Bridging the gap : prototype tools to support local disaster preparedness planning and collaboration /

"Against a backdrop of terrorist threats, natural disasters, and heightened concern about pandemic influenza, national security policy is now based on an all-hazards approach to disaster preparedness planning. Effective local planning is critical to disaster preparedness. Military installations...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: National Defense Research Institute (U.S.), JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors: Moore, Melinda
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND, 2012.
Series:Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-764/1-OSD.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"Against a backdrop of terrorist threats, natural disasters, and heightened concern about pandemic influenza, national security policy is now based on an all-hazards approach to disaster preparedness planning. Effective local planning is critical to disaster preparedness. Military installations and their civilian counterparts -- local government and local health-care providers -- can strengthen local-level disaster preparedness planning. This is the second report of a larger study aiming to develop planning support tools for local military and civilian planners. It describes a prototype tool that focuses on risk-informed, capabilities-based planning to determine (and address gaps in) the capabilities and resources a locality will likely require in the event of a disaster, with the prototype demonstration focusing on earthquakes, hurricanes, and pandemic influenza. The report also describes two social networking tools for local coordination of disaster preparedness and sharing of resources."--Provided by publisher.
Item Description:"National Defense Research Institute."
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xix, 124 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-124).
ISBN:9780833079886
0833079883