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Domestic Preparedness BWTTX
"This After-Action Report (AAR) was produced with the help, advice, and assistance of Domestic Preparedness Biological Weapons Tabletop Exercise (BWTTX) participants from many Federal, State, and local departments and agencies. The purpose of publishing an AAR is to document effectiveness and overall exercise performance. As such, this report is tangible evidence of our Federal, State, and local Domestic Preparedness Program (DPP) partnership. It serves as a compendium of lessons learned, outlines recommended corrective actions, and provides the basis for planning future exercises. This, along with the Chemical Weapons Tabletop Exercise (CWTTX) and Chemical Weapons Full-Scale Exercise (CWFSE) AARs, will contribute to improving response, responder training, exercise and preparedness testing, and the provision of expert assistance. Exercises serve as 'final accountability' of collective preparedness. Exercise evaluation, such as this report, documents readiness and recommends plans for improvement. The DPP is committed to giving program participants an accurate analysis of the training and exercises. The Domestic Preparedness exercise series is provided under the authority and funding of the FEDERAL PROGRAM. The exercise program includes one chemical and one biological terrorism tabletop and a chemical full-scale exercise. These activities build on and reinforce the training provided to first responders and the medical community by allowing them to test their plans, procedures, and training. Program participants are encouraged to provide input relating to exercise design, conduct, and analysis to the Director, Exercise and Evaluation Division, Office for Domestic Preparedness."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office for Domestic Preparedness
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Snapshot Review of Sexual Assault Report Files at the Four Largest U.S. Military Bases in 2013
From the executive summary: "On February 10, 2014, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, in her oversight role as Chairman of the Personnel Subcommittee of the Senate Armed Services Committee, requested the Department of Defense (DoD) provide her office with files pertaining to the investigation and adjudication of sexual assault cases, from 2009 to 2013, at the largest U.S. base for each military service. These installations are the Army's Fort Hood in Texas, Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in California, and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. On December 15, 2014, 308 days after the initial request, the Department of Defense provided 107 redacted sexual assault case files from the year 2013. Senator Gillibrand had requested 'all reports and allegations of rape, forcible sodomy, sexual assault, sex in the barracks, adultery and attempts, conspiracies, or solicitations to commit these crimes' for the last five years. Despite two separate assurances from then-Secretary of Defense Hagel directly to Senator Gillibrand that all files would expeditiously be provided, the DoD reluctantly agreed to provide just one year's worth of files after then Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin intervened. The larger request remains unfulfilled. This refusal from the DoD to provide basic information pertaining to sexual violence and military justice to the former Personnel Subcommittee chair with oversight duties calls into question the Department's commitment to transparency and getting to the root of the problem."
Office of Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
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IRCT Fatality Management Branch - Field Operations [presentation]
This presentation from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services provides information on field operations for fatality management during emergency and disaster response.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services; United States. Public Health Service
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Fusion Process Technical Assistance Program Resource Center on 'LLIS.gov'
"The Fusion Process Technical Assistance Program Resource Center
(the Resource Center) serves as a secure and restricted
database for fusion process-related documents such as best
practices, plans, policies, templates, concept of operations plans,
and standard operations plans. The Resource Center is available
to appropriate state and local homeland security and law
enforcement personnel who are responsible for the development,
implementation, and/or operation of fusion centers. The
Resource Center also serves to facilitate the development of a
national network of fusion centers and to foster the sharing of
knowledge and expertise among them."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS); United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Project Longevity [website]
"Project Longevity is a Community and Law Enforcement initiative to reduce serious violence in three of Connecticut's major cities: New Haven, Bridgeport, and Hartford. Project Longevity is modeled after successful efforts implemented in communities across the country. Project Longevity uses a unique combination of Community Involvement, Social Services, and Focused Policing to positively influence group dynamics. Project Longevity calls in group members across the community to receive a very important message from Law Enforcement and Community Representatives. Project Longevity's message is: (1) Group members are valued members of the community; (2) Violence will no longer be tolerated in our community and must stop; (3) We will provide support in securing a range of needed services to help you avoid engaging in criminal activity."
Project Longevity
2015?
