DomPrep Journal

 

Food Defense

Featured in this issue: Defending the Food Supply: The Basic Recipe, By Michéle Samarya-Timm; Counter-Agroterrorism 101, By Patrick Rose; Food Safety: An Emergency Manager's Perspective, By Kay C. Goss; Early Detection of Zoonotic Emerging Infectious Diseases, By Thomas Cotter & Earl Stoddard; Listeria - When Food Bites Back, By Dana Pitts; Governmental Laboratories: Protecting the Public's Health, By Chris N. Mangal; Protecting the Milk Supply During a Foreign Animal Disease Outbreak, By Danelle Bickett-Weddle & Pamela Hullinger; Protecting Water, Diluting Threats, Saving Lives, By Joseph Cahill; Promoting Food Security in Disaster Relief Situations, By Scott McCallum; and The Boston Bombings - Redefining Shelter in Place, By Rodrigo (Roddy) Moscoso

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Natural Disasters

Featured in this issue: Protecting Schools - Tornadoes & Other Natural Disasters, By Kay C. Goss; Incident Command for Natural Disasters, By Stephen Grainer; Reauthorizing the Nation's Preparedness, By Raphael M. Barishansky; Fusion During Crisis: Aftermath of a Perfect Storm, By Christian Schulz & Raymond Guidetti; Fortifying the Financial Infrastructure, By James Lee Witt & James Loy; National Preparedness: Challenges, Definitions & Jurisdictions, By Jordan Nelms & Amanda Faul; Lessons Learned From Katrina Pay Off in Response to Sandy, By Jamie Stowe; Specialized Teams Meet Unique Challenges, By Joseph Cahill; and Local Heroes Helping Their Fellow Citizens With Disabilities, By Stephen M. Thal & William H. Austin

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Transportation

Featured in this issue: Key Hazards & Security Guides, By Stephan A. Parker; Transportation Requirements for Special Needs Populations, By Thomas P. Russo; Shipping Containers & Hidden Dangers, By Richard Schoeberl; Today's "New" Maritime World - Threats & Risks, By Corey Ranslem; The Security of Healthcare Facilities - A Growing Challenge, By Craig DeAtley; Providing Security for High-Speed Rail, By William Rooney; The Dangerous New World of the Social/Anti-Social Media, By Joseph Cahill; Catastrophic Planning vs. Conventional Disaster Planning, By Dennis R. Schrader; and Avoiding the Threat Posed by Predictive Certainty, By Michael Vesely

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Violence

Featured in this issue: Hybrid Targeted Violence: Fire, Firearms & Complex Threats, By Tracy L. Frazzano, with G. Matthew Snyder; Improving Officer Safety Through Preparation & Practice, By Monica Giovachino; Enhancing Zones to Protect the Emergency Responder, By Glen Rudner; Gas Refinery Attack in Algeria: The Lessons Learned, By Joseph Trindal; Unique Dangers Posed by Lone-Wolf Terrorists, By Jeffrey D. Simon; Safer Schools Through Advance Planning, By Donald J. Cymrot; Staying Ahead of "The Big One", By Joseph Cahill; U.S.-Mexico Border Security - The Spillover Effect, By Richard Schoeberl; Missing in Action: Private-Sector Situational Awareness, By Michael J. Pitts; Predictive Policing: Actionable Information About Potential Crimes, By Rodrigo (Roddy) Moscoso; and Police Training for Hazardous Threats, By Shannon Arledge

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HAZMAT

Featured in this issue: Locked & Loaded With Chemicals in Syria, By Richard Schoeberl; Developing & Deploying Multi-Use Technologies, By Glen Rudner; Protecting Chemical Facilities Against Terrorist Attack, By Patrick Coyle; A Continuing Need for Accurate All-Hazard Assessments, By Joseph Trindal; Implementing PPD-8: New Opportunities, Greater Challenges, By Amanda Faul; Liability Protection: An Often Overlooked Aspect of Business Continuity, By David McWhorter; The Timely Art of Declaring a Public Health Emergency, By Joseph Cahill; Partnering: A Major Key to Effective Preparation & Response, By Thomas Moran; and Preparing Health Professionals & Emergency Managers in 2013, By Jack Herrmann

