Powering Through: Florida Shows the Pitfalls of Fast-Tracking Emergency Power Legislation

This report summarizes research into Florida's new emergency power supply regulations, which were introduced a year before Hurricane Michael hit the state in 2018 in an attempt to avoid deaths caused when air conditioning or life-sustaining equipment failed. It discusses how the situation in Florida shows that using political pressure to fast-track legislation for improved safety doesn ’t necessarily result in timely execution or maximized benefits, and that the rush to meet deadlines for increased emergency power overwhelmed the elder-care industry. (Text)
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news