COMMENTARY

Editor’s Note: Responding to Disasters in 2025 and Beyond

  At the beginning of each new year, discussions about change and what will happen in the upcoming year tend to dominate conversations, and 2025 is no exception. The rapid pace of technological innovations, frequent changes in leadership, and other factors make it challenging but not impossible to prepare for incidents that may happen in the months or years ahead. Lessons learned from events like COVID-19 help public health and other sectors prepare for the…

Most Recent

Advisory Board Spotlight: Interview with Major Rhonda Lawson

Rhonda Lawson is a major in the chief’s office of the Texas Highway Patrol (THP) Division. She began her 27-year career with the Texas Department of Public Safety in 1997 as a trooper. In 2012, Lawson transferred to the Texas Division of Emergency Management as captain and deputy Operations Section

Preparing for the Next Biothreat: Lessons Not to Forget

In 2024, senior officials from hospitals, healthcare organizations, public health, emergency management, and other responder communities convened at two workshops to share the lessons they learned as leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic. Their lessons learned can help communities better prepare for the next biothreat.
A close-up of a hand gently holding a glowing sphere with the letters AI prominently displayed in the center. The sphere emits a bright blue light, symbolizing the power and potential of artificial intelligence. This image conveys a futuristic vision of AI technology being carefully controlled and harnessed by human innovation.

Editor’s Note: Preparing for the Future of Artificial Intelligence

The December 2024 edition of the Domestic Preparedness Journal provides insight into the intersection of AI and emergency preparedness. With their exponentially increasing speed of development, existing, emerging, and not-yet-created technologies must all be part of the planning process in 2025 and beyond.

Advisory Board Spotlight: Interview with Caroline Agarabi, Ph.D.

What does it take to bridge science and strategy in the world of emergency preparedness? Caroline Agarabi, Ph.D., shares how her work shapes disaster response plans, supports lifesaving countermeasures, and prepares communities for the unexpected. Dive into her unique journey and insights in this compelling conversation.

Commentary Archives

Building Strength in Workforce and Structure

Each person plays a critical leadership role, from top leadership to frontline workers. The authors in the December edition of the Domestic Preparedness Journal share

Find Chances to Make Positive Changes

Emergency preparedness and response professionals willingly insert themselves into many emergencies and disasters that they could have avoided in other professions. However, they use these

PPD-44: Implications for Domestic Incident Management

An essential national incident management guidance document is finally available to responders nationwide. This document will significantly improve a unified response to and recovery from

We Want to Hear from You!

Interested in sharing your thoughts on ways to improve the Domestic Preparedness Journal? Willing to help by participating in a 60-minute market research interview? We’re

The Role of Faith in Disasters

Many faith-based organizations have disaster response and recovery components as major elements of their own missions. By partnering with governmental and nongovernmental organizations, faith-based groups

Training the Next Generation of Cyber Guardians

Despite small local governments being overrun with malware, ransomware, and myriad other threats, it is difficult to find experienced cybersecurity professionals. Meanwhile, students search for

TWITTER

Follow Us

Get Instant Access

Subscribe today to Domestic Preparedness and get real-world insights for safer communities.

Commentary

Editor’s Note: Responding to Disasters in 2025 and Beyond

  At the beginning of each new year, discussions about change and what will happen in the upcoming year tend to dominate conversations, and 2025 is no exception. The rapid pace of technological innovations, frequent changes in leadership, and other factors make it challenging but not impossible to prepare for incidents that may happen in the months or years ahead. Lessons learned from events like COVID-19 help public health and other sectors prepare for the…

Most Recent

Commentary Archives

Community Engagement – Strength in Numbers

When community leaders in emergency preparedness, response, and recovery invest in engagements with community members, the return on investment can be measured in lives, properties,

TWITTER

Follow Us

Get Instant Access

Subscribe today to Domestic Preparedness and get real-world insights for safer communities.

Translate »