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Editor’s Note: Maximize Training, Minimize Risk

  The disaster stage—from local events to worldwide catastrophes—is changing. Training and gaming are efficient ways to determine the key players, learn through trial and error, and create actionable tasks that can mitigate disasters in the real world. Tabletop exercises offer a low-cost, easy-to-implement option, whereas full-scale exercises provide more intensive training but with additional investment in time and resources. However, new technologies and innovative thinking are changing these traditional forms of training. For example,…

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Editor’s Note: Responding to Disasters in 2025 and Beyond

The December 2024 edition of the Domestic Preparedness Journal provides insight into the intersection of AI and emergency preparedness. With their exponentially increasing speed of development, existing, emerging, and not-yet-created technologies must all be part of the planning process in 2025 and beyond.

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Each person plays a critical leadership role, from top leadership to frontline workers. The authors in the December edition of the Domestic Preparedness Journal share

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Despite small local governments being overrun with malware, ransomware, and myriad other threats, it is difficult to find experienced cybersecurity professionals. Meanwhile, students search for

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Editor’s Note: Maximize Training, Minimize Risk

  The disaster stage—from local events to worldwide catastrophes—is changing. Training and gaming are efficient ways to determine the key players, learn through trial and error, and create actionable tasks that can mitigate disasters in the real world. Tabletop exercises offer a low-cost, easy-to-implement option, whereas full-scale exercises provide more intensive training but with additional investment in time and resources. However, new technologies and innovative thinking are changing these traditional forms of training. For example,…

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In memory of the September 11 terrorist attacks and National Preparedness Month, the authors in this September edition of the Domestic Preparedness Journal address community

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When community leaders in emergency preparedness, response, and recovery invest in engagements with community members, the return on investment can be measured in lives, properties,

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