Volume V

Volume V

Emergency Response, Public Health and Poison Control: Logical Linkages for Successful Risk Communication and Improved Disaster and Mass Incident Response

Over the last eight years the United States has responded to hazards such as terrorism, natural disasters, and natural disease outbreaks with a focus on all-hazards preparedness.

By Valerie Yeager

Emergency Response, Public Health and Poison Control: Logical Linkages for Successful Risk Communication and Improved Disaster and Mass Incident Response

Inaccurate Prediction of Nuclear Weapons Effects and Possible Adverse Influences on Nuclear Terrorism Preparedness

Policy makers use predictions of nuclear weapons effects to base legislation and response plans addressing terrorist use of nuclear weapons. Commonly voiced predictions appear to derive from traditional “Cold War” military effects analyses. This article argues that traditional nuclear weapons effects analyses dramatically overestimate the damage that a terrorist nuclear weapon is likely to produce in a metropolitan area.

By Robert Harney

Inaccurate Prediction of Nuclear Weapons Effects and Possible Adverse Influences on Nuclear Terrorism Preparedness

IN MEMORIAM: MATTHEW SIMEONE – Legacy Beyond Nassau

Inspector Matthew Simeone passed away in March of this year. Graduating from the Naval Postgraduate School’s Center for Homeland Defense and Security in the fall of 2007, he served as co-president of cohort 0601-0602. Inspector Simeone and several of his fellow officers in the Nassau County Police Department were building one of the country’s first public-private sector information sharing networks, the Security/Police Information Network (SPIN).

By Richard Cooper

IN MEMORIAM: MATTHEW SIMEONE – Legacy Beyond Nassau

The Application of Cost Management and Life-Cycle Cost Theory to Homeland Security National Priorities

The 2007 National Preparedness Guidelines introduces the concept of a National Preparedness System in which national capabilities are coordinated to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from all hazards in a way that balances risk with resources and need.

By Robert Hall and Erica Dimitrov

The Application of Cost Management and Life-Cycle Cost Theory to Homeland Security National Priorities

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