Advocate for Your Health
Being your own health advocate helps ensure you receive the quality healthcare you deserve. Use these tips before, during, and after your medical appointment to make sure you receive the best possible care:
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Being your own health advocate helps ensure you receive the quality healthcare you deserve. Use these tips before, during, and after your medical appointment to make sure you receive the best possible care:
When Michael Cuccio joined FEMA as the Supply Chain Integration Branch Chief two and a half years ago, he realized there was room to evaluate the agency’s current procurement practices for both water and the meals they provide during disaster response. Prior to his arrival, his new team had already started exploring options for water delivery that didn’t include bottled water, but they did not commit to a new product.
Did you know your Component Employee Assistance Program (EAP) can help you find summer camps for your children? Enrolling in a summer camp can help your children gain skills, build confidence, and learn responsibility.
Some people may one day look back on their career and wonder if they made a difference. Yolanda Jackson, a Federal Emergency Management Agency Region 10 Field Leadership Directorate Federal Coordinating Officer, won’t have that problem. It has been a personal mission, something engrained in her DNA, to ensure that all people across the country receive the resources and support they need.
Incorporating exercise into your daily routine is important for both your mental and physical health. Adding fun elements to your workout routine can help motivate you to make your workout a habit that will reap a variety of health benefits.
At 5:30 p.m. on November 1, 2020, an alarm sounded at Coast Guard Air Station Sitka, Alaska. An Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon registered to fishing vessel Irony had been activated in Earnest Sound, 150 miles southeast of Sitka. “We had just finished dinner when the alarm went off,” said Orthman, a native of Chesterton, Indiana. “The thing that I remember the most is how bad the weather was initially when we departed. It was raining sideways. I thought, ‘okay, we’re doing this.’”
Like all drugs, consuming alcohol – on a single occasion or over time – can significantly affect your physical health, mental health, and quality of life. Alcohol consumption is associated with a variety of both short-term and long-term effects on the human body. If you choose to drink alcohol, there are several ways to decrease your risk for alcohol-related damage to your physical and mental health.
It wasn’t a typical rescue scenario. It was dark. 70 mph headwinds offshore reduced the speed at which Coast Guard Air Station Sitka’s MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew could reach the survivor. Zero visibility forced the team to navigate 265-miles around rugged terrain. There was no straight path to the 70-year-old man who was stranded in the water clinging to a piece of debris from his sunken boat.
This year, we asked employees why they chose to become public servants. Here are a few of the responses we received from employees across the Department.
AST2 Grant Roberts, a rescue swimmer with the Coast Guard Air Station Sitka’s MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew, swam up to a man clinging to a piece of debris from his sunken fishing vessel, the survivor said, “I can’t believe you guys showed up. I thought I was going to die out here.” Roberts and three of his crewmembers will receive the Department of Homeland Security Secretary’s award for Valor for their heroic actions in a daring Alaska rescue.