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ODP Interoperable Communications
"One of the most troubling lessons of September 11th was the critical need for communications interoperability within our first responder community. [...] One of the major vulnerabilities in combating terrorism is the lack of 'interoperable' communications systems--equipment and systems that allow first responders to communicate with one another at the time of a terrorist attack."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office for Domestic Preparedness
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US-CERT Monthly Activity Summary - November 2011
"This report summarizes general activity including updates to the National Cyber Alert System in November 2011. It includes current activity updates, technical and non-technical cyber security alerts, and cyber security bulletins, in addition to other newsworthy events or highlights."
United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team
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Military's Role in the New Domestic Security Environment: Will Army Missions Change?
"Events on September 11, 2001, changed many aspects of the domestic security environment. Those changes will ultimately redefine the military role in domestic security, which will subsequently affect Army missions. After a solid analysis of the new or revised missions, the Army will be required to adjust its force structure significantly and adapt to major DoD structural changes, particularly those necessitated by development of the Homeland Security Agency."
Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute
Owens, Dallas (Dallas D.)
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Three-Year Exercise Plan
The State possesses critical infrastructure and key assets of national, social, and economic interest, which may serve as potential terrorist target.
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office of State and Local Government Coordination & Preparedness
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SAVER Summary: Portable Breathing Air Compressors [June 2007]
"As a part of the SAVER program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Texas A&M Engineering, including Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) and Texas Transportation Institute (TTI), conducted comparative assessments of portable breathing air compressors (PBACS) in November 2006. PBACs are used to fill selfcontained breathing apparatus (SCBA) cylinders for mobile breathing air applications such as fire fighting, diving, remote rescue, hazardous materials (HAZMAT) response, and similar offsite applications, where the transport of replacement tanks to the location and/or the availability and accessibility of wheeled compressor/cascade systems is limited."
System Assessment and Validation for Emergency Responders (SAVER); United States. Department of Homeland Security
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Next Steps for Families
Factsheet for families informing them of what to expect as they are prosecuted for illegal entry into the U.S.
United States. Department of Homeland Security; United States. Department of Health and Human Services
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Cooperative Threat Reduction Annual Report to Congress Fiscal Year 2008
"In December 2002, the President issued a National Security Presidential Directive on the National Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction. It cites weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in the possession of hostile states and terrorists as one of the greatest security challenges facing the United States (U.S.) and commits the U.S. to pursue a comprehensive strategy to counter this threat. The Strategy calls on U.S. agencies to take full advantage of today's opportunities, including application of new technologies, increasing emphasis on intelligence collection and analysis, strengthening alliances, and establishing new partnerships with former adversaries. In April 2004, the President issued a National Security Presidential Directive on Biodefense for the 21st Century to guide efforts against biological weapons (BW) threats. In April 2005, the President issued a Directive on Domestic Nuclear Detection that provides guidance on global nuclear detection architecture. The CTR Program supports these Presidential Directives by pursuing four objectives: Objective 1: Dismantle FSU WMD and associated infrastructure, Objective 2: Consolidate and secure FSU WMD and related technology and materials, Objective 3: Increase transparency and encourage higher standards of conduct, and Objective 4: Support defense and military cooperation with the objective of preventing proliferation."
United States. Department of Defense
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Cooperative Threat Reduction Annual Report to Congress Fiscal Year 2004
With 12 years of experience and funding authorized and appropriated by Congress for the CTR Program now over $4.3 billion, the Department of Defense (DoD) continues to execute the CTR mission of providing assistance to prevent the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and related materials, technologies, and expertise from former Soviet Union (FSU) states. This includes providing for the safe destruction of Soviet-era WMD, associated delivery systems, and related infrastructure. This FY 2004 CTR Annual Report to Congress provides details on the CTR Implementation Plan for FY 2004-2009 and results of the accounting activities conducted in FY 2002. With the exception of certain findings noted in this report, DoD has determined that CTR assistance to the FSU recipient states is being used efficiently and effectively for its intended purpose.
United States. Department of Defense
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Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's Pharmacy Health Alert Network
"The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's Colorado Pharmacy Health Alert Network (COpharm) tracks the amount and location of any pharmaceutical product in the state's pharmacies and pharmaceutical wholesalers, distributors, and manufacturers. COpharm's capacity to monitor pharmaceutical supplies enhances the state's preparedness for both bioterrorism incidents and natural disease outbreaks."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)
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Continuity of Operations: Developing a Skills Database of Non-Emergency Personnel
"Non-emergency personnel often have skills that can be used for various critical tasks in emergency response and recovery. Public and private sector emergency planners often overlook these workers as potential sources of assistance during a crisis. Emergency planners should compile a database of personnel and their essential skills to facilitate the mobilization of skilled workers during an emergency."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)
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Southwest Airlines Hole in Fuselage Emergency Landing Yeager Airport
This is a PDF of the PowerPoint from the after action meeting regarding an emergency landing of a Southwest jet with a hole in the fuselage.
