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October 2018

October 31, 2018
Featured in this issue: Modern Responses to Today’s Disasters, By Catherine L. Feinman; Helping the Chronically Ill During Natural Disasters, By Allegra Balmadier; Planning for Animals in an Emergency Management Strategy, By Heather Kitchen; Special Edition: School Security; Active Threat Response in Nashua, New Hampshire, By Mark A. Hastings; The

September 2018

September 30, 2018
Featured in this issue: September – A Busy Month of Preparedness, By Martin Masiuk; FEMA Challenges & Responses, 2017-2018, By Kay C. Goss; Introducing the “ACT” Crisis Management Framework, By Terry Hastings; Control System Cybersecurity Concerns, By Joseph Weiss; EMS Is EMS – Own It, By Catherine L. Feinman

August 2018

August 29, 2018
Featured in this issue: Disasters – Seeing the Big Picture, By Catherine L. Feinman; Technology Behind the Next Heat Emergency, By Tashawn Brown; Combating the Single Point of Failure, By Dana Goward; Managing Crisis & Disaster in a Connected Digital World, By Wayne P. Bergeron; Planning Needed – Climate Change

July 2018

July 25, 2018
Featured in this issue: Human Trafficking – A National Security Issue, By Richard Schoeberl & Benjamin Nivens; The Big Data Bind, By Daniel M. Gerstein; Podcast: Public Health Preparedness: Segment 2, Moderated by Andrew Roszak; Three Ways AI Helps Prepare for Future Attacks, By Michael Ellenbogen; 2018 Business Resilience Conference,

June 2018

June 27, 2018
Featured in this issue: Counterinsurgency & Emergency Management, By Roger Parrino & Terry Hastings; Aiding the Response to Fentanyl With Portable Equipment, By Philip Tackett; Podcast – Public Health Preparedness: Segment 1, Moderated by Andrew Roszak; The Need for Community Public Safety UAS Programs, By Charles L. Werner; Bringing Emergency

May 2018

May 30, 2018
Featured in this issue: Averting Disaster – A Multi-Tier Approach, By Catherine Feinman ; Turning Five Crisis Leader Pitfalls Into Opportunities, By Eric J. McNulty; Cascading Consequences: Electrical Grid Critical Infrastructure Vulnerability, By George H. Baker & Stephen Volandt; Detecting & Preventing Nuclear/Radioactive Materials, By Ian Pleet; A Race Against

April 2018

April 25, 2018
Featured in this issue: CBRNE Weapons & Islamic State – A Bad Combination, By Richard Schoeberl; Improving Local Health Department Cybersecurity, By Justin Snair; Podcast: Bringing Specialized Training to All Communities, Moderated by Andrew Roszak; Five Steps Toward Enhancing Climate Resilience, By Emily Wasley; In Search of Infrastructure-Proof Emergency Alerts,

March 2018

March 28, 2018
Featured in this issue: Roles in Disaster – Completing the Chain, By Catherine L. Feinman; Emerging Threats to Rail Infrastructure: Part II, Passenger, By Catherine L. Feinman; Podcast: Protecting Food, Air, and Water: Environmental Health, Moderated by Andrew Roszak; User Guide for Responder-Driven Technology Development, By Ann Lesperance & Richard

February 2018

February 28, 2018
Featured in this issue: Setting Examples for Disaster Preparedness, By Catherine L. Feinman; 2017 Inauguration & Women’s March – Planning & Outcomes, By Natalie Jones Best; New Emergency Rule: Challenge for Some, Good for All, By David Reddick & Justin Snair; Tribal Ham Radio Operators Cut Through the Storm, By

January 2018

January 31, 2018
Featured in this issue: Plan, Inform, Practice – Factoring in Resilience, By Catherine L. Feinman; Incident Scale & the Need for Operational Resilience, By John Contestabile & Richard Waddell; Making Schools Safe & Secure – A Local to National Effort, By Mary Filardo; Animal Relocation After Disaster – Four Cases

