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Building Private-Public Partnerships

Domestic Preparedness August 5, 2021
The guide provides best practices for jurisdictions to establish and maintain a private-public partnership (P3) to help coordinate mitigation, response & recovery planning, and preparedness. P3s also increase community resilience. https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/documents/fema_building-private-public-partnerships.pdf

July 2021

Domestic Preparedness July 28, 2021
Featured in this issue: Bringing Back the Preparedness Mindset, By Catherine L. Feinman; Red Teaming for Disaster Preparedness, By Kole (KC) Campbell; Situational Awareness for Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration, By Akshay Birla; Start or Restart VOADs/COADs During the Preparedness Phase, By Michael Prasad; Telecommunication Overload – The 2021 Edition, By Erik Westgard

National Incident Management System Guideline for Resource Management Preparedness

Domestic Preparedness July 2, 2021
National Incident Management System (NIMS) resource management guidance enables many organizational elements to collaborate and coordinate to systematically manage resources – personnel, teams, facilities, equipment, and supplies. The NIMS Guideline for Resource Management Preparedness supplements the NIMS Resource Management component by providing additional details on processes, best practices, authorities, and tools.

COVID-19 Pandemic After-Action Report

Domestic Preparedness June 30, 2021
The National Homeland Security Consortium (NHSC), comprised of 22 associations representing state, local, and private-sector professionals responsible for the nation’s security, released their COVID-19 Pandemic After-Action Report. This report looks at the problems and issues throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and provides corresponding recommendations and best practices. http://sm1.multiview.com/t/gcH1AAdbaBPWI2QjQIYIkCA07NxaF05DHBN6aaaaF05BQNIV4paa?q=4_33y4~amp;a=fmdonbu~2513arjsohm.flp~amp;i=Eb~amp;0=

June 2021

Domestic Preparedness June 23, 2021
Featured in this issue: Connecting: Benefits & Risks, By Catherine L. Feinman; The Other Life of Command Trucks, By Erik Westgard; Online & Social Media Risks – Protecting Children, Part 1, By Michael Breslin & Robert Lowery Jr.; Online & Social Media Risks – Protecting Children, Part 2, By Michael

MCMi Annual Program Update – Fiscal Year 2020

Domestic Preparedness June 1, 2021
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plays a critical role in protecting the United States from chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and emerging infectious disease threats. FDA ensures that medical countermeasures (MCMs)—including drugs, vaccines and diagnostic tests—to counter these threats are safe, effective, and secure. This report details the FDA’s work,

May 2021

Domestic Preparedness May 26, 2021
Featured in this issue: Editor’s Note, By Catherine L. Feinman; National Preparedness Failure: Hindsight Is 2020, By Michael A. Brown; Impact of Critical Biosecurity Reports – Uncertainty Remains, By Robert C. Hutchinson; Post-Hazard Event Airport Recovery, By Gregory Brunelle, Chhabra Jaskanwal, et al.; Revisiting Face Masks Near the End of

Improving Public Messaging for Evacuation and Shelter-in-Place

Domestic Preparedness May 3, 2021
This report and companion documents identify relevant concepts, considerations, and principles that can inform jurisdictions in planning for evacuation and/or shelter-in-place protective actions. The research report presents recommendations for informing community members about risk and providing effective warnings. https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/documents/fema_improving-public-messaging-for-evacuation-and-shelter-in-place_literature-review-report.pdf

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Article Out Loud – Labor Trafficking – An Underreported Escalating Crisis

April 19, 2023
An Article Out Loud from the Domestic Preparedness Journal, April 19, 2023. Labor trafficking affects many more people in the U.S. than sex trafficking, but it gets much less attention. Learn what the government is doing and what else community stakeholders can do now to better protect people from this
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Domestic Preparedness

2883 Highway 71E

P.O. Box 285

Del Valle, TX 78617-9998

Editorial Statement

Founded in 1998, Domestic Preparedness continues to be a pioneering thought leader in the emergency preparedness, response, and recovery space. The multidisciplinary editorial focus helps professionals acquire critical information to develop collaborative, real-world solutions. With relevant, multidisciplinary, whole-community intelligence from the front lines, practitioners can learn from diverse perspectives. The authoritative, practitioner-centered, multimedia information platform disseminates intelligence the way busy management-level public- and private-sector professionals want to learn. This is the trusted source for content written by practitioners, for practitioners, with relevant, real-world best practices.

DomesticPreparedness.com, the Domestic Preparedness Journal and the Weekly Brief include facts, views, opinions, and recommendations of individuals and organizations deemed of interest. The Texas Division of Emergency Management and the Texas A&M University System do not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of, or otherwise endorse, these views, facts, opinions or recommendations.
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