HHS Leaders Urge States to Maximize Efforts to Support Children’s Mental Health
Domestic Preparedness
May 27, 2022
Agencies across the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a joint letter to states, tribes, and jurisdictions encouraging them to prioritize and maximize their efforts to strengthen children’s mental health and well-being.
Crowd Behavior & Elaborated Social Identity Modeling
Robert Leverone
May 25, 2022
Law enforcement agencies are tasked with protecting life and safety as well as the civil liberties of those within their jurisdictions. Crowds present even more complex and dynamic scenarios. However, this research on crowd psychology can help law enforcement officers navigate these complexities on an operational level. Being able to gauge crowd behavior would help officers make more informed planning and response decisions and reduce the risk of civil unrest.
Protecting Life and Safety – A Job for Everyone
Catherine L. Feinman
May 25, 2022
Firefighters, emergency medical services, law enforcement officers, and emergency managers can
create force multipliers through the education and training of other community stakeholders. This May
edition of the Domestic Preparedness Journal provides valuable information for emergency response
organizations to consider when fortifying their efforts and engaging other community stakeholders.
EMS Safety Practices
Domestic Preparedness
May 20, 2022
This report provides tools to support and strengthen fire and emergency medical services and stakeholders to prepare for, prevent, mitigate and respond to all hazards.
Stop the Bleed Training for Immediate Responders
Andrew (Andy) Altizer
May 18, 2022
When an injury causes a life-threatening bleed, minutes matter. There may not be enough time for first responders to arrive on the scene, so immediate responders are needed. Knowing how to respond to this type of injury and being able to stop the bleeding are skills that everyone should learn. This article explains why and how to do that.
DHS Announces $1.6 Billion in Preparedness Grants
Domestic Preparedness
May 16, 2022
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas today announced $1.6 billion for eight Fiscal Year 2022 preparedness grant programs. Together, these programs provide critical funding to help state and local officials prepare for, prevent, protect against, and respond to acts of terrorism and other hazards.
Unique binding of Delta variant may explain high transmissibility
Domestic Preparedness
May 13, 2022
Unlike other SARS-CoV-2 variants, the Delta variant can attach to copies of itself, forming larger aggregations, or clumps, of viral particles, suggests a study by scientists at the National Institutes of Health. The researchers theorize that this linking property may have played a role in the ability of the Delta variant to spread more rapidly than all the variants that preceded it.
Suburban Fire Operations: Five Lessons Learned
Randall W. Hanifen
May 11, 2022
From small fire companies covering large areas of rural land to large fire departments covering highly populated urban cities, suburban fire departments are tasked with a mixture of both. One firefighter who has spent his career in a suburban fire department shares the five key lessons he has learned throughout his career.
Community Policing Development
Domestic Preparedness
May 6, 2022
The 2022 Community Policing Development program is designed to advance the practice of community policing by providing guidance on promising practices through the development and testing of innovative strategies; building knowledge about effective practices and outcomes; and supporting new, creative approaches to preventing crime and promoting safe communities.
Collaborative Reform Initiative
Domestic Preparedness
May 6, 2022
The 2022 Collaborative Reform Initiative encompasses three technical assistance programs offering expert services to state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies to support effective community policing. This continuum of services is designed to build trust between law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve; improve operational efficiencies and effectiveness; enhance officer safety and wellness; and develop and disseminate evidence-based, promising, and innovative public safety practices.