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AARS: Church Committee
This is the Church Committee collection of documents from the Assassination Archives and Research Center. "The Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, known as the "Church Committee" after its chairman Frank Church, conducted a wide-ranging investigation of the intelligence agencies in the post-Watergate period. The Church Committee took public and private testimony from hundreds of people, collected huge volumes of files from the FBI, CIA, NSA, IRS, and many other federal agencies, and issued 14 reports in 1975 and 1976. Since the passage of the JFK Assassination Records Collection Act in 1992, over 50,000 pages of Church Committee records have been declassified and made available to the public. These files contain testimony and information on U.S. attempts to assassinate foreign leaders, on the Church Committee's investigation of the intelligence agencies' response to the JFK assassination, and related topics. Also available is the report of the Rockefeller Commission, which preceded the Church Committee and issued a brief report on CIA activities within the U.S."
Assassination Archives and Research Center
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President's Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues [website]
"The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (the Bioethics Commission) is an advisory panel of the nation's leaders in medicine, science, ethics, religion, law, and engineering. The Bioethics Commission advises the President on bioethical issues arising from advances in biomedicine and related areas of science and technology. The Bioethics Commission seeks to identify and promote policies and practices that ensure scientific research, health care delivery, and technological innovation are conducted in a socially and ethically responsible manner."
United States. Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues
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Polaris: Combating Human Trafficking and Modern-Day Slavery [website]
From the About section: "Modern slavery is a multi-billion dollar criminal industry that denies freedom to 20.9 million people around the world. And no matter where you live, chances are it's happening right down the street. From the girl forced into prostitution at a truck stop, to the man discovered in a restaurant kitchen, stripped of his passport and held against his will. Polaris, named after the North Star that guided slaves to freedom in the U.S., disrupts the conditions that allow human trafficking to thrive in our society. From working with government leaders to protect victims' rights, to building partnerships with the world's leading technology corporations, we spark long-term change that focuses communities on identifying, reporting and eliminating trafficking networks. Our comprehensive model puts victims at the center of all that we do - helping survivors restore their freedom, preventing more victims, and gathering the data to pursue traffickers wherever they operate. Unparalleled expertise. Relentlessness. And an innovative spirit. This is how Polaris eradicates the slavery networks that rob human beings of their lives and their independence. Freedom happens now."
Polaris Project
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Remotely Piloted Aircraft: An Integrated Domestic Disaster Relief Plan
From the Abstract: "How should government agencies integrate remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) into emergency response plans in support of relief efforts following a major disaster? […] The Department of Defense (DOD) should coordinate with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to integrate its RPAs into incident management plans in support of domestic disaster relief efforts. Some DOD agencies have developed concepts of operations and employment for defense support of civil authorities (DSCA). Based on a presidential directive in mid-2011, FEMA is reassessing its disaster response system by rewriting its doctrine and developing a full-spectrum preparedness program. With Congress's approval of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, the FAA is not only funded, but also energized to substantially improve its efforts to integrate RPAs into the national airspace system (NAS). All these efforts present a critical window of opportunity where agencies should capitalize to integrate RPAs into the NAS, even if only temporarily. First, FEMA should integrate RPA support into its incident management systems, be familiar with their contributions, and be able to interoperate with them during a major disaster response. Furthermore, the FAA should establish RPA deconfliction procedures for immediate and temporary use in a disaster-stricken area. Finally, DOD crews should be trained to successfully complete the mission of supporting civil agencies in any domestic disaster response. These activities combine to ensure that the most capable assets are employed to effectively react to national emergencies."
Air University (U.S.). Air Command and Staff College
Totten, Lindsay
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Fact Sheet: National Radioactive and Nuclear Materials Smuggling Response Plan
"Continued reports of nuclear and other radioactive materials out of regulatory control highlight the threat that smugglers could provide terrorists or other malicious actors the materials for a nuclear or radiological weapon. To counter this threat, the international community encourages partners to adopt a National Radioactive and Nuclear (R/N) Materials Smuggling Response Plan to define roles and responsibilities, lines of authority, and requirements for coordination in response to R/N materials smuggling incidents. Such a Plan ensures safe and effective cooperation, facilitates technical collaboration, strengthens criminal investigations, and enables prosecutions. It is flexible and scalable, activating appropriate resources for responding at the lowest practical level while providing a mechanism for requesting and delivering assistance."
