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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

MCMi Program Update Fiscal Year 2017

Domestic Preparedness June 8, 2018
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plays a critical role in protecting the United States from chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and emerging infectious disease threats. The FDA ensures that medical countermeasures for these threats are safe, effective, and secure. This annual report details the FDA’s medical countermeasure activities for

MCMi Program Update Fiscal Year 2017

Domestic Preparedness June 8, 2018
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plays a critical role in protecting the United States from chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and emerging infectious disease threats. The FDA ensures that medical countermeasures for these threats are safe, effective, and secure. This annual report details the FDA’s medical countermeasure activities for

SAMHSA Disaster Technical Assistance Center Supplemental Research Bulletin – First Responders: Behavioral Health Concerns, Emergency Response, and Trauma

Domestic Preparedness June 6, 2018
This publication discusses the challenges encountered by first responders during regular duty as well as following disasters, sheds more light on the risks and behavioral health consequences (such as post-traumatic stress disorder, stress, and depression) of serving as a first responder, and presents steps that can be taken to reduce

SAMHSA Disaster Technical Assistance Center Supplemental Research Bulletin – First Responders: Behavioral Health Concerns, Emergency Response, and Trauma

Domestic Preparedness June 6, 2018
This publication discusses the challenges encountered by first responders during regular duty as well as following disasters, sheds more light on the risks and behavioral health consequences (such as post-traumatic stress disorder, stress, and depression) of serving as a first responder, and presents steps that can be taken to reduce

May 2018

Domestic Preparedness May 30, 2018
Featured in this issue: Averting Disaster – A Multi-Tier Approach, By Catherine Feinman ; Turning Five Crisis Leader Pitfalls Into Opportunities, By Eric J. McNulty; Cascading Consequences: Electrical Grid Critical Infrastructure Vulnerability, By George H. Baker & Stephen Volandt; Detecting & Preventing Nuclear/Radioactive Materials, By Ian Pleet; A Race Against

The Tribal Legal Preparedness Project

Domestic Preparedness May 7, 2018
Public health emergencies, including infectious disease and natural disasters, are issues that every community faces. To address these threats, it is critical for all jurisdictions to understand how law can be used to enhance public health preparedness, as well as improve coordination and collaboration across jurisdictions. The Tribal Legal Preparedness

The Tribal Legal Preparedness Project

Domestic Preparedness May 7, 2018
Public health emergencies, including infectious disease and natural disasters, are issues that every community faces. To address these threats, it is critical for all jurisdictions to understand how law can be used to enhance public health preparedness, as well as improve coordination and collaboration across jurisdictions. The Tribal Legal Preparedness

Pandemic Preparedness for Faith-Based Organizations

Domestic Preparedness May 5, 2018
Public health officials say the nation is overdue and underprepared for a pandemic. While everyone in a community can serve a role in pandemic preparedness, faith-based organizations provide unique characteristics to pandemic preparedness. These include community outreach efforts (i.e., counseling, ministry, aid) and available facilities and resources useful in a

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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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