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Pandemic Preparedness: The Driver for Most Suppliers
John F. Morton
January 31, 2007
Question: Is the United States prepared to deal with a biological-warfare attack? Answer: Not yet – but the nation’s private-sector biotech labs are working closely with state, local, and federal governments to detect, prevent, and/or deal with an attack.
Command Profile: Strengthening the U.S. Army’s Helping-Hand Agency
Brent Bankus
January 24, 2007
The U.S. Army’s warfighting record speaks for itself – numerous victories and too many heroes to count. The service’s peacetime contributions are just as glorious and have contributed significantly to the common good.
Wicked Problems, Virtuous Solutions: How to Design a Risk-Based Medical Facility
Michael Allswede
January 24, 2007
The setting of national standards for the personal protective equipment worn and training received by first responders working in a hazardous-materials environment is a positive step forward.
Realities of the Conflict Between Islam and Unbelief, by Shaykh Ayman al-Zawahiri
Laura Mansfield
January 24, 2007
A manfesto. Reprinted as a reminder of the seriousness of the threat. Well worth the time to read.
Rear Admiral W. Craig Vanderwagen, M.D., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response andChief Preparedness Officer, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
W. Craig Vanderwagen
January 24, 2007
His views on, among other topics, his department’s disaster-response missions, capabilities, and accomplishment; the PHS’s team-orientation approach; IRCTs and the HHS “deployable force”; resiliency & prepositioning; and tsunamis & other natural disasters
The Highway Watch Program: Homeland Security on the Open Road!
Joseph DiRenzo III and Christopher Doane
January 17, 2007
The innovative DHS/ATA “Highway Watch” program enlists tens of thousands of professional drivers as “Irregulars” in the homeland-security volunteer community and, as a bonus, makes the nation’s highways and byways safer for all Americans.
FIPS 201 Compliance for State and Local Agencies
Joseph Watson
January 17, 2007
NIMS has spoken, and must be obeyed: A new “common identification standard” for federal employees and contractors is now required. State and local agencies would be well advised to adopt the same standard.
The Highest Priority on the National-Security Agenda
James D. Hessman
January 10, 2007
The early and well-publicized House approval of homeland-security “implementing” legislation is an encouraging sign that the new Democratic majority has its priorities right. Many political and financial obstacles must still be overcome, though.
The Whys and Wherefores of NIMS-Compliant Training
Stephen Grainer
January 3, 2007
The National Incident Management System training guidelines provide an unprecedented opportunity to improve and expand first-responder and emergency-responder capabilities – but some confusion continues about exactly what is required.
Interview with Dr. Stephen Flynn: The Current State of U.S. Port Security
Joseph DiRenzo III and Christopher Doane
January 3, 2007
Terrorism/counterterrorism expert Dr. Stephen Flynn provides a chilling pre-publication preview of some of the continuing preparedness deficiencies highlighted in his new book, Edge of Disaster.
Decontamination Considerations in Dealing With A Chemical Agent Mass-Casualty Incident
Theodore Jarboe
December 13, 2006
Decontamination operations are a business-as-usual task for most hazmat teams and other first responders. But not when there are hundreds or perhaps thousands of victims and the responders themselves are in danger of being contaminated.
Scott J. Becker, Executive Director, Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL)
John F. Morton and Scott Becker
December 13, 2006
Podcast DomesticPreparedness met Scott J. Becker, Executive Director, Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL). The APHL executive director discusses the role of public health laboratories in major health emergencies and tells how their disease-testing capabilities can assist both bioterrorist and chemical-incident responses under the multi-tiered Laboratory Response Network (LRN).
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