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National Emergency Medical Services Education Standards
"The National EMS [Emergency Medical Services] Education Standards (the Standards) represent another step toward realizing the vision of the 1996 EMS Agenda for the Future, as articulated in the 2000 EMS Education Agenda for the Future: A Systems Approach. The National EMS Education Standards outline the minimal terminal objectives for entry-level EMS personnel to achieve within the parameters outlined in the National EMS Scope of Practice Model. Although educational programs must adhere to the Standards, its format will allow diverse implementation methods to meet local needs and evolving educational practices. The less prescriptive format of the Standards will also allow for ongoing revision of content consistent with scientific evidence and community standards of care. In implementing the Standards, EMS instructors and educational programs will have the freedom to develop their own curricula or use any of the wide variety of publishers' lesson plans and instructional resources that are available at each licensure level. Consistent with the EMS Education Agenda, EMS accreditation authorities will use the Standards as the framework for evaluation of program curricula."
United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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Disaster Planning Tips for Older Adults and Their Families
"By the time adults have lived through six or more decades, they have probably experienced more than one disaster. Many older adults can be an asset during a disaster, calling upon their prior experience, wisdom and mental resilience to survive, help others, and provide reassurance to those who are frightened or depressed by the events. However, certain aspects of the aging process can make many older adults particularly vulnerable during a disaster, especially if they have one or more chronic illnesses, functional limitations, or dementia. Emergency preparedness experts have begun to recognize the special needs of older adults with chronic conditions following a disaster and are planning to assist this population. Despite urging by government and health officials, many members of the public have not planned for a disaster or stocked supplies. However, the Advertising Council, which works with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on public education campaigns, has identified some recent improvements in people's willingness to prepare for emergencies. The proportion of Americans who said they have taken any steps to prepare rose from 45 percent in 2005 to 55 percent in 2006. The council also found that 54 percent of those surveyed in 2006 had put together an emergency kit, 39 percent had created a family emergency plan, and 40 percent had searched for information about preparedness."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
Benson, William F.
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Japan Disaster: Overview for American Military Leaders
"The earthquake, tsunami and ongoing radiation event at the nuclear power plant in Japan have resulted in significant human tragedy and distress. Over 10,000 people have died, hundreds of thousands more have had to be relocated and an entire nation has been gripped by sadness and fear. Many Americans who were living in Japan or working in the area have had to be relocated or have otherwise been directly affected by the events. The United States has offered assistance to the Japanese, and American military and civilian officials will be tasked with responding to a horrible and still evolving disaster. This information sheet serves to provide some helpful approaches to confronting the many challenges that military personnel and their families may confront in this disaster."
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
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Law Enforcement Resource Guide
"This handbook will provide a general understanding of what assets are available to State and local law enforcement agencies, where the resources are located, and the limitations and constraints of use. The OSL [Office of State and Local Training] staff have attempted to combine the information contained within the countless publications and succinctly record it in this resource book to provide one publication listing a variety of low cost and no cost resources."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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Corrective Action Program & the Remedial Action Management Program
"The Federal Emergency Management Agency' s (FEMA) Corrective Action Program (CAP) and Federal Emergency Management Agency's Remedial Action Management Program (RAMP) both provide comprehensive approaches for identifying, prioritizing, assigning, and tracking corrective actions following exercises and real-world events. The recent incorporation of the Preparedness Directorate into FEMA requires reconciling CAP and RAMP's distinct and complementary goals, functions, and processes. RAMP and CAP have distinct yet compatible roles. RAMP is well-suited to serve as FEMA's internal remedial action management program, while CAP is designed to serve as an overarching program for linking Interagency, DHS, and State/local corrective actions. While FEMA may be assigned action items through the CAP process when participating in Interagency, DHS-wide, or DHS-funded State/local exercises, FEMA can use the RAMP to carry out internal tracking of such items."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program
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Corrective Action Program System: Reporting Tools
"The CAP System's analytical tools allow users to generate custom charts and graphs on improvement plan data. Users then have the ability to export these reports in PDF and Excel spreadsheet format. This document summarizes the data each report provides and which user roles have the ability to run and view reports."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program
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Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program: Corrective Action Program
"The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Corrective Action Program (CAP) provides the basis for systematically developing, prioritizing, tracking, and analyzing corrective actions for improvement areas uncovered in exercises, real-world events, and policy discussions. The CAP provides a means of overcoming the perennial problem of observing the same issues repeatedly characterized as 'lessons learned' following exercises and real-world events. The web-based CAP System supports the CAP by enabling assignment and automated tracking of corrective actions."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program
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Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program Toolkit: Corrective Action Program System - Overview
This fact sheet provides an overview of the Corrective Action Program (CAP) System. CAP is a Web-based, tool that enables Federal, State, and local emergency response and homeland security officials to develop, prioritize, track, and analyze, corrective actions following exercises or real-world incidents. The primary goal of the system is to help officials resolve preparedness gaps or deficiencies in a systematic manner, ultimately strengthening national preparedness.