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Special Events

Featured in this issue: Planned Special Events Report, By Lieutenant General H. Steven Blum; Air, Sea, Land: No Detail Left Unplanned, By Scott L. Brillman; Building a Bigger Better Buffer Zone Protection Plan, By Richard Morman; Preparing a Region for the Nation's Inauguration, By Craig DeAtley; National Special Security Events: Transportation Checklists, By Laurel J. Radow; An Overlooked Factor in Mass Killings, By Joseph Trindal; Hands-On Training in an Internet World, By Joseph Cahill; Special Events Challenges - A Sesquicentennial Example, By Stephen Grainer; Understanding Public Health Emergency Declarations, By Raphael M. Barishansky; and The Local Imperative for Building and Sustaining National Resilience, By Marko Bourne

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The Next Big Thing

Featured in this issue: Superstorm Amplifies Need for Power Grid Modernization, By J. Michael Barrett; Emergency Management in 2013, By James Lee Witt; An Interview With The Honorable Paul McHale, By Aaron Sean Poynton; From Risk to Resilience: A Social Enterprise Model, By Timothy L. Tinker; Extraordinary Care: A Case Study for the Future, By Joseph Cahill; Integrating Support for Real-Time Response Success, By Craig Crume; The Future of Data Clouds, By Marko Bourne; Partnering to Create Reliable Medical Countermeasures Capabilities, By Daniel J. Abdun-Nabi; New WMD Concerns: Many Questions, But Few Answers, By Glen Rudner; Resilience Principles: The Search for Optimum Combinations, By Scott Jackson; Additional Uses for Chemical Warfare Agent Detectors, By Christopher Wrenn; and DomPrep Action Plan - Building Resilient Regions for a Secure and Resilient Nation, By William H. Austin

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BIOTHREATS

Featured in this issue: Biodefense: Eliminating the Threat, By Craig Vanderwagen; Designing a National Infectious-Agent Detection System, By James J. Augustine; Planning Needs for Staff Medication Dispensing, By Craig DeAtley; Not All Components Are Equal, But All Are Essential, By Joseph Cahill; Smallpox - Still a Viable Bioterrorist Threat, By Richard Schoeberl; Early Warning: The Front Line of Biodefense, By Patrick Rose; Biodefense - Protecting Public Health, By Raphael M. Barishansky; A Practical Approach to Achieving Resilience, By Dennis R. Schrader; and a Podcast Interview: Law Enforcement Training for the Active Shooter, By Glen Rudner

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Medical Emergencies

Featured in this issue: Identifying & Isolating Bio-Threats Before They Present, By Patrick Rose; Nontraditional Partnerships Advance Medical Countermeasure Dispensing, By Greg Burel; State & Local Medical Countermeasures: The 12-Hour Push, By Kay C. Goss; Protecting Civilian Emergency Responders Against Anthrax, By Thomas Zink; Breaking the Rules to Save Lives, By Joseph Cahill; The Use of mHealth Technology for Pandemic Preparedness, By Sara Rubin; Addressing Key Policy Issues Before the Next Catastrophe, By Ann Lesperance; Concurrent Distribution of Anthrax Vaccine & Antibiotics, By Sarah Keally; and The Critical Intersection of Diagnostics & Countermeasures, By Chris N. Mangal

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Radiological Preparedness

Featured in this issue: Radiological Preparedness: A Short Primer, By Jeffrey Williams; Securing Weapons of Mass Destruction: A Continuing Challenge, By Richard R. Schoeberl; Radiation Contamination of Emergency Equipment, By Joseph Cahill; Hospital Response to a 10-Kiloton Nuclear Detonation, By Craig DeAtley; Understanding the Mobile Detection Deployment Program, By The Domestic Nuclear Detection Office; CBRNE & NIMS: Complementary, Not Contradictory, By Stephen Grainer; Countermeasures to Cope With Radioactive Exposure, By Craig Vanderwagen; Hospitals Must Prepare Now for Future Contingencies, By Theodore Tully; Protecting Responders From the Known and Unknown, By John Lazier; Public Health Response & Severe Weather Emergencies, By Audrey Mazurek; and EPA's Role in Domestic Preparedness, By Erica Canzler

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