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FEMA’s Long-Term Community Resilience Exercise Resource Guide

To help communities plan for the threats and hazards of climate change, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released its updated Long-Term Community Resilience Exercise Resource Guide: Designing Whole Community Exercises to Prepare for the Effects of a Changing Climate PDF in November 2021.

HHS Announces Availability of Nearly $48 Million to Increase the Public Health Workforce in Rural and Tribal Communities

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, is announcing the availability of nearly $48 million in American Rescue Plan funding for community-based organizations to expand public health capacity in rural and tribal communities through

December 2021

Featured in this issue: Resilience in 2022 – Planning, Resources & Connections, By Catherine L. Feinman; Resilience After 2021: Unfinished Business & Future Agenda; By Robert McCreight; Domestic Preparedness in a Post-COVID-19 World, By Nathan DiPillo; Protecting GPS Satellites, Signals, and America Webinar, By Domestic Preparedness Journal and the Resilient

2021 Air Cargo Security Roadmap

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) published its 5-year strategic vision for modernizing, streamlining, and further securing air cargo transportation operations. Titled the Air Cargo Security Roadmap, the publication is designed to help TSA and air cargo industry stakeholders identify and address emerging threats and ensure the efficient flow of commerce.

2021 FEMA Resources for Climate Resilience

As climate change increases disaster risks across the country, emergency managers and government officials are beginning to implement strategies to build community resilience. FEMA Resources for Climate Resilience provides a roadmap of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) programs and initiatives that advance community climate resilience. FEMA Resources for Climate Resilience

2021 NATIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES EDUCATION STANDARDS

The standards outline the critical topics to be covered in the initial education of EMS clinicians based on the latest version of the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, as well as recent research and best practices. The high-level document defines the competencies, clinical behaviors and judgments required of EMS

November 2021

Featured in this issue: Safety: Protecting Communities From Dangers & Risks, By Catherine L. Feinman; The Dangers of Not Protecting the “3Ps” During Events, By Kole (KC) Campbell; Cassandra’s Curse: Disasters Revisited, ​By Rodney Andreasen; Another Opportunity to Prepare for Quarantines, By Robert C. Hutchinson; Human-Machine Teaming: A Vision of

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Article Out Loud – Defining Workplace Violence

History has shown many instances where warning signs were missed before workplace violence occurred. However, understanding the five categories can help organizations and agencies prepare for and, ideally, prevent these types of incidents.

Article Out Loud – Challenges With Pediatric Mass Care Feeding

Infant and toddler life-sustaining feeding during disasters – via human milk and commercial infant formulas – requires a complex set of logistical and operational missions, including federal support and whole-community partnerships. Learn what organizations need to do.

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