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program
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Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program: Toolkit Overview
This fact sheet provides a brief overview of the HSEEP Toolkit, an interactive, online system for exercise scheduling, design,, development, conduct, evaluation, and improvement planning. The Toolkit includes the National Exercise Schedule system, the Corrective Action Program system, and the Design and Development System.
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program
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Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program Toolkit: The Design and Development System - DDS Overview
This fact sheet provides an overview of the Design and Development System (DDS), an online comprehensive planning tool designed to assist in the development, conduct, and, evaluation of exercises. The DDS provides suggested project timelines, templates, task and planning team lists, and associated guidance throughout an exercise design and development cycle.
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program
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Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program: Exercise Evaluator Cadre
"The Exercise Evaluator Cadre is an interactive database designed to facilitate exercise planners' search for potential evaluators. The cadre consists of homeland security professionals at all levels of government who are qualified to serve as evaluators in Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) or National Exercise Program (NEP) exercises. Members of the cadre are not required to serve as evaluators--rather, the cadre is simply a pool of professionals who have expressed interest in evaluating exercises. The cadre allows planners to sort information in the database based upon a number of categories, including location, area of expertise, and evaluator experience level. The end result is the perfect match between evaluator supply and evaluator demand."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program
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Detroit, Michigan's Citizen Corps Special Event Partnership
"The Detroit, Michigan Citizen Corps' Special Event Program supplies local sports and entertainment venues with trained volunteer security personnel who supplement professional security staff during special events. The program helps alleviate the burden on stadium security officials and provides the public with an increased sense of safety."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS); United States. Department of Homeland Security
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Homeland Security Grant Program: Allocation Methodology
"In Fiscal Year 2006 (FY06), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) introduced a new allocation methodology for evaluating applications under the Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP). The new methodology represents DHS' most comprehensive approach to date for prioritizing homeland security resources. For the first time, DHS is able to align HSGP resources with the National Priorities and target capabilities established by the Interim National Preparedness Goal."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office of Grants and Training
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Fact Sheet: Measuring NIMS Compliance
"The NIMS [National Incident Management System] Integration Center, in collaboration with the DHS Office of Grants and Training (OG&T) and with the assistance of Eastern Kentucky University (EKU), has launched an initiative that will result in a system for measuring NIMS compliance beginning in FY 2007. The Center has a cooperative agreement with EKU to help it identify and evaluate NIMS-related operational and technology-based standards, among other things. The endeavor also involves a review of the states' implementation of the FY 2005 NIMS compliance requirements by the Office of Grants and Training. The data gathered and the analyses and reports that will follow will be used to develop the foundations of a formalized system for measuring NIMS compliance."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency; National Incident Management System (U.S.)
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Fact Sheet: NIMS Essential Standards List
"One of the primary responsibilities of the NIMS [National Incident Management System] Integration Center is to identify guidelines, protocols and standards that will help emergency responders and managers from all levels of government organize effective responses to emergency incidents and hazards, natural disasters and terrorism. The Center's aim is to establish an Essential Standards List that would represent a set of the most significant national standards for NIMS. The initiative is utilizing a two-pronged approach that is intended to enhance compatibility between national-level standards for NIMS and those developed by other public and private organizations as well as professional groups."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Department of Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program [DRAFT]
"This directive establishes the Department of Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (DHS EEP) as DHS's lead program for scheduling, coordination, and conduct of homeland security exercise and evaluation activities."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program
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Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program: The National Exercise Program
"National security and homeland security preparedness-related exercises play a critical role in accomplishing the mission of the Department of Homeland Security. The NEP is a national, interagency-wide program that serves as the principal mechanism for examining the preparation and efficiency of national leaders, their staffs, and the organizations and systems they lead. The program is conducted in accordance with Homeland Security Presidential Directive 8 (HSPD-8) and the Homeland Security Act of 2002, and is administered by a working group within the Homeland Security Council."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program
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Fact Sheet - Exercise VIGILANT SHIELD 2008
"VIGILANT SHIELD 2008 is a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-designated, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM)-sponsored, and U.S. Joint Forces Command-supported Department of Defense exercise for homeland defense and defense support of civil authorities missions. Exercise VIGILANT SHIELD 2008 will be conducted concurrent with TOP OFFICIALS 4 (TOPOFF 4), the nation's premier exercise of terrorism preparedness sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security, and several other linked exercises as part of the National Level Exercise 108. These linked exercises will take place 15-20 October 2007 and are being conducted throughout the United States with several partner nations (Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom), as well as the Territory of Guam. National Level Exercise 108 will include the simulated detonation of three radiological dispersal devices within the USNORTHCOM and U.S. Pacific Command areas of responsibility. These exercise events and others are designed to test the full range of incident management response procedures at the local, state, and federal levels."
United States. Joint Chiefs of Staff; United States. Northern Command; North American Aerospace Defense Command
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Quick Reference Card: TWIC Quick Notes - Frequently Asked Questions
This Transportation Security Administration (TSA) quick reference card answers frequently asked questions about the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program.
