
Challenges and Considerations in Disaster Research
Domestic Preparedness
February 29, 2016
This report addresses the ethical and operational concerns in research design, participant recruitment, data collection, and data interpretation during disaster research. In this report, researchers learn about procedural challenges that

Children in Disasters: Do Americans Feel Prepared?
Domestic Preparedness
February 27, 2016
The purpose of the study was to learn more about people’s opinions and attitudes toward disaster preparedness with a focus on children in disasters. Findings from this national survey have

The Continuity Gap
Vincent B. Davis
February 24, 2016
Corporate confusion could spell a disastrous response in a crisis. To dispel such confusion, companies should have an emergency manager on staff, ensure that employees are well prepared, and recognize

Railroad Ties Communities Together
James Metzger
February 24, 2016
With Amtrak’s rail lines spanning communities across the United States (and parts of Canada), it is in a prime position to engage the whole community and to build national

Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community
Domestic Preparedness
February 22, 2016
James R. Clapper, Director of National Intelligence for the U.S., offered this Statement of the United States Intelligence Community’s 2016 assessment of threats to US national security. Global threats discussed

Planning & Operations: Two Sides of the Same Coin
Sharon Russell
February 17, 2016
For an emergency, planning personnel provide direction and operations personnel provide action. At first glance, their roles may seem very different but, in reality, they are dependent on one another

Public Health Preparedness Realities
Raphael Barishansky and Seth Komansky
February 17, 2016
The term “situational awareness” typically conjures images of emergency responders on the scene of a complex incident with many emergency vehicles and various levels of activity, both command and operationally oriented. Public health normally does not enter into the equation, but perhaps it is time to change that thinking.

Ongoing Challenges and Future Considerations for DHS Biosurveillance Efforts
Domestic Preparedness
February 17, 2016
This statement describes progress and challenges that the U.S. Government Accountability Office has reported in the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) implementation of the National Biosurveillance Integration Center and BioWatch

State of Preparedness 2016: Children & Child Care
Andrew R. Roszak
February 10, 2016
By 30 September 2016, all states will be required to create child care disaster plans under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act, which include procedures for facilities to: evacuate; relocate; shelter-in-place; lock-down; communicate; reunify families; continue operations; and accommodate infants, toddlers, and children with additional physical, mental, or medical needs.

Status of Preparedness: Emergency Medical Services
Seth Komansky
February 10, 2016
Responders in the pre-hospital emergency medical field must be in a state of readiness at all times. Working on the front lines of an emergency incident requires the ability to leverage external resources, the determination to harden operations, and the skillfulness to manage patient surge.