Security Protocols at Emergency Shelters
Kay C. Goss
December 19, 2007
When emergency management (EM) officials talk about the security protocols established for emergency shelters, they must be very specific and, at the same time, very holistic. The various factors involved
Mass Shooting/Active Shooter First Responder Awareness Card - A Response Sheet Provided by August Vernon and the Wisconsin Chapter of Arson Investigators
Domestic Preparedness
December 19, 2007
This guide is designed to be used to assist with responses, training, planning, and exercises. http://www.domprep.com/reports/MSResponseCard.pdf
The MMRS: A Major But Under-Utilized Asset
Glen Rudner
December 12, 2007
There are many questions today about when and where the next large-scale mass-casualty incident (MCI) is going to occur. Of particular concern to the nation’s first-responder community is how to
The Registered Traveler Program: Faster Passenger Screening? Or a Security Loophole?
Joseph Steger
December 12, 2007
Terrorist exploitation of the commercial air industry came to a crescendo with the 9/11 attacks. Neither industry nor governments globally could ignore the need to provide better security for aircraft
Dennis R. Schrader, Deputy Administrator, National Preparedness, and Glenn Cannon, Assistant Administrator for Disaster Operations, FEMA
Dennis R. Schrader
December 12, 2007
Domestic Preparedness met with Dennis R. Schrader, Deputy Administrator, National Preparedness, FEMA. Schrader, the FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) deputy administrator for national preparedness – accompanied by Glenn Cannon, FEMA assistant director for disaster operations – discusses the soon-to-be-released final version of the National Response Framework (NRF).
Love Thy Neighbor - But Keep Your Distance
Jerry Mothershead
December 12, 2007
Kill diseases by starving them to death through social distancing! That is probably the most effective and lowest-cost means of containing the spread of diseases carried in microbe-laced weapons of mass destruction.
Public Health Emergency Exercise Toolkit, Developed by the Columbia University School of Nursing and Hosted by the New York Consortium for Emergency Preparedness Continuing Education (NYCEPCE)
Domestic Preparedness
December 12, 2007
This toolkit is intended to guide local public health-agency staffs in: (1) developing, implementing, and evaluating emergency drills and exercises; and (2) facilitating the public-health aspects of larger, multi-agency emergency
Pandemic Flu - Take the Lead Working Together to Prepare Now - A Community Leaders' Toolkit Issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Domestic Preparedness
December 12, 2007
This toolkit provides: Information leaders need to know about pandemic flu; ready-to-use and ready-to-tailor resources prepared by HHS and CDC; and ideas and materials to help organizations prepare and to
Dennis R. Schrader, Deputy Administrator, National Preparedness, FEMA
Dennis R. Schrader
December 12, 2007
The new DHS “All Hazards” leader shares his views on the funding and operations of Incident
Management Assistance Teams, Emergency Operations Centers, and other components of today’s “forward
leaning” Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Ellen Embrey, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Health Protection and Readiness in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
Ellen Embrey
December 5, 2007
Domestic Preparedness met with Ellen P. Embrey, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Health Protection and Readiness in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs. The Pentagon’s Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Health Protection and Readiness outlines the military’s role in national disaster support and medical readiness under Emergency Support Function 8 (ESF 8 –Medical and Health Services), and lists the medical support capabilities her department brings to bear.