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
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
The capability of first response organizations to maintain essential services to the community in disaster situations rests on the assumption that responders will report for assignment.
By Mark Landahl and Cynthia Cox
Beyond the Plan: Individual Responder and Family Preparedness in the Resilient Organization →
There is an increasing belief that terrorists are “winning” elections. This myth is largely based upon results at the ballot box in Spain and America in 2004. In the case of the former, Socialists ousted the ruling Popular Party after the tragic bombings of trains on March 11.
By John A. Tures
Do Terrorists Win Elections? →
Fortunately, disasters happen rarely, so responders must find alternate ways to practice their skills.
By Christine Bradshaw and Thomas Bartenfeld
Exercise Evaluation Guides for Public Health Emergency Preparedness →
Information sharing among federal, state, and local agencies is a critical element of U.S. homeland security strategy. Few researchers, however, have examined the relationship between the use of homeland security information-sharing systems and perceived levels of emergency preparedness at the local level (city, county, and region).
By Hamilton Bean
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
Terrorism has local and global dimensions. Local police are best positioned to understand their communities and local threat environment.
By James Wirtz and John Sullivan
Global Metropolitan Policing: An Emerging Trend in Intelligence Sharing →
Past problems with the Department of Defense anthrax vaccine currently impact Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Health and Human Services policy.
By Thomas Rempfer
The Anthrax Vaccine: A Dilemma for Homeland Security →
The nation’s homeland security strategy calls on federal, state, and local governments, businesses, communities and individuals across the country to work together to achieve a shared vision of a secure way of life.
By Robert Bach and David Kaufman
A Social Infrastructure for Hometown Security: Advancing the Homeland Security Paradigm →
