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October 2018

Featured in this issue: Modern Responses to Today’s Disasters, By Catherine L. Feinman; Helping the Chronically Ill During Natural Disasters, By Allegra Balmadier; Planning for Animals in an Emergency Management Strategy, By Heather Kitchen; Special Edition: School Security; Active Threat Response in Nashua, New Hampshire, By Mark A. Hastings; The

Opioid Crisis: Status of Public Health Emergency Authorities

The U.S. Government Accountability Office was asked to review the decision to declare a public health emergency for the opioid crisis and what actions have been taken under the declaration. This report describes: (1) the factors HHS indicated as affecting its decision to declare and renew the public health emergency

Opioid Crisis: Status of Public Health Emergency Authorities

The U.S. Government Accountability Office was asked to review the decision to declare a public health emergency for the opioid crisis and what actions have been taken under the declaration. This report describes: (1) the factors HHS indicated as affecting its decision to declare and renew the public health emergency

September 2018

Featured in this issue: September – A Busy Month of Preparedness, By Martin Masiuk; FEMA Challenges & Responses, 2017-2018, By Kay C. Goss; Introducing the “ACT” Crisis Management Framework, By Terry Hastings; Control System Cybersecurity Concerns, By Joseph Weiss; EMS Is EMS – Own It, By Catherine L. Feinman

Public Health Surveillance: Preparing for the Future

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) goal for federally supported surveillance activities is to get the right information into the right hands at the right time. A strategic plan to improve surveillance at the CDC was launched in February 2014 to better achieve this goal. This report is

Public Health Surveillance: Preparing for the Future

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) goal for federally supported surveillance activities is to get the right information into the right hands at the right time. A strategic plan to improve surveillance at the CDC was launched in February 2014 to better achieve this goal. This report is

Homeland Security National Risk Characterization – Risk Assessment Methodology

In 2016, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Policy– Strategy, Plans, Analysis, and Risk, asked the RAND National Defense Research Institute to design and implement a risk identification and characterization of natural and manmade threats and hazards to identify the greatest risks to homeland security and support prioritization

Homeland Security National Risk Characterization – Risk Assessment Methodology

In 2016, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Policy– Strategy, Plans, Analysis, and Risk, asked the RAND National Defense Research Institute to design and implement a risk identification and characterization of natural and manmade threats and hazards to identify the greatest risks to homeland security and support prioritization

National Biodefense Strategy 2018

The National Biodefense Strategy sets the course for the United States to combat the serious biothreats the country faces. The strategy provides the following: enables risk awareness to inform decision-making across the biodefense enterprise; ensures biodefense enterprise capabilities to prevent bio-incidents; strives for biodefense enterprise preparedness to reduce the impacts

National Biodefense Strategy 2018

The National Biodefense Strategy sets the course for the United States to combat the serious biothreats the country faces. The strategy provides the following: enables risk awareness to inform decision-making across the biodefense enterprise; ensures biodefense enterprise capabilities to prevent bio-incidents; strives for biodefense enterprise preparedness to reduce the impacts

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Article Out Loud – The Continuity Gap

This 2016 article describes a continuity gap that still exists today in many corporations. Corporate confusion could spell disastrous response in a crisis. To dispel such confusion, companies should have an emergency manager on staff, ensure that employees are well prepared

Article Out Loud – Teleforensic Tools – From Telemedicine to Law Enforcement

Telemedicine capabilities have become valuable medical tools to provide life-saving treatment to patients where and when needed. Similarly, off-site skills and knowledge can be transferred to on-site law enforcement personnel through teleforensics to identify and thwart threats, while increasing crime clearances.

Article Out Loud – Four Takeaways From the Nashville Christmas Bombing

The Nashville Christmas bombing provides valuable lessons about targeted violence incidents. This research on pre-attack indicators shares four key takeaways for law enforcement and other preparedness professionals to understand regarding lone wolf and leaderless resistance attacks.

Article Out Loud – Technology Behind the Next Heat Emergency

In 2017, the National Weather Service reported 107 fatalities across the United States related to heat – more than the deaths related to tornados, hurricanes, and cold weather combined. In 2021, that number was 190. Revisit this 2018 article to learn how New York has been helping local emergency management

Article Out Loud – Preparing for Extreme Weather Events

This 2014 article stated, described the wide variety of natural disasters that various parts of the world had recently experienced. The author’s prediction that the frequency and cost of such events would continue to increase is demonstrated in the $1-billion events since 1980 rising from 151 in 2014 to 323

Article Out Loud – Making Communications a Predictable Lifeline Solution

Community lifelines ensure that businesses and the government can continue functioning and society can thrive. However, a breakdown in daily operations is inevitable when one or more lifeline is lost. In communications, this means a disruption in technology that has become interwoven into societal norms – talking, texting, data transfer,

Article Out Loud – Public Health Preparedness– Finding Its Path Forward

Public health preparedness has emerged and matured as a distinct discipline since the events of 9/11 and the subsequent Ameri-thrax attacks. Although, in the past, public health agencies were pushed to the forefront of various emergencies, the planning and infrastructure for public health emergency response were not funded and not

Article Out Loud – Preparedness Perspective – Active Shooters & Lone Wolves

Various drills and exercises highlight efforts to protect communities against various types of attacks involving transportation, buildings, historic sites, sporting events, and so on. Attacks and hostage-taking incidents around the world expose vulnerabilities that need to be assessed in all communities to determine

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