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October 2019

Featured in this issue: Overcoming Healthcare Challenges & Finding Solutions, By Catherine L. Feinman; The Early Years: Shaping a National Stockpile for Preparedness, By Greg Burel; Podcast: Opioid Epidemic & Narcan’s Unintended Consequences, Moderated by Andrew Roszak; The Value of Crisis Communications, By Anthony S. Mangeri; Overcoming Challenges of Hospital

Pre-Disaster Recovery Planning Guide for Tribal Governments

The Pre-Disaster Recovery Planning Guide for Tribal Governments is designed to prepare tribal governments for recovery efforts from future disasters by engaging with the whole community and planning for recovery activities that are comprehensive and long term. The guide also provides tools for public engagement and for identifying existing recovery
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September 2019

Featured in this issue: Preparing a Nation for Disaster – One Community at a Time, By Catherine L. Feinman; Trauma-Informed Crisis Management, By Michael Ross; Integrating Jurisdiction Plans, By Allen B. King III; Life Support – Ensuring Proper Regulation of the Electric Grid, By Michael Mabee; Government Shutdowns: Emergencies, Disasters,

WMD Capabilities Enabled by Additive Manufacturing

This report highlights recent developments in Additive Manufacturing (AM) relevant to nuclear proliferation and adds analyses of the impact of AM on delivery systems as well as chemical and biological weapons programs. Focusing on AM developments in both North America and Western Europe, this report maps latest AM developments, projects

Disasters and People With Serious Mental Illness

This bulletin focuses on the experiences of individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) before, during, and after disasters. Research focused on individuals with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and on individuals with SMI as defined in part through functional limitations. https://www.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/disasters-people-with-serious-mental-illness.pdf

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Strategic Intent

Meeting their constitutional duties to provide for the common defense, the U.S. Congress and the Administration established the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to lead the national effort to protect our critical infrastructure. This document is the keystone of this new agency. https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/cisa_strategic_intent_s508c_0.pdf

August 2019

Featured in this issue: Don’t Procrastinate – Collaborate, By Catherine L. Feinman; Emergency Animal Sheltering Options, By Richard Green & Timothy Perciful; Podcast – Pandemic Influenza: Advice & Suggestions From an Expert, Moderated by Andrew Roszak; Predictable Surge: Improving Public-Private Collaboration, By Eric J. McNulty & John Campbell; A “Pracademic”

Planning Considerations: Evacuation and Shelter-in-Place – Guidance for State, Local, Tribal and Territorial Partners

Evacuation and shelter-in-place protective actions are prompted by a variety of threats and hazards. Incident-specific circumstances drive the relevant protective actions based on a community’s demographics, infrastructure, resources, authorities, and decision-making process. Determining that an evacuation needs to take place is not an all-or-nothing approach. Lessons learned from disasters, such

2019 National Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA): Overview and Methodology

The 2019 National Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA): Overview and Methodology provides an in-depth description of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) approach to completing a national-level risk assessment. The intended audience is emergency management officials engaged in risk assessment at the community and federal levels, as

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Article Out Loud – Value of Enterprise Data Management in Emergency Management

An enterprise data management program emphasizes the importance of managing information as an asset and protecting it from misuse or loss. Knowing the landscape of data and how to manage it is critical to an organization’s recovery and sustainability after a disaster. This article explains the need to coordinate data

Article Out Loud – Maintaining a Strong Volunteer Force

Volunteers are a lifeline for many nonprofit organizations and for-profit companies during emergencies and disasters. However, recruiting and retaining good volunteers can be difficult. This article shares some simple strategies and tools for any emergency preparedness professional seeking to build and maintain a strong volunteer force.

Article Out Loud – Listeria – When Food Bites Back

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in six Americans suffer from food poisoning each year; most of those cases are attributed to familiar pathogens like Salmonella. However, the deadliest U.S. foodborne disease outbreak in nearly a century was caused by a lesser known, but much more

Article Out Loud – Incident Response for Nursing & Assisted Living Homes

The adaptability of the Incident Command System makes it a valuable tool for a variety of agencies and organizations. During fire incidents, for example, fatality rates at healthcare facilities such as nursing and assisted living homes could be reduced if proper procedures are in place for managing the special needs

Article Out Loud – PPD-44: Implications for Domestic Incident Management

An essential national incident management guidance document is finally available to responders nationwide. This document will significantly improve a unified response to and recovery from large-scale incidents. However, additional work is needed to create an enhanced unity of effort and fully integrated response among federal, state, and local responders.

Article Out Loud – Public Works Emergency Management – From Training to Reality

For understandable reasons, major disasters – e.g., earthquakes and tsunamis – get most of the headlines and more of the public funds available even in economically difficult times. Local jurisdictions would be well advised, therefore, not only to focus greater attention on emergencies closer to home but also to ask

Article Out Loud – Critical Infrastructure & Strategic Assessment

Globally, government agencies are at a nexus in how to plan for and address society’s dependence on infrastructure to sustain economies, support and protect people, and implement strategies to provide for an appropriate level of reinvestment. Partnerships with the private financial world would help develop an effective framework for investments

Article Out Loud – Workplace Strategies to Reduce Burnout and Build Resilience

A multi-year pandemic has resulted in organizations looking to reframe traditional workforce management practices to retain seasoned staff and prevent burnout. To address these issues, state, local, tribal, and territorial emergency management offices can consider implementing workplace engagement strategies to address the mental and physical health concerns resulting from this

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