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May 2020

Domestic Preparedness May 27, 2020
Featured in this issue: Disasters & Their Acceptable Losses, By Catherine L. Feinman; The Wicked Problem of Lifting Social Distancing & Isolation, By Galen Adams & Jeremy L. Kim; The Acceptable Loss – The Trolley Dilemma of Managing COVID-19 Pandemic, By Isaac Ashkenazi & Carmit Rapaport; The Epitome of Failure

How States Pay for Natural Disasters in an Era of Rising Costs

Domestic Preparedness May 19, 2020
This report outlines the role states play in paying for disasters and key findings about the approaches they take to budgeting for natural catastrophes. The intent is to help all levels of government be ready to meet immediate needs, cover the costs of long-term recovery efforts, and invest in preparedness

April 2020

Domestic Preparedness April 29, 2020
Featured in this issue: Call to Action for “Unprecedented” Events, By Catherine L. Feinman; Letter From the Publisher, By Martin Masiuk; Inventions Birthed by Necessity, By Daniel M. Gerstein; Use Caution: Retirees & the Direct Clinical Setting, By Matthew Minson; A Family Tradition – Old School Florida Smuggling, Chapters 14-16,

Public Health Principles for a Phased Reopening During COVID-19: Guidance for Governors

Domestic Preparedness April 21, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to progress, most jurisdictions have implemented physical distancing measures to reduce further transmission, which have contributed to reductions in numbers of new cases. This report considers transmission risks and proposed measures for phased reopenings by decision makers at the state level. http://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/our-work/pubs_archive/pubs-pdfs/2020/reopening-guidance-governors.pdf

Disaster Financial Management Guide

Domestic Preparedness April 20, 2020
This guide identifies the capabilities and activities necessary to prepare and successfully implement disaster financial management while maintaining fiscal responsibility throughout response and recovery operations. The principles, concepts, and resources contained in the guide can support jurisdictions in identifying the resources needed to support their community, increase the efficiency of

HHS Accepts Donations of Medicine to Strategic National Stockpile

Domestic Preparedness March 29, 2020
(Released 29 March 2020) The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today accepted 30 million doses of hydroxychloroquine sulfate donated by Sandoz, the Novartis generics and biosimilars division, and one million doses of chloroquine phosphate donated by Bayer Pharmaceuticals, for possible use in treating patients hospitalized with COVID-19 or for

March 2020

Domestic Preparedness March 25, 2020
Featured in this issue: Resilience When Help May Not Be on the Way, By Catherine L. Feinman; PPE Shortages & Funding Gaps for Pandemics, By Greg Burel; From Hysteria to Complacency, Then Back Again, By James M. Rush Sr.; A Family Tradition – Old School Florida Smuggling, Chapters 6-13, By

Earthquake Safety at Home

Domestic Preparedness March 17, 2020
A new FEMA publication, “Earthquake Safety at Home,” identifies why and where earthquakes might occur and how readers can “prepare, protect, survive, respond, recover, and repair” from an earthquake. The guide discusses wide-ranging steps that readers can take to adequately prepare and protect themselves, their family, and their belongings. https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/1582663331734-d055b587ee74e6e5cd9c9cd14e80020d/FEMAP-530_EQSafetyatHome_508.pdf

February 2020

Domestic Preparedness February 26, 2020
Featured in this issue: Solving the Preparedness Puzzle, By Catherine L. Feinman; Police as Medical Responders in Active Threat Events, By Charles H. Kean; Poll and Comment: What role should federal agencies have in a disaster?, By Martin (Marty) Masiuk; The Future of Emergency Preparedness, By William H. Austin; A

National Counterintelligence Strategy of the United States of America 2020-2022

Domestic Preparedness February 17, 2020
This National Counterintelligence Strategy of the United States of America 2020-2022 report outlines a new approach to counterintelligence. This new strategy focuses on five key areas where foreign intelligence entities are hitting the United States hardest and greater attention is needed – critical infrastructure, key U.S. supply chains, the U.S.

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Article Out Loud – Crisis Standards of Care – A Mental Health Perspective

January 25, 2023
During a disaster, responders face many challenges and must make difficult decisions. For health care professionals, accepting a sufficient standard of care during a crisis may be the most difficult. This mental health perspective provides some key points to consider before the next crisis occurs.

Article Out Loud – The Pony Express Rides Again

January 18, 2023
When supply chains were diminished during the coronavirus pandemic, leaders had to find innovative ways to protect their communities. In Texas, they used the Pony Express model to ensure the delivery of personal protective equipment, critical supplies, and vaccines to those in need.

Article Out Loud – Virtual Reality Training Revolution Is Here

January 18, 2023
Training is often a check-the-box task. However, it can be difficult to know how much training was learned. Virtual reality and its related analytics provide a way to heighten participation and monitor learning levels for numerous threat scenarios.

Article Out Loud – Railroad Ties Communities Together

January 17, 2023
With Amtrak’s rail lines spanning communities across the United States (and parts of Canada), it is in a prime position to engage the whole community and to build national resilience. Planning, training, and educational efforts provide a way to bring employees, passengers, and other community stakeholders into the preparedness cycle.

Article Out Loud – Building Design for Safety and Resilience – First Steps

January 11, 2023
An all-hazards design process considers the function of the building during normal operations as well as the safety of the occupants and the surrounding community against possible risks and threats. Like layers of an onion, effective security should take a multi-layered approach. Safety and security do not need to be

Article Out Loud – Not All Preparedness Grants Are Identical

January 10, 2023
A distinguished national officer of the International Association of Emergency Managers provides a short but concise list of helpful recommendations that grant-seekers at all levels of government, and in the private sector, might be well advised to follow in preparing, reviewing, submitting, and following up on their own grant applications.

Article Out Loud – ‘Game Day’ Food Defense: Enhanced Business as Usual

January 10, 2023
With more than 40 Olympic venues serving an estimated 14 million meals, the 2012 London Olympic Games were susceptible to many potential foodborne illnesses – both intentional and unintentional. However, through education, communications, surveillance, and a focus on surge capacity, London provided a model that could help protect the food
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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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