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CERRA Framework: An Emergency Preparedness Access Implementation and Best Practice Guide

Domestic Preparedness March 20, 2018
The Crisis Event Response and Recovery Access (CERRA) Framework focuses on supporting state, local, and regional efforts to enable the successful transit and access of critical response and recovery resources before, during, and after emergencies.  https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/USDHSCIKR/2018/03/13/file_attachments/972721/CERRA+Framework.pdf

A Decision Makers Guide: Medical Planning and Response for a Nuclear Detonation

Domestic Preparedness March 19, 2018
This manual assists preparedness efforts and decision making by providing readily accessible information that quickly describes critical scientific and medical aspects of a nuclear incident as well as the response organization and resources anticipated to be required or available during a response.  https://www.remm.nlm.gov/IND_Decision_Makers_Guide_2017_guides.pdf

A Decision Makers Guide: Medical Planning and Response for a Nuclear Detonation

Domestic Preparedness March 19, 2018
This manual assists preparedness efforts and decision making by providing readily accessible information that quickly describes critical scientific and medical aspects of a nuclear incident as well as the response organization and resources anticipated to be required or available during a response.  https://www.remm.nlm.gov/IND_Decision_Makers_Guide_2017_guides.pdf

Risk Management Practices in the Fire Service

Domestic Preparedness March 12, 2018
This report contains recommended approaches to help fire service manage organizational, operational and community risk. Specific challenges involved in incorporating a “risk management approach” into the delivery of fire department services are addressed. https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/risk_management_practices.pdf

Risk Management Practices in the Fire Service

Domestic Preparedness March 12, 2018
This report contains recommended approaches to help fire service manage organizational, operational and community risk. Specific challenges involved in incorporating a “risk management approach” into the delivery of fire department services are addressed. https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/risk_management_practices.pdf

Rail Threats & Interdependencies – Thoughts for Discussion

Domestic Preparedness March 6, 2018
In the United States, there are ongoing efforts to protect the nation’s critical infrastructure. Presidential directives, coupled with national security strategies and several iterations of the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP), have spanned the terms of at least four presidents and included the rail system. The volume of activity on

A Framework for Healthcare Disaster Resilience: A View to the Future

Domestic Preparedness March 2, 2018
According to a new report by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, the health sector in the United States would be far better positioned to manage medical care needs during emergencies of any scale by empowering existing healthcare coalitions to connect community resilience efforts with a network of hospitals

A Framework for Healthcare Disaster Resilience: A View to the Future

Domestic Preparedness March 2, 2018
According to a new report by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, the health sector in the United States would be far better positioned to manage medical care needs during emergencies of any scale by empowering existing healthcare coalitions to connect community resilience efforts with a network of hospitals

February 2018

Domestic Preparedness February 28, 2018
Featured in this issue: Setting Examples for Disaster Preparedness, By Catherine L. Feinman; 2017 Inauguration & Women’s March – Planning & Outcomes, By Natalie Jones Best; New Emergency Rule: Challenge for Some, Good for All, By David Reddick & Justin Snair; Tribal Ham Radio Operators Cut Through the Storm, By

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Article Out Loud – NIMS & ICS: The Next Level

March 22, 2022
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) resumed the “next” series of its NIMS (National Incident Management System) Incident Command System (ICS) training in August with the delivery of eight ICS position-specific Train-the-Trainer (T-t-T) programs

Article Out Loud – A Race Against Time: Canine/Handler Teams Prep for Disaster

March 15, 2022
New York City has various disaster preparedness teams that are specially equipped to manage many types of threats. One such team involves canines trained to perform search and rescue tasks. Canines have helped save lives at critical times following disasters such as 9/11, when finding survivors among rubble and debris
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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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