United States. Transportation Security Administration
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Continuation Guidance -- Budget Year Five, Attachment K: Cities Readiness Initiative
"Since 1999, the Federal government has expended significant effort and resources to enhance the safety of Americans through the development of the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS). Funding totaling $130 million was obligated in FY02 and FY03 to aid State and local entities in the development of local distribution and dispensing plans and capabilities for providing stockpile items to citizens. As part of this effort, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has worked directly with State and local officials to develop their distribution and dispensing plans. The initial efforts have been primarily at the state level. As a natural next step and in an effort to leverage the concepts found in the Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) 5, the National Incident Management System (NIMS), and the National Response Plan (NRP), CDC is expanding its practice of working with states and other eligible entities toward ensuring a thoroughly integrated local, State, and - where necessary - federal response to a bioterrorism event. The first part of this next step is to increase and enhance readiness of selected cities, in collaboration with State, federal, and private sector partners, to make full and effective use of the SNS in the event of several possible types of catastrophic terrorist attacks for which the SNS contains applicable countermeasures."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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Special Needs: Establishing Emergency Communications Plans with State Aging Services Agencies to Accommodate Elderly Residents in an Emergency
"Local agencies responsible for assisting elderly residents in an emergency should consider collaborating with state and local aging services agencies to create emergency communications plans as an annex to existing emergency operations plans. State and local aging services agencies have access to critical information about elderly residents that local emergency response agencies can use to identify, locate, and provide for elderly residents."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)
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Interoperable Communications: Ensuring Radio Coverage When Selecting a Unified Command Site
"Individuals responsible for establishing a Unified Command site (UC) should consider ensuring that the site has sufficient radio coverage. Functional onsite radio capabilities will facilitate interoperable communications throughout an exercise or incident."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)
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Frederick County, Maryland Community Action Agency's Community Land Security Program
"The Frederick County, Maryland Community Action Agency's (FCAA) Community Land Security Program aspires to strengthen the domestic preparedness capabilities of the county's low-income communities. The program aims to help low-income communities remain safe and self-sufficient in the face of emergencies. The program also aims to build local emergency managers' awareness of the needs of low-income neighborhoods and to open a dialogue between local officials and representatives of previously disenfranchised communities."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS); United States. Department of Homeland Security
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Homeland Security Grant Program: Risk Analysis
"The Interim National Preparedness Goal (the Goal) requires the Nation to work together to build and sustain risk-based target levels of capability to minimize the impact of terrorist attacks and catastrophic events on lives, property, and the economy. As part of this risk-based approach to preparedness, DHS' Fiscal Year 2006 (FY06) risk methodology represents a major step forward in the analysis of the risk of terrorism, resulting in the most accurate estimation to-date of the relative risk faced by our Nation's communities."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office of Grants and Training
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Homeland Security Grant Program: Effectiveness Analysis
"Fiscal Year 2006 (FY06) marks the first time that DHS asked State and Urban Area applicants to develop Investment Justifications as part of their HSGP [Homeland Security Grant Program] applications. The purpose of the Investment Justifications was to demonstrate the anticipated effectiveness of State and Urban Area's proposed solutions in meeting identified needs. The HSGP application review process incorporated peer reviewers to evaluate the anticipated effectiveness of these proposed solutions. Peer review teams assigned, effectiveness scores to individual investments and an overall effectiveness score to each State, and Urban Area's submission. Effectiveness scores are paired with the DHS risk analysis scores to determine final HSGP allocations.
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office of Grants and Training
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Homeland Security Grant Program: Peer Review Process
"The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) engages State and local partners in evaluating and scoring all Fiscal Year 2006 (FY06) Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) applications. Stakeholder involvement helps to enhance the thoroughness of this process and makes the program more reflective of local needs. The peer review scoring process was conducted to assess how effective the solutions proposed in the HSGP applications address the applicants' homeland security program needs."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office of Grants and Training
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US-CERT Products and Descriptions
This United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) document describes the National Cyber Alert System, a national cyber security system for identifying, analyzing, and prioritizing emerging vulnerabilities and threats. The document also provides a list of US-CERT products that are publicly available.
United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team
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Community Preparedness: Thurston County, Washington, Emergency Management's Faith Communities Disaster Preparedness Workshops
"Thurston County, Washington, Emergency Management hosts quarterly emergency preparedness workshops that provide faith communities with information on emergency planning and preparedness and help faith communities create disaster preparedness plans for their neighborhoods. Representatives from the Fire Chaplains of Thurston County, the American Red Cross, the Olympia Fire Department, and Volunteer Services facilitate the workshops by providing speakers and resources."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)
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Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program Toolkit: Corrective Action Program System
"The Corrective Action Program (CAP) System enables jurisdictions to track corrective actions from an exercise or real- world incident once an After Action Report/ Improvement Plan (AAR/IP) has been written. This guide instructs users on how to enter event information and improvement plan data into the CAP System."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program
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Pre-Incident Identification: Training Personnel on the Use of Radiation Detection Equipment
"State and local organizations should ensure that personnel who might detect radioactive materials during routine screening operations receive appropriate training on radiation detection instruments and related software. This training can help users operate this equipment efficiently."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)
