This is an article by Marc Hill, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, April 9, 2025. Effective communication starts with understanding your audience—who they are, what they know, why they’re listening, and what they need to hear. Learn how this awareness can help you deliver a message your audience will understand, connect with, and remember.
This is an article by Tanya Scherr, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, April 2, 2025. Coupled with continued staffing challenges, mental health and work-life balance difficulties in emergency call centers are cause for concern. Learn how AI can take some of the burden from existing staff and leadership, so focus can be returned to where it is most needed within each center. Now to the featured article.
This is an article by Joshua Dise and Adrian Self, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, March 26, 2025. As economies and populations grow, food and agricultural security is of increasing concern. Learn how proactive investment in risk management and security measures can ensure the sustainability of the global food supply.
This is an article by Russ Kane, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, March 26, 2025. In the interest of reducing methane pollution and establishing a revenue stream for a renewable resource, dairy and livestock operators are creating mechanisms to produce compressed natural gas. This new technology reduces greenhouse gases but also introduces new hazards to rural communities. Learn how new technology that reduces greenhouse gases also introduces new hazards to rural communities.
This is an article by Michael Sharon and Randy Treadwell, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, March 17, 2025.
The agricultural supply chain’s global interdependency introduces considerable vulnerability. The failure or weakening of even one of the supply chain links has cascading effects.
Learn how awareness of potential catastrophe across sectors is crucial to emergency preparedness.
This is an article by Dan Scherr and Tanya Scherr, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, March 19, 2025.
Agroterrorism is not new. Considered a subset of bioterrorism, it has become an increasing concern to the U.S.
Learn statement how preparedness leaders must take extra steps to engage stakeholders and incorporate them into planning efforts.
This is an article by the Foundation for Infrastructure Resilience, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, March 12, 2025.
Because modern societies are increasingly reliant on electronics, they are more vulnerable to the effects of an electromagnetic pulse event.
Learn how cascading effects of a power grid disruption increase nations’ vulnerability, as they move to electrify their critical infrastructure and essential services.
This is an article by Joshua Dise, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, March 5, 2025.
Hazards and risks associated with state and local fairs mirror those of other high-attendance events—medical emergencies, mass casualty incidents, and other public safety risks. However, within the food and agriculture sector lies an additional risk: the spread of animal diseases, which can have catastrophic consequences.
Learn about the ever-present risk and threat of animal disease transmission.
This is an article by Dan Scherr and Tanya Scherr, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, March 5, 2025.
When considering cyberattack risk, understanding the primacy of the human factor is central in developing plans for continuity of operations and incident response. With the increasing cost of data breaches, it is all the more important to educate users on best practices and to employ robust security programs.
Learn how to fortify your organization’s cybersecurity against the human factor.
This is an article by Marc Hill, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, April 9, 2025. Effective communication starts with understanding your audience—who they are, what they know, why they’re listening, and what they need to hear. Learn how this awareness can help you deliver a message your audience will understand, connect with, and remember.
