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Implementation Guidelines for Executive Order 13728 Wildland-Urban Interface Federal Risk Management
From the Scope of Executive Order: "The Wildland-Urban Interface [WUI] Federal Risk Mitigation EO [Executive Order] provides the basis for policy to strengthen the security and resilience of the Nation against wildfire, and to promote public safety, economic strength, and national security. In addition to the increased risk of wildfire due to the changing climate, the wildland-urban interface is growing as the number of houses and communities built in the WUI has steadily increased. The term WUI refers to the line, area, or zone where structures or development meet or intermingle with undeveloped wildland or vegetative fuels. Even without direct contact from a fire, wind-blown embers from wildfires can travel over a mile and ignite building components and debris on and around a structure. As directed by the EO, these implementation guidelines shall be developed by January 18, 2017 (within 240 days of the date of this order). The implementation guidelines support the Mitigation Framework Leadership Group (MitFLG) goals of providing assistance to the agencies in interpreting the code requirements as outlined in the executive order."
United States Fire Administration
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Vermont: Division of Emergency Management & Homeland Security [website]
"The Division of Homeland Security and Homeland Security of the Department of Public Safety (DEMHS) provides aid and support to Vermont's Local Emergency Management Directors (LEMDs), Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs), Regional Planning Commissions (RPCs), Community Emergency Response Teams (CERTs), state agencies, and emergency response providers. Through its programs, both before, during, and after times of crisis, DEMHS empowers local communities through disaster preparedness programs, guidance and technical assistance."
Vermont. Department of Public Safety
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Rural Information Center: Rural Homeland Security FAQ [website]
This Web site contains a number of emergency planning resources for hometown security, as well as funding and program assistance, training resources, and additional related items.
Rural Information Center (U.S.)
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Review of Statewide Interoperability Planning Efforts Across the Country
As communications interoperability continues to be a priority at the local, state, tribal and federal levels, the ability to share knowledge and better practices is a critical success factor in the planning and implementation of statewide interoperability initiatives. Communications interoperability is the ability of public safety agencies to talk across disciplines and jurisdictions via radio communications systems, exchanging voice and/or data with one another on demand, in real time, when needed and as authorized. The Commonwealth of Virginia and SAFECOM, a federal program managed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), have entered into a partnership premised upon applying SAFECOM principles to an effort to plan and implement statewide communications interoperability. Both parties are committed to an approach, which captures the lessons learned that arise throughout their partnership. Those lessons learned can serve as a sample model to others designing and implementing a communications interoperability plan. Often the best place to start an effort as complex as this one is to collect insights and practices of other states and localities that have cleared their own path toward interoperability. This report profiles eighteen different states? planning efforts. The research highlights states and localities experiences with collaboration and participation across stakeholder groups. The purpose of this report is to provide examples of individual planning efforts complemented by a brief analysis of how some of these efforts have been successful and fit within SAFECOM principles.
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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OSHA Evacuation Plans and Procedures [website]
This page by the Occupational Safety & Health Administration describes the basics of evacuation plans and procedures, and provides detailed instructions on how to create an emergency action plan and evacuation procedures.
United States. Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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Be Informed: Radiation Threat
This diagram defines a radiation threat or "dirty bomb" and illustrates what one should do in the event of one.
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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Missouri Department of Public Safety: Office of Homeland Security [website]
This website contains information on emergency preparedness specific to the State of Missouri, including the State homeland security strategy. "A safe and secure Missouri is one of the most basic building blocks upon which our state's future rests. To ensure security, the Missouri Office of Homeland Security was established on September 26, 2001. Missouri was the first state in the nation to create an Office of Homeland Security in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Executive Order 05-20 was signed on July 21, 2005, moving the Missouri Office of Homeland Security to the Missouri Department of Public Safety. Placing the office here has allowed for better coordination between the Department of Public Safety agencies that do much of the daily work that makes up homeland security, such as the State Emergency Management Agency and the Missouri State Highway Patrol. In the same executive order, the Homeland Security Advisory Council was established to review state and local security plans and grant funding requests and make recommendations for changes to better protect Missourians. The Homeland Security Advisory Council was designed to be comprised of the director of the Department of Public Safety and relevant Public Safety division directors and, equally as important, directors of other state departments. This ensures a statewide focus for homeland security and an effective means for coordination of resources."
