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Harnessing Multilateral Financing for Health Security Preparedness

Domestic Preparedness April 11, 2019
The economic consequences of large-scale disease outbreaks can be enormous. Upgrading countriesā€™ preparedness is relatively inexpensive and affordable. The financing gap for preparedness is one of the starkest problems in health security, especially among low-income and lower-middle-income countries. The World Bank Groupā€™s International Development Association 2019 replenishment presents a choice opportunity

Building and Measuring Community Resilience: Actions for Communities and the Gulf Research Program

Domestic Preparedness April 1, 2019
ā€œBuilding and Measuring Community Resilience: Actions for Communities and the Gulf Research Programā€ summarizes the existing portfolio of relevant or related resilience measurement efforts and notes gaps and challenges associated with them. It describes how some communities build and measure resilience and offers four key actions that communities could take to

Building and Measuring Community Resilience: Actions for Communities and the Gulf Research Program

Domestic Preparedness April 1, 2019
ā€œBuilding and Measuring Community Resilience: Actions for Communities and the Gulf Research Programā€ summarizes the existing portfolio of relevant or related resilience measurement efforts and notes gaps and challenges associated with them. It describes how some communities build and measure resilience and offers four key actions that communities could take to

March 2019

Domestic Preparedness March 27, 2019
Featured in this issue: Vertical Collaboration for Widespread Health Threats, By Catherine L. Feinman; Strengthening & Streamlining Federal Response Efforts, By Greg Burel; Best Practices ā€“ From Cookies to Countermeasures, By Terry Sapp; The Seven and a Half Traits of the Ultimate Emergency Manager, By Chas Eby; Animal Disease Response

Critical Infrastructure Protection: Progress and Challenges in DHSā€™s Management of Its Chemical Facility Security Program

Domestic Preparedness March 11, 2019
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has made progress addressing challenges that the U.S. Government Accountability Office previously identified to managing the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards program. This report summarizes progress made and challenges remaining in key aspects of the program.  https://www.gao.gov/assets/700/697117.pdf

Critical Infrastructure Protection: Progress and Challenges in DHSā€™s Management of Its Chemical Facility Security Program

Domestic Preparedness March 11, 2019
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has made progress addressing challenges that the U.S. Government Accountability Office previously identified to managing the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards program. This report summarizes progress made and challenges remaining in key aspects of the program.  https://www.gao.gov/assets/700/697117.pdf

February 2019

Domestic Preparedness February 27, 2019
Featured in this issue: Community Resilience ā€“ Combining Nature & Nurture, By Catherine L. Feinman; Disaster Preparedness: A Societal View, By Jeffrey Odoms; Force Multiplier ā€“ Empowering the Public, By Roger Parrino & Terry Hastings; Autonomous Vehicle Training Challenges for Law Enforcement, By Joseph Trindal; The Importance of Legal Preparedness

Modernizing the Nationā€™s Public Alert and Warning System

Domestic Preparedness February 26, 2019
In October 2018, the FEMA National Advisory Council Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Subcommittee provided the National Advisory Council (NAC) with a report for an integrated public alert and warning system. The NAC considered and voted on 17 recommendations in a session held during its public meeting on 7

Modernizing the Nationā€™s Public Alert and Warning System

Domestic Preparedness February 26, 2019
In October 2018, the FEMA National Advisory Council Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Subcommittee provided the National Advisory Council (NAC) with a report for an integrated public alert and warning system. The NAC considered and voted on 17 recommendations in a session held during its public meeting on 7

Ready or Not: Protecting the Publicā€™s Health From Diseases, Disasters and Bioterrorism 2019

Domestic Preparedness February 18, 2019
The Ready or Not: Protecting the Publicā€™s Health From Diseases, Disasters and Bioterrorism series has tracked public health emergency preparedness in the United States since 2003. The series documents progress in the nationā€™s level of preparedness as well as those areas still in need of improvement. https://www.tfah.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Ready-or-Not-Report-2019.pdf

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Article Out Loud – Looking Back to Look Ahead to Protect the Food Supply

October 12, 2022
History reveals patterns that preparedness professionals can use to better protect communities from agroterrorism and supply chain threats. One historical study has been updated to reflect cases of intentional food contamination events around the world. Learn more about this research and how to protect the food supply.

Article Out Loud – Taking Flight ā€“ Creating a Robust Aviation Response, Part 2

October 12, 2022
Volunteer general aviation pilots have assisted their communities during emergencies and disasters for many years. This is the second of a two-part article on their disaster preparedness efforts in the Pacific Northwest. In this part, they participate in two separate yet coordinated functional earthquake and tsunami disaster exercises.

Article Out Loud – Chemical Sector Perspectives

October 5, 2022
The Chemical Sector is one of 16 sectors identified as critical infrastructure under the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency. Domestic Preparedness invited one subject matter expert to answer important questions about this sector and how the sector and its interdependencies can affect any community.

Article Out Loud – Lessons From Leading Virtual Operations

October 5, 2022
Over the past two and a half years, most emergency preparedness professionals experienced some level of virtual work, even at emergency operations centers (EOC). And it appears that some aspects of working virtually is here to stay ā€“ including during a response.

Article Out Loud – Taking Flight ā€“ Creating a Robust Aviation Response, Part 1

September 28, 2022
General aviation pilots have been finding ways to assist their communities during emergencies and disasters for many years. However, over the past two years, significant advances in disaster preparedness have been made as emergency response plans were created and exercised to integrate volunteer aviation response into other community response efforts.

Article Out Loud – Building Resource Capacity ā€“ Start Now

September 21, 2022
Building resource capacity involves research, planning, and execution that should begin now. Identifying potential dangers, considering ā€œwhat ifā€ scenarios, capitalizing on other events and incidents, and overcoming barriers are key components for building resilient communities. This article explains how to get started.
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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 isĀ theĀ 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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