United States. Department of State
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Engineering With Nature: Alternative Techniques to Riprap Bank Stabilization
"Over the past century, the Pacific Northwest has seen a significant amount of development in the areas of agriculture, housing, urbanization and population. […] The more development this area undergoes, the more we are forced to restrict and inhibit the environment, in particular the varying and numerous waterways that surround us. While land erosion, stream migration and even flooding are natural processes, they can cause havoc when occurring near human populations. This has led to the creation of a number of measures to control or eliminate such hazards. Unfortunately, while many of these techniques solve the immediate problem, they are not always the safest or most environmentally conscious choice for the long-term. Riprap, or hard armoring, is the traditional response to controlling and minimizing erosion along shorelines or riverbanks. As demonstrated by past multiple disasters in Washington State, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has provided funding assistance for the repair to these riprap facilities. The very nature of having to repair these facilities counters the popular engineering belief that riprap is the best solution for mitigating stream bank erosion."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center [website]
From the About Us "Who We Are" Section: "The Climate Prediction Center's (CPC) products are operational predictions of climate variability, real-time monitoring of climate and the required data bases, and assessments of the origins of major climate anomalies. The products cover time scales from a week to seasons, extending into the future as far as technically feasible, and cover the land, the ocean, and the atmosphere, extending into the stratosphere. These climate services are available for users in government, the public and private industry, both in this country and abroad. Applications include the mitigation of weather related natural disasters and uses for social and economic good in agriculture, energy, transportation, water resources, and health. Continual product improvements are supported through diagnostic research, increasing use of models, and interactions with user groups."
United States. National Weather Service; United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Vermont School Safety Center [website]
"From emergency medical issues to school bus accidents to bomb threats, schools must be prepared to respond to all hazards. Being prepared means knowing what hazards you are at risk for, creating a plan to address those hazards, training on the plan, and testing the effectiveness of those plans. The Vermont School Safety Center offers best practices and recommendations on how to keep your school safe. "
Vermont Homeland Security
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LLIS Lesson Learned: Exercise Evaluation: Designating Time for After-Action Conference Participants to Review Their Exercise Notes
"Exercise conference planners should consider allotting a session for attendees to review their exercise notes at the beginning of after-action conferences. This will help ensure that attendees are prepared to discuss their results at the conference."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS); United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Emergency Communications Success During the Tennessee Floods
"When Tennessee was hit with a record flood, public safety mounted a coordinated response based on strong relationships and effective training. Two days of torrential rains reached totals of more than 19 inches in some areas.[...] Not only does the response to a flood of this enormity require significant manpower, but it also requires reliable and effective emergency communications between emergency response personnel from local, State, and Federal agencies. To achieve this, TEMA [Tennessee Emergency Management Agency] activated its existing communications plans and procedures as they managed the State Emergency Operations Center (EOC)."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office of Emergency Communications
Friedmann, Louis
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LLIS Lesson Learned: Joint Information Centers: Clarifying Resource Availability
"Logistics personnel should consider performing a site survey of their joint information centers (JIC) to clarify resource availability to personnel deployed to the JIC. This will ensure that personnel can bring necessary equipment to address capability gaps at the JIC."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS); United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Fact Sheet: National Level Exercise 2009 (NLE 09)
"National Level Exercise 2009 (NLE 09) is scheduled for July 27 through July 31, 2009. NLE 09 will be the first major exercise conducted by the United States government that will focus exclusively on terrorism prevention and protection, as opposed to incident response and recovery. [...] NLE 09 will focus on intelligence and information sharing among intelligence and law enforcement communities, and between international, federal, regional, state, tribal, local and private sector participants."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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LLIS Lesson Learned: Mass Evacuation: Triage Units at Embarkation Points
"During mass evacuations, a triage unit can be located at embarkation areas to ensure all evacuees are moved to the appropriate shelter quickly and efficiently."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS); United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Preparing for the Flu: Department of Education Recommendations to Ensure the Continuity of Learning for Schools (K-12) During Extended Student Absence or School Dismissal
"As the CDC releases its 'Guidance for School Responses to Influenza During the 2009‐2010 School Year, the U.S. Department of Education ('the Department') wishes to remind states, districts, schools, students, staff, families, and communities alike about the importance of ensuring the continuity of learning in the event of student or school dismissals. The purpose of this document, therefore, is to provide recommendations to help schools maintain the continuity of learning for 1) individual or small groups of students who are out‐of‐school for extended periods and 2) large groups of students disrupted by school dismissals or large numbers of faculty absences. These recommendations present considerations for education stakeholders to plan for and improve their ability to provide continuous learning ranging from take‐home assignments to online learning capabilities. It offers key questions for states, districts, school leaders, teachers, parents, and students, as well as provides resource opportunities and best practices."