Missouri. Office of Homeland Security
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Make a Plan: In a High-Rise Building
This diagram illustrates what to do in the event of an emergency in a high-rise building.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Be Informed: Explosions
This diagram illustrates what to do in the event of an explosion.
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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Be Informed: Nuclear Blast
This diagram illustrates what one should do in the event of a nuclear blast.
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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MO-1 DMAT Disaster Medical Assistance Team [website]
This is the Internet home of the Missouri-1 Disaster Medical Assistance Team. MO-1 is part of the National Disaster Medical System, under the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The site contains news, photos, calendar, and related links, as well as communications, logistics, supply, and training information.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency [website]
The Pennsylvania Homeland Security website contains information about the Office of Homeland Security, cyber security tips, Commonwealth Emergency Response links, Pennsylvania counterterrorism task forces, disaster preparation, homeland security tip submission, and fact sheets.
Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency
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American Institute of Architects (AIA): Resilience and Adaptation Initiative
About the American Institute of Architect's (AIA's) resilience and adaptation initiative: "Resilient and adaptable communities are better able to withstand shocks and stresses, acute and chronic threats posed by natural and man-made disasters, climate change, degradation of natural resources and population growth. Communities that have integrated intervention plans in place before problems arise or undesirable changes take hold have the key to ensuring a resilient community. That's why we support preparedness, mitigation, response, recovery, and adaptation."
American Institute of Architects
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Orange County Sheriff's Department [website]
This website contains information on the Orange County Sheriff's Department patrol areas, eServices, and community services. It also contains press releases and crime bulletins, as well as links to information on identity theft, victim information, and the Trauma Intervention Program.
Orange County (Calif.). Sheriff's Department
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National Trust for Historic Preservation [website]
The National Trust is the leader in preservation of historic buildings and neighborhoods. It's a privately funded non-profit organization that provides leadership, education and advocacy to save America's diverse historic places and revitalize our communities. The site highlights the most endangered places, and posts press releases and archives.
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States
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National Register of Historic Places [website]
The National Register of Historic Places is the Nation's official list of cultural resources worthy of preservation. It's part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect our historic and archaeological resources. The site contains a listing of all historic areas in the National Park System, over 2,300 national historic landmarks, and properties that have been nominated as significant to the nation.
United States. National Park Service
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Homes & Communities: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development [website]
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) mission is to increase homeownership, support community development and increase access to affordable housing free from discrimination. This site contains a number of resources including a library with legal and legislative information, fair housing information, and community initiatives.
United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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NIH: Office of Research Services [website]
This National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research Services (ORS) "plans and directs service programs for public safety and security operations, scientific and regulatory support programs, and a wide variety of other program and employee services. The ORS advises the NIH Deputy Director for Management and other NIH senior staff on the management and delivery of technical and administrative services in support of the NIH research mission. The ORS activities impact directly and indirectly organizations and people across the entire NIH including: scientific, administrative and support staff; patients and volunteers; visitors, contractors and suppliers; providers of services including public transportation and other municipal services; other federal government organizations and agencies such as regulatory agencies, state and local governments; and the surrounding neighborhood and business community. The ORS responds to the priorities of the NIH and IC [Institute or Center] Leadership, NIH employees, patients and others served by the NIH, by supporting an exemplary physical and service infrastructure that will effectively support new scientific challenges to strengthen the NIH mission, the unique NIH research environment, and enhance the quality of life for all who come in contact with the NIH."
