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Hospital Staffing for Decontamination

In the new post-9/11 world the emergency community can no longer afford the luxury of compartmentalization. Planning, cooperation, and training together all will be needed – along with additional funds.

Oregon, Nebraska, Tennessee, and Kentucky

OregonĀ City of Portland Selected for Terrorism Exercise in 2007Portland, Ore., one of the fifteen cities that applied to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in 2004, has been chosen as one of two sites for the ā€œTOPOFF4ā€ exercise scheduled for 2007. The Oregon Office of Homeland Security (OOHS) is

Amit Yoran, Cyber Security Advisor

On March 3, 2005; DomPrep.com’s John F. Morton and Martin Masiuk visited with Amit Yoran,Ā until last fall the head of the National Cyber Security Division in the DHS (Department of Homeland Security) Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection Directorate, a position he held for a year. Prior to that, he was

Arkansas, New Jersey and Alaska

ArkansasĀ Arkansas Department Of Emergency Management (ADEM)The vision of the ADEM states, ā€œThe Arkansas Department of Emergency Management will be theĀ recognized leader nationwide for state-level homeland security andĀ disaster preparedness programs, policies, and procedures by 2010.ā€ In keeping with this vision, the ADEM has implemented a list of Suggested Protective Measures for

State Defense Forces: An Untapped Resource

With a high percentage of the U.S. active-duty forces, and Reserve and National Guard units as well, now deployed overseas, the nation’s governors may be hard-pressed to cope with in-state disasters. The SDFs provide a quick-response, low-cost, experience

First-Responder Accreditation: The Pros and Cons

States, cities, and the federal government are moving at flank speed to upgrade their various, and varying, domestic-preparedness and counterterrorism capabilities. But are they moving in lockstep, and headed toward the same goal? No one knows.

A Note From the Publisher

Responding to the whirlwind of change that has engulfed the field of domestic preparedness since the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, DomPrep.Com has revised and expanded its mission, its audience, and the scope of its coverage. Readers’ comments

Business Continuity Planning Standards: A Search for Normalcy

Acceptance of prevailing standards often means we have no standards of our own. ~ Jean Toomer (1894 – 1967) U.S. author, poetWhat is a standard? More specifically, what is a Business Continuity (BC) standard? In general, standards provide preparedness models that private-sector organizations can use when they want to establish

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