United States. Department of Education
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LLIS Lesson Learned: Emergency Management: Ensuring Critical Personnel Have Government Emergency Telecommunications Service/Wireless Priority Service
"State emergency operations centers (SEOC) should ensure that critical response personnel's cellular phones have government emergency telecommunications service/wireless priority service (GETS/WPS). This will enable them to communicate during emergencies when landline communications may be disrupted and cellular towers oversaturated."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS); United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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LLIS Lesson Learned: Emergency Management: Informing Hospitals about Hazardous Materials Found at Incident Scenes
"Emergency managers should review their standard operating procedures to ensure that hospitals are promptly informed of hazardous materials found at incident sites."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS); United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Emergency Response
"The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers provides immediate and effective response and assistance during emergencies and disasters. Although these responsibilities lay primarily with state and local offices, in special circumstances, the Corps may supplement those efforts to save human life, prevent immediate human suffering or mitigate property damage. The preparedness program includes an emergency
management organization, planning, training, maintaining adequate supplies, tools and equipment, and an inspection program for non-Federal flood control structures."
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
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Terrorism Prevention Exercise Program: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
"The Terrorism Prevention Exercise Program (TPEP) is a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) exercise program designed to provide homeland security exercises focused on the prevention mission area. These exercises assess pre-incident capabilities such as intelligence fusion and information sharing, and enhance federal, state, local and tribal participants' ability to detect, deter and prevent criminal and terrorism-related activity. The primary mission of TPEP is to enhance the nation's overall terrorism prevention capabilities through prevention-focused exercises and support activities that increase levels of awareness and cooperation, and improve horizontal and vertical information sharing among homeland security and law enforcement officials at all levels of government."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Public Health Emergencies: 'The Role of the Military Family'
"Public health emergencies, such as the swine flu epidemic, create a call to action for individuals and families to take responsibility for their health. The public is a key partner in addressing public health crises that affect national and international communities. Because these kinds of health crises impact national security, the health and resilience of our military (its fighting force as well as military families and children) are very important. Families have a responsibility to protect the health and safety of children of all ages in times of health emergencies and disasters. Flu viruses are extremely unpredictable and variable. While leaders in science, medicine and government closely monitor and seek to find solutions to disease outbreaks, the best way to protect oneself and one's family is through practicing common
sense, basic hygiene, staying informed, and following recommendations over the course of the crisis. Here are some important tips for your family's health and safety during a public health emergency."
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
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Hurricane Ivan Surge Inundation Maps [website]
These maps show High Water Mark (HWM) flood elevations, flood inundation limits, the inland limit of waterborne debris (trash lines), and storm surge elevation contours during Hurricane Ivan in September 2004. Separate maps are included for Baldwin County, Aamaba, and the following counties in Florida: Escambia, Okaloosa, and Santa Rosa,
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Bureau of Reclamation [website]
This website of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation. From the About Us section: "Established in 1902, the Bureau of Reclamation is best known for the dams, powerplants, and canals it constructed in the 17 western states. These water projects led to homesteading and promoted the economic development of the West. Reclamation has constructed more than 600 dams and reservoirs including Hoover Dam on the Colorado River and Grand Coulee on the Columbia River. Today, we are the largest wholesaler of water in the country. We bring water to more than 31 million people, and provide one out of five Western farmers (140,000) with irrigation water for 10 million acres of farmland that produce 60% of the nation's vegetables and 25% of its fruits and nuts. Reclamation is also the second largest producer of hydroelectric power in the United States. Our 53 powerplants annually provide more than 40 billion kilowatt hours generating nearly a billion dollars in power revenues and produce enough electricity to serve 3.5 million homes. Today, Reclamation is a contemporary water management agency with a Strategic Plan outlining numerous programs, initiatives and activities that will help the Western States, Native American Tribes and others meet new water needs and balance the multitude of competing uses of water in the West. Our mission is to assist in meeting the increasing water demands of the West while protecting the environment and the public's investment in these structures. We place great emphasis on fulfilling our water delivery obligations, water conservation, water recycling and reuse, and developing partnerships with our customers, states, and Native American Tribes, and in finding ways to bring together the variety of interests to address the competing needs for our limited water resources."