National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
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National Sheriffs' Association [website]
"Chartered in 1940, the National Sheriffs' Association [NSA] is a professional association dedicated to serving the Office of Sheriff and its affiliates through police education, police training, and general law enforcement information resources. NSA represents thousands of sheriffs, deputies and other law enforcement, public safety professionals, and concerned citizens nationwide. Through the years, NSA has provided programs for Sheriffs, their deputies, chiefs of police, and others in the field of criminal justice to perform their jobs in the best possible manner and to better serve the people of their cities, counties or jurisdictions. [...] NSA serves as the center of a vast network of law enforcement information, filling requests for information daily and enabling criminal justice professionals, including police officers, sheriffs, and deputies, to locate the information and programs they need. NSA recognizes the need to seek information from the membership, particularly the sheriff and the state sheriffs' associations, in order to meet the needs and concerns of individual NSA members. While working on the national level, NSA has continued to seek grass-roots guidance, ever striving to work with and for its members, clients, and citizens of the nation."
National Sheriffs' Association
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Kentucky Office of Homeland Security [website]
The Kentucky Office of Homeland Security Website contains information on state-wide and national homeland security issues and priorities. The website contains general information on the Homeland Security Advisory System and a summary of the National Homeland Security Strategy. It also provides lists of links pertaining to the following topics: events and conferences; health; travel; cyber security; anti-terrorism and counter-terrorism; family and children's concerns; volunteers; and homeland security grants. In addition, the site provides a list of links to various academic, medical, critical infrastructure, and professional resources.
Kentucky
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Personnel Accountability System Technology Assessment
"In recent years the fire service has focused considerable and increasing attention on the issue of personnel accountability. Although many fire and rescue agencies are now acknowledging the necessity of having a way to track and account for their personnel, it is difficult and confusing for some to choose the system and equipment best for them because of the variety of options available. Essentially, personnel accountability is an effort to improve the safety of emergency responders by keeping track of their locations and assignments when operating at the scene of an incident. Accountability can be maintained in many different ways. However, irrespective of the type of personnel accountability system (PAS) implemented, the goals are generally similar. A properly implemented PAS will help to ensure that the incident command staff knows the exact number and identity of personnel working at an incident, their approximate locations, and whether they are in distress." This 85 page manual is designed to focus attention on the issue of personnel accountability. Personnel accountability is an effort to improve the safety of emergency responders by keeping track of their locations and assignments when operating at the scene of an incident.
United States Fire Administration
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FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting [website]
"The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program has been the starting place for law enforcement executives, students of criminal justice, researchers, members of the media, and the public at large seeking information on crime in the nation. The program was conceived in 1929 by the International Association of Chiefs of Police to meet the need for reliable uniform crime statistics for the nation. In 1930, the FBI was tasked with collecting, publishing, and archiving those statistics. Today, four annual publications, Crime in the United States, National Incident-Based Reporting System, Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted, and Hate Crime Statistics are produced from data received from over 18,000 city, university/college, county, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement agencies voluntarily participating in the program. The crime data are submitted either through a state UCR Program or directly to the FBI's UCR Program. In addition to these reports, information is available on the Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted (LEOKA) Program and the Hate Crime Statistics Program, as well as the traditional Summary Reporting System (SRS) and the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)."
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
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North Carolina State University Disaster Information Center [website]
"The North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service is a provider of research-based, educational materials to help individuals, families, communities and businesses. Each year, millions of people are affected by natural disasters and their consequences. This site has been produced to offer assistance in dealing with natural disasters."
North Carolina State University
2005
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Charlotte Fire Department [website]
The mission of the Charlotte Fire Department is "To preserve life and property through rapid emergency response, code enforcement, education and planning."
