EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ARCHIVES
What Is an Ambulance?
Joseph Cahill
January 25, 2006
It used to be two strong men and a hearse. Modern EMS workers are now much better equipped to provide early lifesaving support both at the scene of an accident or incident and while en route to the nearest hospital or other medical facility.
Major General Donna Barbisch, USA (Ret)
John F. Morton
January 11, 2006
DomPrep’s John Morton met with Major General Donna F. Barbisch, USA (Ret.)” … Barbisch prioritizes planning … when it comes to [providing] medical support in catastrophic-incident responses.”DomPrep has divided the 43 minute interview into four segments. Listen to Audio Segment One“Leveraging existing health system assets for integrated training/planning … [to increase]
A Score-Card Agenda for Capitol Hill
James D. Hessman
January 11, 2006
Homeland defense will be a key legislative focus this year in both the House and the Senate, with the Department of Homeland Security serving uncomfortably both as a target and, later, as a beneficiary.
2005-A Reflection, 2006-A Challenge
Martin D. Masiuk
December 28, 2005
Dear DomPrep Journal Readers: Season’s Greetings and the best to you in the New Year. Reflecting on this year, 2005 certainly will end very differently from how it began. Remembering this past January, the nation observed the second inauguration of President George W. Bush. In his Address he stated, “Government
General Dennis Reimer, USA (Ret.) Former Army Chief of Staff and Director of MIPT
John F. Morton
December 14, 2005
Details of how emergency responders can benefit from LLIS.gov, the Lessons Learned Information Sharing network, and what they can expect from the Pentagon’s latest review of military support in light of 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina.
The Need for Surge Capacity: Patience Is Not the Solution!
Joseph Cahill
November 30, 2005
The time is NOW to develop detailed plans for the implementation of the mutual-aid agreements without which almost all hospitals in any given area of the country will be forced to rely on stopgap measures–inadequate and too late–to cope with a major disasters
The Protection of Critical Infrastructure: Six Questions, a Changing Threat, And an Unknown Number of Algorithms
Bilal M. Ayyub
November 16, 2005
The University of Maryland’s Center for Technology and Systems Management undertakes a major CI/KR project that will be of vital interest to other states throughout the nation, and to first responders everywhere.
Critical-Infrastructure Update: The Essential Components of Domestic Preparedness
James D. Hessman
November 16, 2005
A timely update on the steps already taken to protect the nation’s critical infrastructure, and additional actions in the planning stage. Summary: Some gains, but too many hesitations, and still a long way to go.
Publisher’s Message
Martin D. Masiuk
November 16, 2005
Critical Infrastructure: The long and difficult road ahead.
Providing Defense Support to Civil Authorities
Robert Fitton
November 2, 2005
An incisive and comprehensive primer on how the U.S. military can be and is being used to better defend the nation’s homeland against terrorist attacks and, at the same time, help civil authorities at all levels of government cope with hurricanes, floods,
Army National Guard Assets and Homeland Security
Brent Bankus
November 2, 2005
The militia tradition continues in the Brave New World of the 21st century, with the Army and Air National Guard playing the lead roles–but all of the nation’s armed services are assuming new missions and responsibilities in the field of homeland defense
R. James Woolsey, Vice President, Global Resilience, Booz Allen Hamilton
R. James Woolsey and John F. Morton
November 2, 2005
A world-class statesman and patriot provides new insights on the most significant organizational and policy changes likely to be implemented to improve U.S. intelligence and information-sharing capabilities both in the near future and in the long term.
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