United States. Bureau of Reclamation
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U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation: Powerplants
This webpage of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation provides a list of the Projects and Facilities Database of major Reclamation powerplants in the United States. This list is divided into the following four columns of information: (1) Powerplant name; (2) State; (3) Watercourse; and, (4) Region. By selecting a powerplant, users can view a picture of the powerplant, explore Related Projects & Facilities, Related Documents, and review the following information: (1) Region; (2) State; (3) River; (4) Purpose; (5) Facts; (6) History; (7) Present History and more.
United States. Department of the Interior; United States. Bureau of Reclamation
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DHS Blue Campaign [website]
"The Blue Campaign is the unified voice for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) efforts to combat human trafficking. Working in collaboration with law enforcement, government, non-governmental and private organizations, the Blue Campaign strives to protect the basic right of freedom and to bring those who exploit human lives to justice. "
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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Capability Summaries: Capability Summary [Section III Draft]
"The capability description is a statement of the principal action or activity that must be performed. Capabilities are combinations of resources that provide the means to achieve a measurable outcome resulting from performance of one or more tasks, under specified conditions and to national standards."
United States. Office of Homeland Security
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Erosion and Deposition on a Beach Raised by the 1964 Earthquake Montague Island, Alaska
"On March 27, 1964, an earthquake
shook parts of Alaska and
caused great devastation in inhabited
areas. However, maximum uplift
took place, and large bedrock
faults were active, on Montague
Island, an uninhabited island off
the southern coast of Alaska.
The southern end of Montague
Island was uplifted as much as 33
feet or more during the earthquake
(fig. 1), and two active
faults several miles long caused
many landslides and broke or displaced
many hundreds of trees
(Plafker, 1967). Around the coast,
marine deposits and a marine-abraded
bedrock platform were
lifted above sea level and exposed
to subaerial processes.
The uplift associated with the
earthquake has provided physio-graphic
conditions on a scale much
larger than could be simulated in a
laboratory and with the added advantage
that the features and
changes were natural. The bay-head
deposits of MacLeod Harbor
(figs. 1, 2) on the northwest coast
of the island provided an undissected
surface, about 1 square mile
in area and with a slope of only 20',
which had been suddenly uplifted
33 feet. On this surface, consequent
drainage channels were init.iated
and were rapidly eroded
vertically and laterally; thus, a
unique opportunity was provided
to study the effects of rapid uplift
on the mode and rate of fluvial
processes and the resultant valley
forms and long profiles.
The earthquake also brought to
view a bedrock platform and associated
deposits, which allowed
observation and measurement of
features that are usually under
water and therefore difficult to
study.On both sides of the island the
amount of subaerial modification
of the 1964 raised beach could be
measured. Especially important
was the opportunity to study the
area only 15 months after the
earthquake. In the MacLeod Harbor
area, rivers in soft sediments
have adjusted so swiftly that evidence
of the post-earthquake history
of the area will soon be removed
by erosion. Subaerial
degradation of the raised beaches
and abandoned seadiffs is so rapid
that within a few years little of the
original marine form will be left
unchanged, and the growth of vegetation,
which has already begun
on the beach, will hasten its
obliteration."
Geological Survey (U.S.); United States. Department of the Interior
Kirkby, M. J.; Kirkby, Anne V. T. (Anne Veronica Tennant), 1942-
1969
