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Building and Measuring Community Resilience: Actions for Communities and the Gulf Research Program

Domestic Preparedness April 1, 2019
“Building and Measuring Community Resilience: Actions for Communities and the Gulf Research Program” summarizes the existing portfolio of relevant or related resilience measurement efforts and notes gaps and challenges associated with them. It describes how some communities build and measure resilience and offers four key actions that communities could take to

March 2019

Domestic Preparedness March 27, 2019
Featured in this issue: Vertical Collaboration for Widespread Health Threats, By Catherine L. Feinman; Strengthening & Streamlining Federal Response Efforts, By Greg Burel; Best Practices – From Cookies to Countermeasures, By Terry Sapp; The Seven and a Half Traits of the Ultimate Emergency Manager, By Chas Eby; Animal Disease Response

Critical Infrastructure Protection: Progress and Challenges in DHS’s Management of Its Chemical Facility Security Program

Domestic Preparedness March 11, 2019
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has made progress addressing challenges that the U.S. Government Accountability Office previously identified to managing the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards program. This report summarizes progress made and challenges remaining in key aspects of the program.  https://www.gao.gov/assets/700/697117.pdf

Critical Infrastructure Protection: Progress and Challenges in DHS’s Management of Its Chemical Facility Security Program

Domestic Preparedness March 11, 2019
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has made progress addressing challenges that the U.S. Government Accountability Office previously identified to managing the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards program. This report summarizes progress made and challenges remaining in key aspects of the program.  https://www.gao.gov/assets/700/697117.pdf

February 2019

Domestic Preparedness February 27, 2019
Featured in this issue: Community Resilience – Combining Nature & Nurture, By Catherine L. Feinman; Disaster Preparedness: A Societal View, By Jeffrey Odoms; Force Multiplier – Empowering the Public, By Roger Parrino & Terry Hastings; Autonomous Vehicle Training Challenges for Law Enforcement, By Joseph Trindal; The Importance of Legal Preparedness

Modernizing the Nation’s Public Alert and Warning System

Domestic Preparedness February 26, 2019
In October 2018, the FEMA National Advisory Council Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Subcommittee provided the National Advisory Council (NAC) with a report for an integrated public alert and warning system. The NAC considered and voted on 17 recommendations in a session held during its public meeting on 7

Modernizing the Nation’s Public Alert and Warning System

Domestic Preparedness February 26, 2019
In October 2018, the FEMA National Advisory Council Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Subcommittee provided the National Advisory Council (NAC) with a report for an integrated public alert and warning system. The NAC considered and voted on 17 recommendations in a session held during its public meeting on 7

Ready or Not: Protecting the Public’s Health From Diseases, Disasters and Bioterrorism 2019

Domestic Preparedness February 18, 2019
The Ready or Not: Protecting the Public’s Health From Diseases, Disasters and Bioterrorism series has tracked public health emergency preparedness in the United States since 2003. The series documents progress in the nation’s level of preparedness as well as those areas still in need of improvement. https://www.tfah.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Ready-or-Not-Report-2019.pdf

Ready or Not: Protecting the Public’s Health From Diseases, Disasters and Bioterrorism 2019

Domestic Preparedness February 18, 2019
The Ready or Not: Protecting the Public’s Health From Diseases, Disasters and Bioterrorism series has tracked public health emergency preparedness in the United States since 2003. The series documents progress in the nation’s level of preparedness as well as those areas still in need of improvement. https://www.tfah.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Ready-or-Not-Report-2019.pdf

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Article Out Loud – The New PLAN: Government Alerts Enter the 21st Century

September 6, 2022
The old saying that, “No matter where you go, there you are,” has become the new Golden Rule for emergency-alert notifications, thanks to the combined efforts of the FCC, FEMA, and the commercial U.S. cellular industry. That is the PLAN, anyway. But it works better if IPAWS is OPEN to

Article Out Loud – How Natural Disasters Exacerbate Human Trafficking

August 24, 2022
Human trafficking is the world’s second-largest criminal industry. In the wake of natural disasters, the risk to vulnerable populations rises. This article informs preparedness and response professionals on how to better protect their communities and prepare their workforces to identify the signs of human trafficking

Article Out Loud – Hospital Response – A Personal Training Experience

August 17, 2022
Effective trainings are ones where the participants remember and later implement what they learned into their daily operations. Not everyone knows how they would respond in a true emergency. However, some trainings provide a more realistic glimpse into disaster scenarios than others.

Article Out Loud – There Was a Pandemic Strategy and Plan

August 17, 2022
Although it may not have been readily apparent in early 2020, the federal government did have a comprehensive national strategy and implementation plan for a pandemic threat. Despite having these resources and knowledge, the United States was still unprepared to effectively respond to COVID-19.

Article Out Loud – Responding to Unique Operating Environments

August 16, 2022
First responders are often deployed to unique operating environments, which include large-scale special events with many participants and spectators: street festivals; road races or marathons; concerts; and sporting events. These environments require leadership to take a forward-thinking posture in the planning process to develop a strategy.
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Domestic Preparedness

2883 Highway 71E

P.O. Box 285

Del Valle, TX 78617-9998

Editorial Statement

Founded in 1998, Domestic Preparedness continues to be a pioneering thought leader in the emergency preparedness, response, and recovery space. The multidisciplinary editorial focus helps professionals acquire critical information to develop collaborative, real-world solutions. With relevant, multidisciplinary, whole-community intelligence from the front lines, practitioners can learn from diverse perspectives. The authoritative, practitioner-centered, multimedia information platform disseminates intelligence the way busy management-level public- and private-sector professionals want to learn. This is the trusted source for content written by practitioners, for practitioners, with relevant, real-world best practices.

DomesticPreparedness.com, the Domestic Preparedness Journal and the Weekly Brief include facts, views, opinions, and recommendations of individuals and organizations deemed of interest. The Texas Division of Emergency Management and the Texas A&M University System do not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of, or otherwise endorse, these views, facts, opinions or recommendations.
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