Despite significant investments in public safety, critical training gaps for first responders persist. Regional planning committees, established by the FCC in the 1980s to manage public safety radio frequencies, remain key to improving interoperability. Learn about ongoing effortsāboth regional and nationalāto close communication gaps and improve coordinated emergency response.
This is an article by Charles (Charley) Bryson, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, April 16, 2025.
Despite significant investments in public safety, critical training gaps for first responders persist. Regional planning committees, established by the FCC in the 1980s to manage public safety radio frequencies, remain key to improving interoperability. Learn about ongoing effortsāboth regional and nationalāto close communication gaps and improve coordinated emergency response.
āPACEā planning helps organizations fail gracefully, but systems thinking reduces the likelihood of failure altogether. Combining both approaches helps organizations build resilience, regardless of threat or hazard.
This is an article by William Chapman, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, April 16, 2025. āPACEā planning helps organizations fail gracefully, but systems thinking reduces the likelihood of failure altogether. Learn how combining both approaches helps organizations build resilience, regardless of threat or hazard.
Effective communication starts with understanding your audienceāwho they are, what they know, why theyāre listening, and what they need to hear. Learn how this awareness can help you deliver a message your audience will understand, connect with, and remember.
This is an article by Marc Hill, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, April 9, 2025. Effective communication starts with understanding your audienceāwho they are, what they know, why theyāre listening, and what they need to hear. Learn how this awareness can help you deliver a message your audience will understand, connect with, and remember.
Coupled with continued staffing challenges, mental health and work-life balance difficulties in emergency call centers are cause for concern. By allowing artificial intelligence (AI) to take some of the burden off from existing staff and leadership, focus can be returned to where it is most needed within each center.
This is an article by Tanya Scherr, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, April 2, 2025. Coupled with continued staffing challenges, mental health and work-life balance difficulties in emergency call centers are cause for concern. Learn how AI can take some of the burden from existing staff and leadership, so focus can be returned to where it is most needed within each center. Now to the featured article.
Featured in this issue: Editorās Note: Protecting Food and Agriculture: Bigger Than Rising Egg Prices, by Catherine L. Feinman; Beyond the Showcase: Strengthening Biosecurity at Livestock Exhibitions, by Joshua Dise; Farm to Power: Introduction of Compressed Natural Gas to Rural Communities, by Russ Kane; Agricultural Supply Chain Vulnerability: A Freight Rail Disruption Case Study, by Michael Sharon and Randy Treadwell; Agroterrorism: A Persistent but Overlooked Threat, by Dan Scherr and Tanya Scherr; Agriculture Security: Systems-Based Preparedness, by Joshua Dise and Adrian Self; The Societal and Economic Dangers of Agroterrorism, by Michael (Mike) Nicholls; Cost Analysis: Protecting the Grid and Electronics from an EMP, by The Foundation for Infrastructure Resilience; The Human Factor in Cybersecurity Events: Critical Education Components, by Dan Scherr & Tanya Scherr; Advisor Spotlight: Interview with Anthony Mangeri
As economies and populations grow, the food and agricultural security is of increasing concern. This demands proactive investment in risk management and security measures to ensure the sustainability of the global food supply.
Despite significant investments in public safety, critical training gaps for first responders persist. Regional planning committees, established by the FCC in the 1980s to manage public safety radio frequencies, remain key to improving interoperability. Learn about ongoing effortsāboth regional and nationalāto close communication gaps and improve coordinated emergency response. 
This is an article by Charles (Charley) Bryson, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, April 16, 2025.
Despite significant investments in public safety, critical training gaps for first responders persist. Regional planning committees, established by the FCC in the 1980s to manage public safety radio frequencies, remain key to improving interoperability. Learn about ongoing effortsāboth regional and nationalāto close communication gaps and improve coordinated emergency response.
āPACEā planning helps organizations fail gracefully, but systems thinking reduces the likelihood of failure altogether. Combining both approaches helps organizations build resilience, regardless of threat or hazard. 
Effective communication starts with understanding your audienceāwho they are, what they know, why theyāre listening, and what they need to hear. Learn how this awareness can help you deliver a message your audience will understand, connect with, and remember. 
Coupled with continued staffing challenges, mental health and work-life balance difficulties in emergency call centers are cause for concern. By allowing artificial intelligence (AI) to take some of the burden off from existing staff and leadership, focus can be returned to where it is most needed within each center. 
Featured in this issue: Editorās Note: Protecting Food and Agriculture: Bigger Than Rising Egg Prices, by Catherine L. Feinman; Beyond the Showcase: Strengthening Biosecurity at Livestock Exhibitions, by Joshua Dise; Farm to Power: Introduction of Compressed Natural Gas to Rural Communities, by Russ Kane; Agricultural Supply Chain Vulnerability: A Freight Rail Disruption Case Study, by Michael Sharon and Randy Treadwell; Agroterrorism: A Persistent but Overlooked Threat, by Dan Scherr and Tanya Scherr; Agriculture Security: Systems-Based Preparedness, by Joshua Dise and Adrian Self; The Societal and Economic Dangers of Agroterrorism, by Michael (Mike) Nicholls; Cost Analysis: Protecting the Grid and Electronics from an EMP, by The Foundation for Infrastructure Resilience; The Human Factor in Cybersecurity Events: Critical Education Components, by Dan Scherr & Tanya Scherr; Advisor Spotlight: Interview with Anthony Mangeri 
As economies and populations grow, the food and agricultural security is of increasing concern. This demands proactive investment in risk management and security measures to ensure the sustainability of the global food supply. 