers market. Through entrepreneur activities in positive youth development programs such as 4-H, FFA and Boys and Girls Clubs, young people will be better equipped for life, in general, after high school.
- A Model for Collaborative Partnership: Virginia Cooperative Extension and the Local School System Support Financial Education MandatesMosley, Cristy (Virginia Tech, 2014-05)Extension professionals partner with other community agencies to meet common educational goals. Utilization of a collaborative model can aid in the organization of a collaborative effort. This paper highlights Rubin’s (2009) “collaboration’s life cycle”. This model contains 14 detailed, non-sequential, steps that are grouped into 5 phases. These phases include the launch of a collaborative effort, developing human resources and the knowledge base, building administrative structures and systems, and building a culture of collaboration, and accountability, sustainability, and renewal. Through a case study, this paper discusses how the “collaboration’s life cycle” fits a new partnership between Cooperative Extension and two Virginia high schools working towards the common goal of improving financial literacy in teens. In this collaboration, two Reality Store “real world” financial simulations were planned and implemented for students enrolled in the Economics and Personal Finance course at their high schools.
- Pet Preparedness: Disaster Fact SheetMartin, Michael (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2014-07-10)The likelihood that you and your animals will survive emergencies or disasters such as a fire, earthquake, flood, tornado or terrorist attack depends largely on emergency planning. Because animals can influence a person's decision to take protective actions, this publication helps one understand how to manage animals in emergencies.
- Preparing for an Emergency: Make a Family Emergency KitMartin, Michael; Goerlich, Daniel L. (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2020)Why and how to make an emergency preparedness kit for your household
- Preparing for an Emergency: Make a Family Emergency KitMartin, Michael (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2014-09-01)This brochure describes how to cope with an emergency situation and protect your family.
- Preparing for an Emergency: The Smart Thing to DoGregg, Cynthia L.; Martin, Michael (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2014-10-01)This brochure describes how to cope with an emergency situation and protect your family. It will help you to: assemble an emergency kit, develop a family communication plan, develop a family evacuation plan, and Develop an in-home care plan for family members with special needs.
- Tornadoes: Disaster Fact SheetMartin, Michael (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2014-07-10)This publication is a disaster fact sheet describing tornado awareness, danger signs, scales, shelter, planning, and supply kits.