COMMENTARY ARCHIVES
Compare Your Thoughts with Those from National Experts on…Pandemic Preparedness & Response
Paul E. Jarris and John F. Morton
April 21, 2010
The nation’s “Pandemic Preparedness & Response” capabilities – and deficiencies – are examined, debated, and discussed by the DOMPREP40 panel of career emergency-management and domestic-preparedness professionals. As with previous such surveys, readers are asked, and cordially invited, to make their own judgments on a broad spectrum of these literally life-or-death
FINAL REPORT: The Chemical Threat & The State of Chemical Preparedness
Stephen Reeves and John F. Morton
March 30, 2010
The DP40 and DomPrep readers where asked to voice their opinions on how prepared the United States is for a chemical attack and what it might mean for local emergency managers if a chemical warfare agent or TIC/TIM (toxic industrial chemical/toxic industrial material) event occurred.
The Need for Situational Awareness in a CBRNE Attack
Jordan Nelms
March 24, 2010
The handling of mass-casualty incidents involving chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and/or explosive materials requires special training and purpose-built systems and equipment, but the greatest need on-site is continuing awareness by emergency responders of the horrendous threat they, and the innocent victims they are helping, are facing.
Responding to CBRNE Attacks: A Quick Primer
Jennifer Smither
March 17, 2010
The dangers posed by IEDs, chemical and biological weapons & devices, and other WMDs has grown exponentially in recent years – to the point that many analysts now use the term “when, not if” in answering questions about the possibility of additional terrorist attacks against the United States. The time
Compare Your Thoughts with Those from National Experts on … The Chemical Threat and the State of Chemical Preparedness
Stephen Reeves and John F. Morton
March 10, 2010
How serious is the chemical threat now facing the United States and its allies throughout the world? Also, are U.S. responder agencies properly prepared to cope with that threat? If not, why not? What additional policies and actions are needed? Those are just a few of numerous questions posed in
FINAL REPORT: The Security of National Infrastructure
Dennis R. Schrader
February 28, 2010
The DP40 and DomPrep readers where asked how they view the apparent transition from thinking in terms of critical infrastructure protection to thinking in terms of critical infrastructure resilience.
No Easy Choices When Facing a Nuclear-Armed Gorilla
Neil C. Livingstone
February 24, 2010
As always, the principal topic discussed at the 2010 Herzliya conference was Israeli’s national security. But the most important building block – stumbling block might be a more accurate term – in maintaining that security at a high level was mentioned only in whispers, because no one dared to speak
Compare Your Thoughts with Those from National Experts on: The Security of National Infrastructure
John F. Morton
February 10, 2010
DPJ readers are asked to compare their views with those of the DomPrep40 professionals on a broad spectrum of nationally important topics – beginning in this issue with Critical Infrastructure Resilience.
Protecting Citizens by Predicting Future Threats
Jennifer Smither
December 30, 2009
The threat is imminent, and can become a reality at almost any time. But no one knows about it except those who plan to carry out the threat. Chicago’s new District Intelligence Bulletin System (DIBS) is helping to even the odds by the extremely rapid dissemination, to law-enforcement agencies throughout
First-Person Report – Forecast 2010: A New Model for Disaster Management
Mark Merritt
December 16, 2009
When the moisture level in Iowa climbed several inches, and then several feet, last year, the residents of the Hawkeye state knew they were in for a very wet summer. The still-ongoing recovery process from the 2008 drenching required several new approaches, a courageous decision by the governor, and some
Party Crashers Should Go From White House to Big House
Bradley A. Blakeman
December 9, 2009
Allegations, accusations, denials, congressional hearings, alleged cover-ups, and a raft of unanswered questions. That is the residue (so far) of one of the most publicized and, for practical purposes, least substantive “news stories of the year.” There are, though, a few “actual facts,” so to speak, that might also be
Iran’s Long Reach Into the U.S. Homeland
Neil C. Livingstone
November 24, 2009
Despite U.S. moves to improve nation-to-nation relations with Iran, Tehran continues to support groups and organizations obviously unfriendly to the United States – the Alavi Foundation, for example. It is clear, moreover, that the anti-U.S. virus is spreading, with Somalia and other countries joining the international junta facing the free
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