The Pulitzer Prize winner’s knowledgeable appraisal of how two of the nation’s largest metropolitan
police departments – in New York City and Los Angeles – are coping with the unique and steadily growing
threats posed by international terrorism.
Domestic Preparedness met with Dr. Robert P. Kadlec, Director, Biodefense and Public Health Practice, PTRM Management Consultants. The key architect of the 2006 Pandemic and All-Hazard Preparedness Act, which established the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), provides his insights on homeland-security medical countermeasures implementation, procurement, and organization for advanced research and development.
Domestic Preparedness met with Lieutenant General H. Steven Blum, Chief, National Guard Bureau. The Chief of the National Guard Bureau provides an update on how Guard units are supporting states in their domestic missions, while also serving as forward-deployed assets for the Department of Defense (DOD) and the U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) in responding to a national incident or event. Also: An in-depth discussion on Vigilant Guard, last month’s series of exercises at the Indiana Guard’s interagency Muscatatuck Urban Training Center (MUTC), which simulated the multi-agency response to a 10-kiloton nuclear detonation.
Full Commentary DomPrep has divided the 46 minute interview into 6 segments.Audio Segment One: ASTHO’s View on the Public Health InfrastructureASTHO’s emphasis on four essential components of the governmental public […]
Clark’s views on the security improvements already achieved, and the areas in which a greater
effort is needed. Also discussed: The USMS’s Special Operations and Technical Operations Groups, and the
support provided to state and local L-E agencies.
In most fields, basic training is part of the learning process. Fire, law enforcement, the military, and other disciplines have training academies for building competencies and testing new recruits. An exception to these types of requirements is the field of emergency management. This new training academy will ensure that all emergency managers are trained to the same standards regardless how much boots-on-the-ground experience they bring with them.
His views on the enhanced capabilities made possible by the National Joint TERT Initiative and a
host of related issues, including FEMA report requirements, the financial aspects of mutual-aid
agreements, and the NCR’s new wireless broadband network.
In most fields, basic training is part of the learning process. Fire, law enforcement, the military, and other disciplines have training academies for building competencies and testing new recruits. An exception to these types of requirements is the field of emergency management. This new training academy will ensure that all emergency managers are trained to the same standards regardless how much boots-on-the-ground experience they bring with them.
In most fields, basic training is part of the learning process. Fire, law enforcement, the military, and other disciplines have training academies for building competencies and testing new recruits. An exception to these types of requirements is the field of emergency management. This new training academy will ensure that all emergency managers are trained to the same standards regardless how much boots-on-the-ground experience they bring with them.
Domestic Preparedness met with Kevin Yeskey, M.D., Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Preparedness and Emergency Operations, HHS. A high-level HHS preparedness official gives his views on improvements to the department’s preparedness and emergency operations programs; the transfer of the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) from DHS to HHS; NIMS compliance efforts; and state drug and vaccine distribution programs.
The Pulitzer Prize winner’s knowledgeable appraisal of how two of the nation’s largest metropolitan
police departments – in New York City and Los Angeles – are coping with the unique and steadily growing
threats posed by international terrorism. 
Domestic Preparedness met with Dr. Robert P. Kadlec, Director, Biodefense and Public Health Practice, PTRM Management Consultants. The key architect of the 2006 Pandemic and All-Hazard Preparedness Act, which established the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), provides his insights on homeland-security medical countermeasures implementation, procurement, and organization for advanced research and development. 
Full Commentary DomPrep has divided the 46 minute interview into 6 segments.Audio Segment One: ASTHO’s View on the Public Health InfrastructureASTHO’s emphasis on four essential components of the governmental public […] 