Charlotte (N.C.). Fire Department
2006
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NC Detect: North Carolina Disease Event Tracking and Epidemiologic Collection Tool [website]
"The North Carolina Disease Event Tracking and Epidemiological Collection Tool (NC DETECT), is the early event detection system of the North Carolina Public Health Information Network. NC DETECT was created by the North Carolina Division of Public Health (NC DPH) in 2004 to address the need for early event detection in North Carolina using a variety of secondary data sources. Authorized users are currently able to view data from the North Carolina Emergency Department Database (NCEDD) and the Carolinas Poison Center. Data from the Pre-hospital Medical Information System (PreMIS), the Piedmont Wildlife Center and the NCSU College of Veterinary Medicine Laboratories are in final testing and will soon be available for user analysis."
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Special Operations Response Team (SORT): North Carolina 1 - Disaster Medical Assistance Team (NC1-DMAT) [website]
"Special Operations Response Team, or 'SORT' is a non-profit corporation founded in 1978 to provide the highest level of Disaster Medical Support through Education, Research and Response. SORT was founded in 1978 and incorporated in 1988. SORT is based in Forsyth County, North Carolina. SORT personnel include physicians, nurses, paramedics, emergency tactical staff, law enforcement officers, psychologists, chaplains, and support members. SORT stands by or responds to mass crowd gatherings, unusual occurrences such as natural and man made disasters, mass casualty or evacuations situations, hazardous materials spills or emergency rescue operations. In 1990, SORT's members were selected as a Disaster Medical Assistance TEAM (DMAT) of the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS), a nationwide system of Medical teams and healthcare facilities originally organized by the U.S. Public Health Service and presently under Federal Emergency Management Agency / U.S. Department of Homeland Security."
Special Operations Response Team
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Developing Army Leaders through CGSOC/AMSP and BCTP
"How the Army prepares its officers to deal with the complexities of the battlefield is the purpose of this monograph. Specifically, this monograph will take a focused look at two distinct arms of the institutional training domain; the command and General Staff Officer's Course [CGSOC] and the Advanced Military Studies Program [AMSP] and the Battle Command Training Program [BCTP]…. This monograph provides an assessment on the Army's performance at these institutions and provides recommendations for improving them as well. The conclusion finds that the Army is doing a credible job in the training and education and makes the assertion that it is up to each individual officer to take ownership of his own development to ensure proficiency on the battlefield."
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. School of Advanced Military Studies
Beck, William T.
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Agencia Estatal para el Manejo de Emergencias y Administración de Desastres [website]
This website is the official site for the Puerto Rican State Agency for Emergency Management and Disaster Administration, La Agencia Estatal para el Manejo de Emergencias y Administracion de Desastres. This agency is charged with the coordination of government resources before, during, and after public emergencies and disasters.
Puerto Rico
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National Center for Food Protection and Defense (NCFPD) [website]
"The National Center for Food Protection and Defense (NCFPD) was officially launched as a Homeland Security Center of Excellence in July 2004. Developed as a multidisciplinary and action-oriented research consortium, NCFPD addresses the vulnerability of the nation's food system to attack through intentional contamination with biological or chemical agents. NCFPD takes a comprehensive, farm-to-table view of the food system, encompassing all aspects from primary production through transportation and food processing to retail and food service. NCFPD's research and education program is aimed at reducing the potential for contamination at any point along the food supply chain and mitigating potentially catastrophic public health and economic effects of such attacks. The program incorporates cutting-edge research across a wide range of disciplines, including supply chain management, logistics, epidemiology, risk assessment, economics, molecular biology, food microbiology, biomedical engineering, toxicology, and risk communication. In delivering on its mission to defend the safety and security of the food system through research and education, NCFPD places a high priority on addressing potential threats to the food system that could lead to catastrophic damage to public health or the economy."
National Center for Food Protection and Defense (U.S.)
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European Commission: Public Health [website]
"This is the website of the European Commission's Directorate for public health and risk assessment. It provides information on policies and decisions taken at European, national and international level to protect Europeans' health by enabling them to make healthy choices and live healthier lives. For health experts, the site also links to databases of public health statistics. EU health strategy covers all relevant EU policy fields and is supported by a multi-annual health programme."
European Commission