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Article Out Loud: Drones – A Life-Saving Time-Saver

July 24, 2024
  Full article by Kevin Jones, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, July 24, 2024. In this feature article, a school protection specialist and security manager pulls from his personal experience with law enforcement to highlight drone uses that save lives and time during incidents. As drone technology continues

Article Out Loud – The Key Bridge Collapse: Through the Lens of Community Lifelines

July 17, 2024
  Full article by Michael Prasad, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, July 17, 2024. In this feature article, a Certified Emergency Manager lists eight major elements of Community Lifelines using traffic-light-type color-coding to categorize a disaster’s adverse impact status. He applied this same system to the Key Bridge collapse

Article Out Loud – The Maui Wildfires, Relief Funds, and Incident Recovery

July 10, 2024
  Full article by Douglas (Doug) Stockham, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, July 10, 2024. In this feature article, the co-founder of the nonprofit Emergency Assistance Foundation describes the financial effects of the Maui wildfires. When a disaster strikes, some people do not have the protections or the

Article Out Loud – Five Key Domains of Incident Management

July 10, 2024
  Full article by Aaron Clark-Ginsberg, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, July 10, 2024. In this feature article, a behavioral social scientist lists five key domains that can help incident management teams assess and improve their effectiveness. Effective incident management is a set of activities, not simply boxes

Article Out Loud – Jane Doe – Responding to Vulnerable Patients

June 26, 2024
  Full article by Catherine L. Feinman, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, June 26, 2024. In this feature article, the editor of Domestic Preparedness shares the real-life story of a medical crew who responded to a call that left a lasting impression. Despite the prevalence of first responders

Article Out Loud – Invisible Chains: Human Trafficking, Drug Abuse, and Support

June 19, 2024
  Full article by Sandra Dennis-Essig, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, June 19, 2024. In this feature article, an emergency manager collaborated with the New Jersey Coalition Against Human Trafficking as an advocate, speaker, and survivor to share trauma-informed care and advocacy that first responders, legislators, and others

Article Out Loud – Fentanyl Hazards and Detection

June 12, 2024
  Full article by Ashley Bradley and Kristin Omberg, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, June 12, 2024. In this feature article, a biomedical scientist and a senior technical advisor share new ways scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are expanding detection strategies and technologies to keep responders safe. The

Article Out Loud – A Modern Take on an Age-Old Biological Weapon

June 12, 2024
  Full article by Raphael M. Barishansky, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, June 12, 2024. In this feature article, a public health leader shares his perspective on the recent reports of North Korea launching balloons filled with fecal matter and propaganda into South Korea. Could similar tactics be

Article Out Loud – The Nexus Between Drug and Human Trafficking

June 5, 2024
  Full article by Richard Schoeberl, Jeff Bolettieri, and Bill Loucks, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, June 5, 2024. In this feature article, three professionals with extensive law enforcement experience describe how transnational criminal organizations are using their experience in drug trafficking to utilize routes and operating procedures
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Domestic Preparedness

2883 Highway 71E

P.O. Box 285

Del Valle, TX 78617-9998

Editorial Statement

Founded in 1998, Domestic Preparedness continues to be a pioneering thought leader in the emergency preparedness, response, and recovery space. The multidisciplinary editorial focus helps professionals acquire critical information to develop collaborative, real-world solutions. With relevant, multidisciplinary, whole-community intelligence from the front lines, practitioners can learn from diverse perspectives. The authoritative, practitioner-centered, multimedia information platform disseminates intelligence the way busy management-level public- and private-sector professionals want to learn. This is the trusted source for content written by practitioners, for practitioners, with relevant, real-world best practices.

DomesticPreparedness.com, the Domestic Preparedness Journal and the Weekly Brief include facts, views, opinions, and recommendations of individuals and organizations deemed of interest. The Texas Division of Emergency Management and the Texas A&M University System do not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of, or otherwise endorse, these views, facts, opinions or recommendations.
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