Bridging the gap : prototype tools to support local disaster preparedness planning and collaboration / Melinda Moore ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Moore, Melinda.

National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)

Series:

Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-764/1-OSD.

Technical report ; TR-764/1-OSD

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emergency management--United States.

Emergency management.

United States.

Disaster Planning.

Civil Defense.

Medical Subjects:

Disaster Planning.

United States.

Civil Defense.

Physical Description:

xix, 124 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2012.

Summary:

U.S. policymakers have stepped up systematic disaster preparedness efforts sharply since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, including the creation of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and a plethora of federal initiatives. Against a backdrop of natural disasters that occur each year in the United States and heightened concern about pandemic influenza, there is an emerging national consensus that the best path is an all-hazards approach to disaster preparedness planning and that effective local planning is critical. Military installations and their civilian counterparts-local government and local health-care providers, especially the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs-can strengthen local-level disaster preparedness planning. This report describes the prototype capabilities-based planning tool that RAND developed and the two prototype networking tools that RAND adapted to help local military and civilian planners collaborate in disaster preparedness.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-124).

ISBN:

9780833076830

0833076833

OCLC:

814374068