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Durable Medical Equipment in Disasters

Domestic Preparedness August 6, 2018
This fact sheet provides information on general durable medical equipment (DME) categories and focuses on electricity-dependent DME that may be affected by disasters and emergencies, including power failures. It also includes information to assist healthcare system preparedness stakeholders plan for medically vulnerable populations who rely on DME. https://asprtracie.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/aspr-tracie-durable-medical-equipment-in-disasters.pdf

Durable Medical Equipment in Disasters

Domestic Preparedness August 6, 2018
This fact sheet provides information on general durable medical equipment (DME) categories and focuses on electricity-dependent DME that may be affected by disasters and emergencies, including power failures. It also includes information to assist healthcare system preparedness stakeholders plan for medically vulnerable populations who rely on DME. https://asprtracie.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/aspr-tracie-durable-medical-equipment-in-disasters.pdf

Planning Considerations: Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks

Domestic Preparedness August 4, 2018
This guide supports planning for Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks (CCTAs) and provides a summary of their unique characteristics. The document builds on Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 101: Developing and Maintaining Emergency Operations Plans, and CPG 201: Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA) Guide by providing planning considerations specific

Planning Considerations: Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks

Domestic Preparedness August 4, 2018
This guide supports planning for Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks (CCTAs) and provides a summary of their unique characteristics. The document builds on Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 101: Developing and Maintaining Emergency Operations Plans, and CPG 201: Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA) Guide by providing planning considerations specific

July 2018

Domestic Preparedness July 25, 2018
Featured in this issue: Human Trafficking – A National Security Issue, By Richard Schoeberl & Benjamin Nivens; The Big Data Bind, By Daniel M. Gerstein; Podcast: Public Health Preparedness: Segment 2, Moderated by Andrew Roszak; Three Ways AI Helps Prepare for Future Attacks, By Michael Ellenbogen; 2018 Business Resilience Conference,

Roadmap for Biosecurity and Biodefense Policy in the United States

Domestic Preparedness July 10, 2018
This report presents a roadmap for implementing biosecurity and biodefense policy to leverage the capabilities of science and technology advances and minimize security risks. The roadmap contains detailed analyses of the overall system of U.S. biosecurity and biodefense policy, methodologies for evaluating successful implementation of policies, and historical case studies,

Roadmap for Biosecurity and Biodefense Policy in the United States

Domestic Preparedness July 10, 2018
This report presents a roadmap for implementing biosecurity and biodefense policy to leverage the capabilities of science and technology advances and minimize security risks. The roadmap contains detailed analyses of the overall system of U.S. biosecurity and biodefense policy, methodologies for evaluating successful implementation of policies, and historical case studies,

June 2018

Domestic Preparedness June 27, 2018
Featured in this issue: Counterinsurgency & Emergency Management, By Roger Parrino & Terry Hastings; Aiding the Response to Fentanyl With Portable Equipment, By Philip Tackett; Podcast – Public Health Preparedness: Segment 1, Moderated by Andrew Roszak; The Need for Community Public Safety UAS Programs, By Charles L. Werner; Bringing Emergency

Healthcare System Readiness for Highly Pathogenic Infectious Diseases

Domestic Preparedness June 22, 2018
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response within the United States Department of Health and Human Services has released the slide deck from a recent Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange (TRACIE) presentation on the tiered Ebola healthcare response system and how to use resources developed

Healthcare System Readiness for Highly Pathogenic Infectious Diseases

Domestic Preparedness June 22, 2018
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response within the United States Department of Health and Human Services has released the slide deck from a recent Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange (TRACIE) presentation on the tiered Ebola healthcare response system and how to use resources developed

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Article Out Loud – UTMB: From Disaster Planning to Long-Term Recovery

May 10, 2022
This 2010 article describes how the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) used the lessons learned from Hurricanes Rita in 2005 and Ike in 2008 to develop an effective response and rebuilding plan that not only has been used by UTMB itself to cope with future disasters but also provides

Article Out Loud – Project Management Approach in Emergency Management

May 4, 2022
Each disaster a community faces must be effectively managed. By viewing each crisis as a project and each emergency manager as a project manager, communities will be better prepared to mitigate future threats, manage special events, and respond to emergencies and disasters. Narrated by MacGregor Stephenson.

Article Out Loud – Growing Threat to Healthcare and Other Facilities

April 20, 2022
Active shooters and other violent incidents occur all over the country – in urban and rural areas, in big cities and small towns, in large and small facilities. Many examples demonstrate the need to understand and plan for them and the significant consequences that could follow.
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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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