Featured in this issue: Editor Note: Planning for Future Events Requires Updated Plans by Catherine L. Feinman; Preparing the Next Generation for Increasing Disasters by Kay C. Goss; Hazmat on the Rail by Glen Rudner; Covenant School – Reviewing Another Tragic Shooting by Tanya Scherr & Dan Scherr; The DoD Defense Coordinating Element and How It Is Certified by Patrick B. McNiece; Biosafety Laboratory Issues and Failures by Robert C. Hutchinson; Eclipses Again Will Darken the Sky in 2023 and 2024 by Laurel J. Radow; Labor Trafficking – An Underreported Escalating Crisis by Richard Schoeberl, Anthony Mottola, & David Gonzalez; Preparedness Promoters – Assessing Marginalized Populations by Maxwell Palmer;
The Covenant School shooting is another reminder of active shooter trends. This article reviews the chain of events from that tragic event, post-incident reviews, and what communities are and should be doing to prepare for and prevent future active shooter incidents.
An Article Out Loud from the Domestic Preparedness Journal, April 19, 2023.
Labor trafficking affects many more people in the U.S. than sex trafficking, but it gets much less attention. Learn what the government is doing and what else community stakeholders can do now to better protect people from this growing threat.
Narrated by MacGregor Stephenson.
The Covenant School shooting is another reminder of active shooter trends. This article reviews the chain of events from that tragic event, post-incident reviews, and what communities are and should be doing to prepare for and prevent future active shooter incidents.
Labor trafficking affects many more people in the U.S. than sex trafficking, but it gets much less attention. Learn what the government is doing and what else community stakeholders can do now to better protect people from this growing threat.
Few preparations made in anticipation of a disaster pay bigger dividends than how the team communicates with the news media and the public during a disaster. This 2016 article explains why.
In 2011, a “45-second” tornado proved that just because something has never happened here doesn’t mean that it cannot happen here. A wealth of lessons learned from that day continue to prepare communities today.
Besides the main mission of defending the homeland, Department of Defense capabilities also provide critical support to local, state, and federal civilian partners during major disasters. Learn how Army North’s defense coordinating element’s mission and composition ready their units to perform this additional mission when needed.
Concerns regarding unexpected biological incidents and their public health implications were discussed in a 2014 Domestic Preparedness biosecurity and bioterrorism article. From the improper possession and storage of decades-old live smallpox virus in a former Food and Drug Administration laboratory (lab) on the National Institute of Health (NIH) campus to the possible exposure to live Bacillus anthracis (anthrax) by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, agencies experienced lab accidents and made serious human errors. The biosafety lab concerns were not limited to these two serious incidents.
Besides the main mission of defending the homeland, Department of Defense capabilities also provide critical support to local, state, and federal civilian partners during major disasters. Learn how Army North’s defense coordinating element’s mission and composition ready their units to perform this additional mission when needed.
Featured in this issue: Editor Note: Planning for Future Events Requires Updated Plans by Catherine L. Feinman; Preparing the Next Generation for Increasing Disasters by Kay C. Goss; Hazmat on the Rail by Glen Rudner; Covenant School – Reviewing Another Tragic Shooting by Tanya Scherr & Dan Scherr; The DoD Defense Coordinating Element and How It Is Certified by Patrick B. McNiece; Biosafety Laboratory Issues and Failures by Robert C. Hutchinson; Eclipses Again Will Darken the Sky in 2023 and 2024 by Laurel J. Radow; Labor Trafficking – An Underreported Escalating Crisis by Richard Schoeberl, Anthony Mottola, & David Gonzalez; Preparedness Promoters – Assessing Marginalized Populations by Maxwell Palmer; 
The Covenant School shooting is another reminder of active shooter trends. This article reviews the chain of events from that tragic event, post-incident reviews, and what communities are and should be doing to prepare for and prevent future active shooter incidents. 
The Covenant School shooting is another reminder of active shooter trends. This article reviews the chain of events from that tragic event, post-incident reviews, and what communities are and should be doing to prepare for and prevent future active shooter incidents. 
Labor trafficking affects many more people in the U.S. than sex trafficking, but it gets much less attention. Learn what the government is doing and what else community stakeholders can do now to better protect people from this growing threat. 
Besides the main mission of defending the homeland, Department of Defense capabilities also provide critical support to local, state, and federal civilian partners during major disasters. Learn how Army North’s defense coordinating element’s mission and composition ready their units to perform this additional mission when needed. 
Concerns regarding unexpected biological incidents and their public health implications were discussed in a 2014 Domestic Preparedness biosecurity and bioterrorism article. From the improper possession and storage of decades-old live smallpox virus in a former Food and Drug Administration laboratory (lab) on the National Institute of Health (NIH) campus to the possible exposure to live Bacillus anthracis (anthrax) by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, agencies experienced lab accidents and made serious human errors. The biosafety lab concerns were not limited to these two serious incidents. 