Haiti Responder Guide from USDA - Important Agricultural Biosecurity Precautions for Returning Responders
Domestic Preparedness
March 16, 2010
The USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) considers Haiti to be affected by economically dangerous foreign animal diseases (FADs). Returning emergency responders can help prevent the entry of FADs from
Critical Infrastructure Protection: Another Role for NIMS Plus ICS
Stephen Grainer
March 10, 2010
The numerous presidential directives and policy documents issued since the 9/11 terrorist attacks have focused on various specialized areas of homeland-security and counterterrorism operations and activities. Many of those “specialized areas” are closely interrelated in their separate but complementary goals and objectives, though, and when used in combination can achieve some synergistically beneficial results.
The PPE & Other Basic Needs of Tactical Officers
Richard Schoeberl
March 10, 2010
An alarming report issued by the WMD Commission – combined with the growing need to “protect the protectors” and an increase in other responsibilities – suggests that law-enforcement agencies, specifically including SWAT teams, may soon have to become hazmat experts as well.
Keeping It Simple - And the Need for Pre-Planning
William (Jeremy) Magers
March 10, 2010
Question: How does an all-electric racing car work? Answer: By pushing the “start” button. One of the biggest problems in the field of domestic preparedness, it says here, is the misguided instructional emphasis on theory and complex technology rather than maintaining a laser-beamed focus on practical training, the explanation of fundamentals, and drills, exercises, and more training. Then practice, practice, and more practice.
Training Tests State Agency's Response to Natural & Man-Made Disasters
Domestic Preparedness
March 10, 2010
The Wisconsin Emergency Management (WEM) & the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) conducted training designed to better prepare Wisconsin’s many state agencies to effectively manage a major disaster. During a four-day training exercise, more than 75 local, state, volunteer, and federal emergency responders tested emergency response and recovery plans to respond to a multiple-event “emergency.”
Cybersecurity: Progress Made, But Challenges Remain in Defining and Coordinating the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative
Domestic Preparedness
March 10, 2010
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) was asked to determine: (1) What actions have been taken to develop the interagency mechanisms needed to plan and coordinate CNCI (Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative)
Compare Your Thoughts with Those from National Experts on ... The Chemical Threat and the State of Chemical Preparedness
Stephen Reeves and John F. Morton
March 10, 2010
How serious is the chemical threat now facing the United States and its allies throughout the
world? Also, are U.S. responder agencies properly prepared to cope with that threat? If not, why not?
What additional policies and actions are needed? Those are just a few of numerous questions posed in
this DomPrep40 survey. Readers are hereby requested, and challenged, to compare their opinions with
those of the DP40 panel of experts.
Missouri C-130s, Crews Divert to Chile
Jim Greenhill
March 9, 2010
Two Missouri Air National Guard C-130 Hercules transport aircraft, with 47 crew members, were diverted to Chile to aid that earthquake-ravaged nation. The C-130 aircraft can fly passengers, and airlift cargo, long distances – in all weather conditions, both day and night, from low to high altitudes – and land in many areas inaccessible to other aircraft.
Pandemic Influenza Pediatric Office Plan Template: Product of a Pediatric Stakeholders' Meeting
Domestic Preparedness
March 9, 2010
This Pandemic Influenza Pediatric Office Plan Template is a planning tool, developed by pediatric stakeholders, that is intended to assist pediatric medical offices that, although they have no pandemic influenza
Haiti 2010: When Disaster Is Compounded by Chaos & Confusion
Theodore Tully
March 3, 2010
Within minutes after news of the 12 January earthquake that devastated Haiti was reported to the outside world, U.S. government agencies, and numerous NGOs, swung into action. Here is a lessons-learned report on how New York City’s Mount Sinai Hospital accelerated its pre-planning process, the preparation of healthcare volunteers, the procurement of medical supplies and equipment, and the dispatch to Port au Prince of an all-volunteer medical relief team.
