Featured in this issue: SAMU & EMS: The Principle Differences, By Joseph Cahill;
Mass-Casualty/Medical-Surge Capabilities: Closing the Gap, By Kay C. Goss; Understanding Public Health
Mutual Aid, By Raphael Barishansky; NIMS & ICS: The Next Level, By Steven Grainer; Telemedicine:
Funding Increases & Rapid-Paced Development, By Diana Hopkins; Organophosphates: A Clearly Present
Danger, By John Temperilli; The Unglamorous Side: Parking Lots, Manhole Covers, and Homeland Security,
By Neil C. Livingstone; HLS & EM: Blueprinting the Future, By Dennis R. Schrader; Communicating with
the Public During a Pandemic Influenza, By Amanda Rhyne & Sarah Weiss; and Alabama, California,
Illinois, and Louisiana, By Adam McLaughlin