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Emergency Alerts: The Missing Link

  Despite significant efforts to increase the capability and resiliency of mobile data technologies since the advent of cellular communications, natural disasters can quickly destroy…

Hidden Barriers to Public Safety Interoperability

  Public safety interoperability, at its core, is the art of sharing emergency information across boundaries—between technologies, disciplines, organizations, and levels of government. These boundaries…

A Regional Approach to Public Safety Communications Planning

  In a disaster, a wide range of communications technologies are essential to interoperability, ranging from amateur radio to satellite technology. This article focuses on…

A Systems Thinking Approach to Improving Emergency Communications

  Statewide Interoperability Coordinator (SWIC) and Emergency Support Function 2 (Communications) Lead for the State of North Carolina Greg Hauser has a sign outside his…

Know the Audience: Five Keys to Effective Communication

  Training is an important aspect of the careers of first responders. How that training is delivered will depend a great deal on the knowledge,…

Agriculture Security: Systems-Based Preparedness

  The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization projects that the global population will reach nearly 10 billion by 2050. Although estimates vary across academia,…

Editor’s Note – Protecting Food and Agriculture: Bigger Than Rising Egg Prices

A countryside covered in fields and livestock may not seem like a high-risk location to people who regularly prepare for and manage emergencies. However, many…

Farm to Power: New Hazards in Rural Communities

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Podcast – Advisory Board Spotlight: Interview With Anthony Mangeri

Anthony S. Mangeri is a professor of disaster sciences and emergency management as well as the chief operating officer and principal at the Mangeri Group,…

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Imagining the U.S. Without Power: A Dual-World EMP Exercise by Charles (Chuck) L. MantoK. Luke Reiner and Dave Hunt A dual-world tabletop exercise simulating an electromagnetic pulse event in Chicopee, Massachusetts, revealed startling discrepancies in outcomes between the city’s…
Elevating Healthcare Emergency Preparedness… by Kathryn Romanchuk and Ben Kobliner Overlooked until disaster strikes, many emergency management departments struggle with personnel and budgetary constraints, yet the demand placed on these…
Keeping Humans in the Loop: The Future of Emergency… by Justin Kates and Emily Martuscello The emergence of powerful artificial intelligence tools generates excitement and apprehension, raising profound questions about the future of emergency response.…
Space view of the hurricane showing the effects of climate changEmergency Management has Evolved: Why the… by Chas Eby While initially useful, the term “all hazards” no longer accurately describes the functions or mission of the emergency management discipline.…
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Emergency room: A busy and dynamic scene in the hospital emergency room, with doctors, nurses, and patients in action, highlighting the urgency and critical care environment.Elevating Healthcare Emergency Preparedness… by Kathryn Romanchuk and Ben Kobliner Overlooked until disaster strikes, many emergency management departments struggle with personnel and budgetary constraints, yet the demand placed on these…
Next-Generation User Interaction: Expert Hand Navigates a State-Keeping Humans in the Loop: The Future of Emergency… by Justin Kates and Emily Martuscello The emergence of powerful artificial intelligence tools generates excitement and apprehension, raising profound questions about the future of emergency response.…

Domestic Preparedness Journal

Featured in this issue: Editor Note: A Quarter Century of Community Preparedness
by Catherine L. Feinman; Emerging Technologies, Part 4 – Robotics and Automation by Ian Pleet; The Race to Interoperability by Charles Guddemi and Catherine L. Feinman; Emerging Technologies, Part 5 – Legal and Privacy Concerns by Ian Pleet; Looking Ahead at Increasingly Frequent Unpredictable Weather by Akshay Birla; Top Ten Articles: 10. National Preparedness Efforts Among Tribal Communities by Lynda Zambrano and Catherine L. Feinman; 9. Perfect Storm: Albuterol Shortage & Supply Chain Upset by Tom Cotter; 8. Long-Term Care Facilities in Emergency Preparedness Planning by Tanya Scherr & Daniel Scherr; 6. Targeted Violence in Schools: Are Future Educators Prepared? by Danielle Arias, Jesse Spearo, and Kelley L. Davis; 5. Beyond Registries: Better Solutions for People With Disabilities by June Isaacson Kailes; 4. CBRN Response Capabilities and Identified Gaps by Kenneth Bell; 3. Are Public Health Agencies Ready, or Just Prepared? by Raphael M. Barishansky; 2. Inside the “Boot Camp” for Emergency Managers by Michael Valiente; 1. Incident Management – The Whataburger Way by Ron Derrick.

Featured in this issue: Editor Note: A Quarter Century of Community Preparedness
by Catherine L. Feinman; Emerging Technologies, Part 4 – Robotics and Automation by Ian Pleet; The Race to Interoperability by Charles Guddemi and Catherine L. Feinman; Emerging Technologies, Part 5 – Legal and Privacy Concerns by Ian Pleet; Looking Ahead at Increasingly Frequent Unpredictable Weather by Akshay Birla; Top Ten Articles: 10. National Preparedness Efforts Among Tribal Communities by Lynda Zambrano and Catherine L. Feinman; 9. Perfect Storm: Albuterol Shortage & Supply Chain Upset by Tom Cotter; 8. Long-Term Care Facilities in Emergency Preparedness Planning by Tanya Scherr & Daniel Scherr; 6. Targeted Violence in Schools: Are Future Educators Prepared? by Danielle Arias, Jesse Spearo, and Kelley L. Davis; 5. Beyond Registries: Better Solutions for People With Disabilities by June Isaacson Kailes; 4. CBRN Response Capabilities and Identified Gaps by Kenneth Bell; 3. Are Public Health Agencies Ready, or Just Prepared? by Raphael M. Barishansky; 2. Inside the “Boot Camp” for Emergency Managers by Michael Valiente; 1. Incident Management – The Whataburger Way by Ron Derrick.

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