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Emergency Management on Defense, Homeland Security on Offense

September 17, 2025
While some professionals believe that emergency management should revisit civil defense roles in emergency management, others support maintaining a separation between homeland defense and emergency management roles. This article is a counterpoint to the creation of a “Sixth Framework” for emergency management.
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A Free Mental Health Resource for All Public Safety Professions

September 17, 2025
Public safety professionals—including emergency communications specialists—face daily exposure to trauma, often without acknowledgment. However, the very systems built to safeguard the larger community frequently fail to safeguard their own. With telecommunicators as a key example, this article describes mental health care needs across the public safety community and provides a
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What Volunteers Mean to Emergency Management Budgets

September 17, 2025
Driven by a sense of humanity, volunteers are invaluable to emergency efforts. But they are essential to emergency management in more ways than one. The hours they donate and the costs they absorb by covering their own expenses positively affect the bottom line of budget-strapped emergency management departments.
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Civil Defense: The Unseen Pillars of Preparedness

September 10, 2025
Core to homeland security are institutions such as active-duty military, the National Guard, FEMA, and local first responders. Complementing these core institutions, however, are three often underrecognized forces that provide consistent, often uncompensated support: the Civil Air Patrol, the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, and State Guard units. This article explores

Podcast – Leading in Times of Disaster: The Crucial Role of Emergency Management and Public Health Officials

September 8, 2025
Listen to an informative conversation with Eric McNulty, associate director for the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative at the Harvard School of Public Health. In this podcast, Professor McNulty shares his expertise, research, and teachings about leadership during high-stakes, high-pressure situations. He emphasizes the importance of integrating public health and emergency
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Lessons From Indigenous Emergency Response in Canada

September 3, 2025
Emergency management in Indigenous communities carries a unique spirit, one not always captured in the structured blueprints of conventional emergency operation centers. Emergency managers should examine culturally appropriate emergency support and communication strategies to improve crisis response.
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Overcoming Hurricane Evacuation Delays to Save Lives

September 3, 2025
Flooding is the main cause of hurricane deaths in the U.S., and evacuation planning is critical to life safety. For maximum community buy-in, emergency managers should educate the public on optimum evacuation procedures and account for supply chain disruptions.

Emergency Management on Defense, Homeland Security on Offense

September 17, 2025
While some professionals believe that emergency management should revisit civil defense roles in emergency management, others support maintaining a separation between homeland defense and emergency management roles. This article is a counterpoint to the creation of a “Sixth Framework” for emergency management.

A Free Mental Health Resource for All Public Safety Professions

September 17, 2025
Public safety professionals—including emergency communications specialists—face daily exposure to trauma, often without acknowledgment. However, the very systems built to safeguard the larger community frequently fail to safeguard their own. With telecommunicators as a key example, this article describes mental health care needs across the public safety community and provides a

What Volunteers Mean to Emergency Management Budgets

September 17, 2025
Driven by a sense of humanity, volunteers are invaluable to emergency efforts. But they are essential to emergency management in more ways than one. The hours they donate and the costs they absorb by covering their own expenses positively affect the bottom line of budget-strapped emergency management departments.

Civil Defense: The Unseen Pillars of Preparedness

September 10, 2025
Core to homeland security are institutions such as active-duty military, the National Guard, FEMA, and local first responders. Complementing these core institutions, however, are three often underrecognized forces that provide consistent, often uncompensated support: the Civil Air Patrol, the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, and State Guard units. This article explores

Podcast – Leading in Times of Disaster: The Crucial Role of Emergency Management and Public Health Officials

September 8, 2025
Listen to an informative conversation with Eric McNulty, associate director for the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative at the Harvard School of Public Health. In this podcast, Professor McNulty shares his expertise, research, and teachings about leadership during high-stakes, high-pressure situations. He emphasizes the importance of integrating public health and emergency

Podcast – From Compassion to Capability: John Gantt on CERT and Community Preparedness

September 3, 2025
In this podcast episode of Domestic Preparedness: The Podcast, host Nicolette Casey Phillips speaks with John Gantt, a longtime emergency management volunteer and CERT leader dedicated to turning everyday neighbors into trusted partners for first responders. They discuss volunteerism and the critical roles volunteers play in disaster preparedness and response.

Lessons From Indigenous Emergency Response in Canada

September 3, 2025
Emergency management in Indigenous communities carries a unique spirit, one not always captured in the structured blueprints of conventional emergency operation centers. Emergency managers should examine culturally appropriate emergency support and communication strategies to improve crisis response.

Overcoming Hurricane Evacuation Delays to Save Lives

September 3, 2025
Flooding is the main cause of hurricane deaths in the U.S., and evacuation planning is critical to life safety. For maximum community buy-in, emergency managers should educate the public on optimum evacuation procedures and account for supply chain disruptions.

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Article Out Loud – A Free Mental Health Resource for All Public Safety Professions

September 17, 2025
This is an article by Bridgett Clark, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, September 17, 2025. Public safety professionals—including emergency communications specialists—face daily exposure to trauma, often without acknowledgment. However, the very systems built to safeguard the larger community frequently fail to safeguard their own. Through the example of

Article Out Loud – Civil Defense: The Unseen Pillars of Preparedness

September 10, 2025
This is an article by Stephen Kastensmidt, Scott C. Lanham, and John T. “Tim” Briery, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, September 10, 2025.\ Core to homeland security are institutions such as active-duty military, the National Guard, FEMA, and local first responders. Complementing these core institutions, however, are three

Article Out Loud – Lessons From Indigenous Emergency Response in Canada

September 3, 2025
This is an article by David Formentini, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, September 3, 2025. Emergency management in Indigenous communities carries a unique spirit, one not always captured in the structured blueprints of conventional emergency operation centers. Learn how emergency managers can examine culturally appropriate emergency support and

Article Out Loud – The Evolving Landscape of Domestic Extremism

August 20, 2025
This is an article by Richard Schoeberl, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, August 20, 2025. Extremism in its many forms remains a growing threat in the U.S. There is heightened concern about ongoing violent extremist reactions to both domestic sociopolitical developments and international events that may be used
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