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Hidden Assets and Ready Relationships
Every community has unique strengths and resources. Trusted community members, local leaders, and volunteers can support existing community systems to amplify response and recovery efforts. Enhanced communication through local volunteers builds trust and helps communities know how and where response and recovery efforts are being conducted.
From Finger Paint to Flamethrowers: Life Lessons Learned in Kindergarten
In the fast-moving world of emergency response, a few seconds can mean life or death. Responders count on tough training, cutting-edge tools, and solid knowledge of science and safety. However, the roots of effective response are actually learned in kindergarten.
Podcast – Partnerships in Preparedness: Kali Dawkins on Technology, Trust, and Response
In this episode of Domestic Preparedness: The Podcast, Kali Dawkins of Verizon shares how public/private collaboration can keep responders connected before, during, and after disaster. From hurricane recovery to planning for FIFA 2026, discover how Dawkins feels technology and trust build stronger, safer communities.
Emergency Management on Defense, Homeland Security on Offense
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
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 free training resource to help address these needs.
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FIFA, Terrorism, and Preparedness for the 2026 World… The quadrennial championship of the most popular game in the world—soccer—is coming to the United States in 2026, and fans…
Preparing Small Communities for Terrorist Attacks Terrorist attacks have broad psychological, social, and economic impacts that often extend beyond the initial target. While large cities are…
The Evolving Landscape of Domestic Extremism Extremism in its many forms remains a growing threat in the U.S. There is heightened concern about ongoing violent extremist…
A Seven-Phase Framework for Organizational Resilience Organizations cannot always dictate the course of a crisis—whether an incident, active threat, or natural disaster—but they can shape their…Trending
The Evolving Landscape of Domestic Extremism Extremism in its many forms remains a growing threat in the U.S. There is heightened concern about ongoing violent extremist…A Seven-Phase Framework for Organizational Resilience Organizations cannot always dictate the course of a crisis—whether an incident, active threat, or natural disaster—but they can shape their…FIFA, Terrorism, and Preparedness for the 2026 World… The quadrennial championship of the most popular game in the world—soccer—is coming to the United States in 2026, and fans…Preparing Small Communities for Terrorist Attacks Terrorist attacks have broad psychological, social, and economic impacts that often extend beyond the initial target. While large cities are…Domestic Preparedness Journal
Featured in this issue
- The Evolving Landscape of Domestic Extremism
- Reimagining Readiness in Homeland Defense
- Preparing Small Communities for Terrorist Attacks
- Threat Detection at Special Events
- FIFA, Terrorism, and Preparedness
- Civil Defense and the Future of Emergency Management
- Critical Infrastructure and Violent Extremism
- The Optimism Bias Trap
- Knowing What to Do When Stuff Hits the Ground
- Outbreak Resources and Strategies for Health Departments
- How 5G Technology Propels Emergency Response
Articles Out Loud
Article Out Loud – Hidden Assets and Ready Relationships
September 24, 2025
This is an article by Judy Kruger and Paul Purcell, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, September 24, 2025.
Article Out Loud – From Finger Paint to Flamethrowers, Life Lessons Learned in Kindergarten
September 24, 2025
This is an article by Chris Hawley, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, September 24, 2024. In the fast-moving
Editor’s Note: Volunteers—A Necessary Force Multiplier