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U Visa Law Enforcement Certification Resource Guide

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released the U Visa Law Enforcement Certification Resource Guide. This guide is a new tool being made available to law enforcement officials to support investigations and prosecutions involving qualified immigrant victims of crime. http://www.dhs.gov/files/resources/u-visa-law-enforcement-guide.shtm

Mass Shootings: Planning and Response Considerations

Critical incidents such as school shootings, workplace violence incidents, domestic violence attacks, and terrorist threats are occurring with alarming frequency. This four-hour planning and response course led by the Kernersville Fire Department will help public safety agencies and crisis planners adapt to these changes in society so that the appropriate

TRACKING, The Emerging Technology

Featured in this issue: Emerging Technology Enables Mass Patient Evacuations, By Bruce Clements; Reasonable Search – Or Another “Big Brother” Situation?, By Richard Schoeberl; Tracking and Locating Fire and Emergency Personnel, By Christina Spoons; Joplin & Irene Force Changes in Hospital Evac Plans, By Theodore (Ted) Tully; Mapping: An Increasingly

Public Safety Communications Evolution

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is helping, through the Office of Emergency Communications (OEC), to set the broad policy framework for the nationwide public safety broadband network to ensure it meets the needs of its users and aligns with existing emergency communications policy. This guidance document is designed to

HHS Readiness to Respond to a Biological or Other Emergency

Dr. Nicole Lurie, the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), issues an important statement on the significant progress made over the past decade to prepare and respond to biological and other emergency events. http://www.phe.gov/Preparedness/news/Documents/TestimonyLurie-anthrax.pdf

BARDA Strategic Plan 2011-2016

Over the last decade, the United States has responded to deliberate biological attacks – e.g., the mailing of anthrax-laden letters, as well as naturally occurring disease outbreaks including SARS and the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic. The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) has issued the BARDA Strategic Plan for

Bio-Response Report Card

The idea for this report card project began late last year, when the Bipartisan WMD Terrorism Research Center asked the question, “If the nation is unprepared for a biological attack, what more can we do?” This report card provides a strategic end-to-end assessment of America’s bio-response capabilities. http://www.wmdcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/bio-response-report-card-2011.pdf

Private Sector Resource Catalog 3.0

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has just released its newly updated and organized Private Sector Resource Catalog, which will help private sector partners carry out their essential roles in the Homeland Security Enterprise. Future updates, issued on a regular basis, will help ensure that the private sector has all

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