Preparedness Policy and Guidance
Preparedness Policy and Guidance
Reality thinking
Forget trying to save refugees of the bombed out cities. The people on the rural farms and ranches don't have the resources to take them in and care for them.
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Redefining NIMS for Higher Education
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Reality thinking
Forget trying to save refugees of the bombed out cities. The people on the rural farms and ranches don't have the resources to take them in and care for them.
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Make DHS Funding All Hazard
We have spent the almost a decade trying to decide how to spend billions of dollars on how to mitigate (prevent) terrorism. We need DHS and FEMA to clearly outline the future of how we can become a truly sustainable country from both natural and human-caused threats. Take programs like the UASI or Regional Catastrophic and make these all hazard regional resources. What are we vulnerable too...
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Create an official Advisory Committee on Medical Countermeasures
The nation could benefit from something akin to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), but for medical countermeasures. Such a group (an advisory committee on medical countermeasures or “ACMC”) would follow the ACIP model in structure and methods.... more »
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Large Building Mandates and Laws are are needed !
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Radio Operability
A lot of grant money is being directed to radio interoperability, which is good but many jurisdictions do not have and cannot afford sufficient radio operability. Jurisdictions must ensure that their first responder's radios work inside all large commercial and high rise buildings within their response area. Future building and fire codes must mandate in-building antennas.
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Require all goverment agencies and critical infrastructure to have EMP protection and response plans.
Require all governmental agencies and other critical infrastructure to develop and implement EMP protection and recovery plans in the event of an EMP event, man made or natural. That can include mitigation by using purchases of replacement parts that are sensitive to EMP and placing in appropriate harden locations, mandating future purchases include EMP protection be standard and other steps.
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Collapsing buildings and safe triangles instead of "duck and cover" approach
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Teaching family emergency survival skills
The key to saving lives is information
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Natural and Environmental Hazard Disclosure Law
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All LEO, Fire and EMS should be required to undergo tactical 1st aid/tactical medical care!
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Jurisdictions need to plan to utilize and document non-affiliated and spontaneous volunteers
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Policy Decisions are Best Made with Public Input
Make sure that you incorporate community feedback or input when making policy decisions that will impact them. This can be done utilizing community engagement meetings.