This is an article by Kathryn Romanchuk and Ben Kobliner, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, February 19, 2025. Overlooked until disaster strikes, many emergency management departments struggle with personnel and budgetary constraints, yet the demand placed on these departments continues to increase. Learn how hospitals and health systems can use full-scale exercises as a comprehensive method for preparedness and show the value of their emergency management departments.
This is an article by Andrew Pence, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, February 19, 2025. From historic catastrophes to today’s challenges, crises pose significant public threats. Learn how organizational leaders can build greater resilience, enhance performance, and lead effectively when it matters most, by returning to the basics and prioritizing deliberate preparation.
This is an article by Tanya M . Scherr, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, February 12, 2025.
As the U.S. contemplates withdrawing its membership from the World Health Organization, there are potential impacts to both local and global emergency preparedness and response to consider.
Learn how emergency managers should evaluate their current programs to determine ramifications in their local sectors.
This is an article by Charles (Chuck) L. Manto, K. Luke Reiner, and Dave Hunt, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, February 12, 2025.
A dual-world tabletop exercise simulating an electromagnetic pulse event in Chicopee, Massachusetts, revealed startling discrepancies in outcomes between the city’s current preparedness and a moderate-preparedness simulation.
Learn how one community turned a tabletop exercise into plans to prepare for a future emergency.
This is an article by Arthur J. Simental, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, February 12, 2025.
Disaster wargaming may significantly change the future of tabletop exercises in emergency management and homeland security. Long used effectively to win and prevent wars throughout history, wargaming offers more realistic and engaging scenarios for emergency managers to prepare for real-world disasters.
Learn how disaster wargaming, compared to other types of exercises, provides a unique and impactful means to prepare for real-world disasters.
The emergence of powerful artificial intelligence tools generates excitement and apprehension, raising profound questions about the future of emergency response. By adopting the joint cognitive systems paradigm, emergency managers are offered a new way of thinking about their work in this environment. Learn a new way of thinking about the work of emergency managers by adopting the joint cognitive systems paradigm.
High-profile business leaders like UnitedHealthcare’s murdered CEO have been at an elevated risk of targeted violence in the past several years. Although such attacks on corporate executives and other public figures are rare, they are targeted. In response, many corporations have increased personal protection for executives, but the permanence of these measures is undetermined. Learn how lesser-known but important security measures can mitigate risks to business leaders and other public figures.
This is an article by Tucker Berry, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, January 29, 2025. As demonstrated by hurricanes Helene and Milton, many jurisdictions are unaccustomed to compounding incidents.
Learn how to bolster readiness to simultaneously respond and recover by proactively examining and preparing for unique challenges of a compounding incident.
This is an article by Jarod Rosson, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, January 29, 2025.
As part of the Texas Division of Emergency Management’s Hurricane Helene Incident Support Task Force, Emergency Management Coordinator Jarod Rosson experienced firsthand what it is like to respond to a disaster when all ground-based forms of communication are offline.
Learn how Jarod’s experience can inform your next disaster communications plan.
Now to the featured article.
Nonmedical concerns such as security and safety, unaccompanied minors, and governmental relations can adversely impact a hospital when responding to a mass-casualty incident. Failure to plan for these issues, including consequence management, could risk life and safety. Learn how mass-casualty incidents should be managed as complex incidents.
This is an article by Kathryn Romanchuk and Ben Kobliner, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, February 19, 2025. Overlooked until disaster strikes, many emergency management departments struggle with personnel and budgetary constraints, yet the demand placed on these departments continues to increase. Learn how hospitals and health systems can use full-scale exercises as a comprehensive method for preparedness and show the value of their emergency management departments. 
This is an article by Tucker Berry, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, January 29, 2025. As demonstrated by hurricanes Helene and Milton, many jurisdictions are unaccustomed to compounding incidents.
Learn how to bolster readiness to simultaneously respond and recover by proactively examining and preparing for unique challenges of a compounding incident. 