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At Domestic Preparedness, we strive to keep people informed and aware of the latest preparedness news. Please see below for more detailed reports we obtain each month from various resources. 

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MCMi Annual Program Update – Fiscal Year 2020

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plays a critical role in protecting the United States from chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and emerging infectious disease threats. FDA ensures that medical countermeasures (MCMs)—including drugs, vaccines and diagnostic tests—to counter these threats are safe, effective, and secure. This report details the FDA’s work,

Improving Public Messaging for Evacuation and Shelter-in-Place

This report and companion documents identify relevant concepts, considerations, and principles that can inform jurisdictions in planning for evacuation and/or shelter-in-place protective actions. The research report presents recommendations for informing community members about risk and providing effective warnings. https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/documents/fema_improving-public-messaging-for-evacuation-and-shelter-in-place_literature-review-report.pdf

Biodefense in Crisis – Immediate Action Needed to Address National Vulnerabilities

This Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense report closely examines the extent of progress that has been made since the Commission released its National Blueprint for Biodefense in 2015. Biodefense in Crisis provides a fresh assessment of governmental efforts to implement the Commission’s recommendations to prevent, deter, prepare for, detect, respond to, attribute, recover from, and

Crisis Standards of Care: Lessons From New York City Hospitals’ COVID-19 Experience: The Emergency Medicine Perspective

The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security released a new report about the lessons from New York City hospitals’ emergency department experiences during the unprecedented surge of COVID-19 patients in April through June 2020. This surge was associated with extraordinary use of emergency department resources needed for severely ill patients. Many hospitals were overwhelmed and found it challenging to maintain

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Convergence Action Guide

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Convergence Action Guide describes the complex threat environment created by increasingly interconnected cyber-physical systems, and the impacts that this interconnectivity has on an organization’s cybersecurity and physical security functions. It also provides information that organizations can consider to adopt a holistic cyber-physical security approach through

Geographic Information System Lifecycle Best Practices Guide for Next Generation 911

SAFECOM and the National Council of Statewide Interoperability Coordinators Next Generation 911 working group, with support from Cybersercurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), have released a new Geographic Information System (GIS) Lifecycle Best Practices Guide to provide public safety administrators, managers, and officials with best practices and resources for implementing

2020 National Preparedness Report

The 2020 National Preparedness Report provides an overview of the risks that communities face, how vulnerabilities present in those communities drive those risks, and how risk management principles can be employed to manage those risks. The report describes the capabilities needed to manage those risks and how close communities are

Crisis Services: Meeting Needs, Saving Lives

This report, released by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, includes the “National Guidelines for Behavioral Health Crisis Care: Best Practice Toolkit” and related papers on crisis services. The toolkit offers relevant clinical and health services research, review of top national program practices, and replicable approaches that support

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MCMi Annual Program Update – Fiscal Year 2020

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plays a critical role in protecting the United States from chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and emerging infectious disease threats. FDA ensures that medical countermeasures (MCMs)—including drugs, vaccines and diagnostic tests—to counter these threats are safe, effective, and secure. This report details the FDA’s work,

Improving Public Messaging for Evacuation and Shelter-in-Place

This report and companion documents identify relevant concepts, considerations, and principles that can inform jurisdictions in planning for evacuation and/or shelter-in-place protective actions. The research report presents recommendations for informing community members about risk and providing effective warnings. https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/documents/fema_improving-public-messaging-for-evacuation-and-shelter-in-place_literature-review-report.pdf

Biodefense in Crisis – Immediate Action Needed to Address National Vulnerabilities

This Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense report closely examines the extent of progress that has been made since the Commission released its National Blueprint for Biodefense in 2015. Biodefense in Crisis provides a fresh assessment of governmental efforts to implement the Commission’s recommendations to prevent, deter, prepare for, detect, respond to, attribute, recover from, and

Crisis Standards of Care: Lessons From New York City Hospitals’ COVID-19 Experience: The Emergency Medicine Perspective

The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security released a new report about the lessons from New York City hospitals’ emergency department experiences during the unprecedented surge of COVID-19 patients in April through June 2020. This surge was associated with extraordinary use of emergency department resources needed for severely ill patients. Many hospitals were overwhelmed and found it challenging to maintain

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Convergence Action Guide

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Convergence Action Guide describes the complex threat environment created by increasingly interconnected cyber-physical systems, and the impacts that this interconnectivity has on an organization’s cybersecurity and physical security functions. It also provides information that organizations can consider to adopt a holistic cyber-physical security approach through

Geographic Information System Lifecycle Best Practices Guide for Next Generation 911

SAFECOM and the National Council of Statewide Interoperability Coordinators Next Generation 911 working group, with support from Cybersercurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), have released a new Geographic Information System (GIS) Lifecycle Best Practices Guide to provide public safety administrators, managers, and officials with best practices and resources for implementing

2020 National Preparedness Report

The 2020 National Preparedness Report provides an overview of the risks that communities face, how vulnerabilities present in those communities drive those risks, and how risk management principles can be employed to manage those risks. The report describes the capabilities needed to manage those risks and how close communities are

Crisis Services: Meeting Needs, Saving Lives

This report, released by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, includes the “National Guidelines for Behavioral Health Crisis Care: Best Practice Toolkit” and related papers on crisis services. The toolkit offers relevant clinical and health services research, review of top national program practices, and replicable approaches that support

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