Bridging the gap
Subtitle: prototype tools to support local disaster preparedness planning and collaboration
By: Melinda Moore ... [et al.].
Contributors: National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
Series: Technical report -- TR-764/1-OSD; Technical report (Rand Corporation) -- TR-764/1-OSD.
Publisher: RAND
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 124
ISBN-13: 9780833076830
Subjects: Emergency management; Disaster Planning; Civil Defense
Description: 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 (p. 123-124).