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Homeland Security Overview

Dr. Mac

May 27, 2019

catastrophe that places in jeopardy the civil liberties, protection of life, assets, and situation of

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even the lack of preparation towards the effects of climate and global change epidemics.

Mitigation efforts produce redundancy in preparedness strategies to disrupt a destructive impact.

INTELLIGENCE USAGE: On the contrary, with the increase of technology brings an

increased level of intelligence usage pre and post disaster. Emergency disaster analysis and

researchers are developing applications that are highly capable of providing real-time data. For

example, in Australia the government has created a dynamic step by step interface that allows for

images and text to be attached to a report. This Emergency AUS 7 application provides a

snapshot of real-time situational awareness and nationwide intelligence for natural emergencies

such as fires, stores, floods, and earthquakes on a map or through a protected system for all to

see. For that reason, it is imperative that only official intelligence information from trustworthy

responders with emergency management tools that are easy to use and require little training.

These on the go emergency management tool kits ought to be ready to deploy straight from the

box and will allow for maximum efforts to save lives. Furthermore, efficient organization

communication and coordination should be intact long before a disaster strikes. The time of the

attack is not the moment to check for glitches or undeveloped issues. Human lives are at risk.

This will allow for decision makers to provide a dynamic way to track, locate, and confirm

personnel involved and goods being transported (Pavkovic et al., 2014).

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measures for reducing loss of life or eliminating risks associated with terrorism or a disaster.

Their training programs are positive actions set into place to be practice daily in order to reduce

impact. By understanding the risk, a state or country can better set targets and goals in place to a

successful outcome. “Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the

test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him”

Preparedness is seen as the command and control phase of emergency management. It is

significantly the most important phase of emergency management operations because of the

underlying basis of how well the local, state, and federal governments prepare their communities.

The outcome of a very devastating catastrophic disaster or hazard will be dictated on preparation.

According to (Sylves, 2008), Preparedness involves developing a response plan and training first

responders to save lives and reduce disaster damage, identifying critical resources, and

developing necessary agreements among responding agencies, both within the jurisdiction and

with other jurisdictions.

Similarly, preparedness entails “readying for expected threats, including contingency

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of those managing it and their leadership but because of the long-term policies and initiative they

training and steady communication flow between all entities involved, resulting in an extremely

efforts by local, federal, tribal, and private sectors through training programs with the

communities, information sharing, threat recognition, risk management/ intervention, and law

enforcement agencies awareness of a terrorist event or attack being planned or carried out by an

organization post 9/11 beforehand.

nation between agencies to enable them to work efficiently and effectively using a national

approach to incident management. Officials needed a synchronized system that would aid in

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prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery after a major disaster, terrorist attack, and

various other emergencies. Therefore, the National Incident Management System was

established as a by-product under Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5. This program

broadness extends into each sector of government and the private sector, some of which are

hospitals, power plants, and chemical facilities. NIMS give you the uncut realization that less

turf protection is needed and more cooperation amongst all agencies is a must. It also provides a

organizations into a partnership to work seamlessly together to mitigate, prepare, respond, and

recover from disasters (Nemeth, 2016).

ICS: Meanwhile, the incident command system is a unique element of structure used by

responsibility. It allows for the communication between incident commanders to coordinate

planning efforts, operational readiness conditions, logistics, finances, and administration. This

allows for on-scene leadership to communicate amongst the group if in case it is a first

responder. Over time the incident may be supervised by the most senior or highest ranking

leadership or the person with the accumulated experience, wisdom, and knowledge in disaster or

Recovery

RESILIENCY

CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS PLANNING:

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References

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Sylves, R. (2015) Disaster Policy and Politics: Emergency Management and Homeland Security. [MBS

Direct]. Retrieved from https://mbsdirect.vitalsource.com/#/books/9781483324135/