National Preparedness Report: Cyber Attacks Still Major Threat Against Unprepared States, Report Finds
While the nation has made strides in preparing for a wide range of potential disasters, state and local officials said they feel least prepared for an emerging threat: a cyber attack. Cybersecurity “was the single core capability where states had made the least amount of overall progress,” according to the annual National Preparedness Report released [...]
Read More →FEMA And Its Partners Release The National Preparedness Report
Today, FEMA and its partners released the National Preparedness Report (NPR). The Report identifies significant progress the nation has made in areas of prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery. Overall the Report found that the nation has increased its collective preparedness, not only from external threats, but also for natural and technological hazards that face [...]
Read More →Finally! THIRA is Here!
After months of waiting, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has released the much anticipated guidance for conducting “Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessments (THIRAs). The THIRA process provides a common way to more fully understand all of the risks communities face and is now required for homeland security and emergency management grantee states and Urban Areas [...]
Read More →Presidential Policy Directive 8: National Preparedness: Working Drafts of the National Planning Frameworks
Everyone is encouraged to review the working draft National Frameworks and the initial draft of the Recovery Interagency Operational Plan posted above, and provide comments using the accompanying feedback submission form. The feedback submission forms should be sent to PPD8-Engagement@fema.dhs.gov (feedback must be submitted via the provided feedback submission forms). Feedback will be received through [...]
Read More →Comment on the National Planning Frameworks and the Recovery Interagency Operational Plan to Help Strengthen the Nation’s Preparedness
From the FEMA Blog by: Tim Manning, Deputy Administrator for Protection and National Preparedness FEMA and its partners are seeking your input on four working drafts of the National Planning Frameworks, and the initial draft of the Recovery Federal Interagency Operational Plan, which are part of Presidential Policy Directive 8: National Preparedness. PPD-8 is a [...]
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