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)
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2013-2014 National Snapshot of Public Health Preparedness
"CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] produces this annual report to present a snapshot of public health preparedness and response activities. This report presents activities that occurred during 2012 and 2013. Information on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and its Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (PHPR), as well as performance data for Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) cooperative agreement awardees, are highlighted throughout."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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Large-Scale Building Collapse: Supplying Temporary Electrical Power for Nighttime Operations
"Following a large-scale building collapse, electrical power poles, lines, and circuits in and around the remaining structure may be irreparably damaged. For safety reasons, power to the area may need to be shut-off. Consequently, incident command (IC) may need to coordinate with local power companies to ensure that temporary electrical power is supplied, so that response and recovery operations can continue throughout the night."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)
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Large-Scale Building Collapse: On-Site Weather Monitoring
"Following a large-scale building collapse, incident command (IC) should be aware that adverse weather can threaten the overall the stability of the collapsed building and hamper the progress of search and rescue operations. On-site weather monitoring, including the use of Doppler technology, can help ensure that changes in weather patterns will be noted immediately and operations adjusted accordingly."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)
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Climate Impact on National Security: Why Does Climate Matter for the Security of the Nation and Its Citizens?
"CINS [Climate Impact on National Security] conferences focused on (i) critically evaluating specific cases where changing climate conditions currently, or are reasonably anticipated to, impact U.S. national security interests and (ii) prioritizing actionable next steps to strengthen U.S. military capabilities to fulfill its national security missions in deteriorating climate/weather environments. The often-contentious debates throughout society concerning the significance of climate issues in policy decisions take on specific and urgent tones when viewed through the lens of U.S. national security and U.S. military actions."
Army War College (U.S.); Institute on Science for Global Policy
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Viral Hepatitis Surveillance - United States, 2011
"As part of CDC's [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System (NNDSS), viral hepatitis case-reports are received electronically from state health departments via CDC's National Electronic Telecommunications System for Surveillance (NETSS), a computerized public health surveillance system that provides CDC with data regarding cases of nationally notifiable diseases on a weekly basis. Although surveillance infrastructure is in place for reporting of acute infection, reports of chronic hepatitis B and C, which account for the greatest burden of disease, are not submitted by all states. As noted in a recent report from the Institute of Medicine, surveillance capacity to monitor both acute and chronic viral hepatitis is limited at the state and local levels, resulting in underreporting and incomplete variable quality data that is insufficient for understanding the magnitude of viral hepatitis. Data in this report should be interpreted with the consideration that reported cases of acute or chronic viral hepatitis represent only those relatively few infected persons who were detected, diagnosed, met a stringent case definition, and eventually reported to CDC in 2011. Because most acute and chronic infections are not reported, this Summary is mainly useful in detecting major trends in viral hepatitis A (HAV), B (HBV) and C (HCV). In 2011 and 2012 a major effort was undertaken to improve methodologies for estimating total number of new cases of hepatitis A, B and C from the number of cases reported for each disease. Estimates in this report of incidence of new infections were obtained using the newly improved methodology."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.); National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (U.S.)
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Compressed Air Foam for Structural Fire Fighting: A Field Test
The potential benefits of a transfer of compressed air foam technology to the urban environment are examined in this report. Please Note: This record has been imported to the HSDL as part of the LLIS Consolidation project and has not yet been reviewed by HSDL staff. Some information may be incomplete, missing, or inaccurate. For more information on the LLIS Consolidation project, please see here: [http://www.hsdl.org/?llis]
United States Fire Administration
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Civil Defense Tsunami Evacuation Zone Maps for Kauai County
These maps identify the tsunami evacuation zones for the 10 major coastal areas of Kauai island, Hawaii. These tsunami evacuation maps are posted on the National Weather Service Honolulu Forecast Office's website and are published in every telephone book's Disaster Preparedness section.
United States. National Weather Service
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United States Attorneys' Bulletins [website]
"The United States Attorneys' Bulletin is published six times a year by the Executive Office of United States Attorneys. Each issue focuses on a legal or technical topic of interest to attorneys in the United States Department of Justice."
Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys
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Section III: Capability Summaries
"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. Department of Homeland Security
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Healthcare System Recovery Guide: Hurricane Harvey
"Disasters have a direct and immediate impact on healthcare systems. These impacts affect not only the facilities and their operations, but also the demand for the critical services provided by those facilities. [...] By most accounts, the healthcare systems in Texas performed with a focus and determination to support survivor needs. Many of them, in particular the larger systems, consider themselves to be fully recovered from the impacts of Hurricane Harvey. [...] In support of Texas recovery operations, the Health and Social Services (HSS) Recovery Support Function (RSF) reviewed healthcare facility concerns realized through the landscape assessment and engaged in onsite recovery work to inform development of this guide to assist small to medium facilities with long-term recovery. This Healthcare Recovery Guide is intended to: [1] Identify common post-disaster recovery planning issues for small to medium sized facilities. [2] Propose courses of action to assist short through long-term recovery and improve future preparedness/response. [3] Identify relevant support resources."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
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Emergency Management: Assigning Permanent Geographic Information Systems and Information Technology Staff to Emergency Operations Centers
"Emergency managers should consider assigning permanent Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Information Technology (IT) staff to the Technical Support Unit of an Emergency Operations Center (EOC). This can help ensure that EOC personnel have continuous access to geospatial resources when responding to a large-scale incident."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS); United States. Department of Homeland Security
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Coffee Break Training: Hazardous Materials: Cryogenic Fluids
"Cryogenic liquids are liquefied gases that are kept in their liquid state at very low temperatures. The word 'cryogenic' means 'producing, or related to, low temperatures,' and all cryogenic liquids are extremely cold. Cryogenic liquids are classified in the model codes as fluids with a boiling point lower than -130 F (-90 C) at an absolute pressure of 14.7 pounds per square inch (101.3 kilopascals). All cryogenic liquids are gases at normal temperatures and pressures. These gases must be cooled below room temperature before an increase in pressure can liquefy them. Different cryogens become liquids under different conditions of temperature and pressure, but all have two properties in common: They are extremely cold, and small amounts of liquid can expand into very large volumes of gas. Each cryogenic liquid has its own specific properties, but most cryogenic liquids can be placed into one of three groups."
United States Fire Administration
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Emergency Support Function #14: Non-Resident Mass Care [DRAFT]
This document outlines how the Yuma County Office of Emergency Management in conjunction with other agencies would handle mass care of victims in the event of an emergency. These efforts include providing shelter, operating a Disaster Welfare Inquiry System, and distribution of emergency relief supplies.
Yuma County (Ariz.). Office of Emergency Management
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Galen Cole Family Foundation's Thermal Imaging Camera Program recognized as an 'LLIS.gov' Spotlight Initiative
"On Friday, May 20 the 'LLIS' Team traveled to Augusta, ME [Maine] to honor the Galen Cole Family Foundation's Thermal Imaging Camera Program as an 'LLIS.gov' 'Spotlight Initiative'."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)
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Cities Readiness Initiative [presentation]
The Cities Readiness Initiative is a pilot program to prepare major U.S. metropolitan areas to dispense needed drugs and medical supplies within 48 hours of the decision to do so.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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Public Health-Seattle and King County's Vulnerable Populations Action Team
"The local health department for King County, Washington, Public Health - Seattle & King County, has a Vulnerable Populations Action Team (VPAT) that works to ensure that vulnerable populations have access to public health preparedness, response, and recovery information and services. The VPAT offers training and assistance to community-based organizations (CBO), provides emergency information to residents through a communications network, and advocates on behalf of vulnerable populations for greater inclusion in emergency preparedness, response, and recovery planning."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)
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Sample Take Home Letter to Parents of High School-aged Youth
This is a sample take home letter for parents of high school-aged youth that lists warning signs of stress in adolescents and the resources available to help their child cope if they are exhibiting symptoms of stress. The letter is in Word format so it can be customized.
United States. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; United States. Department of Health and Human Services
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Campus Safety: Dispatching Timely and Clear Emergency Alert Messages
"In an emergency, campus safety officials should immediately dispatch emergency alert messages that provide clear information on the nature of the emergency and action(s) to be taken."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS); United States. Department of Homeland Security
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Fire Operations: Ensuring That Electronic Accountability Systems Do Not Replace Manual Accountability Methods
"Fire department manual accountability methods can be supplemented, but not replaced, by electronic accountability systems that can sense when crew members become immobile or call for assistance."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)
