Presidential Policy Directive 8 (PPD-8) The Presidential Policy Directive 8 (PPD-8) was intended to reinforce the security and flexibility of the United States using organized preparations that create large security threats to the Nation. The PPD-8 policy directive instructs the multiple federal agencies to coordinate and work together with the entire community to boost national preparedness. The policy, signed on March 30, 2011, was a dynamic move from the Homeland Security Policy Directive (HSPD-8) and Annex 1 methods that were in use and had become ineffective. The PPD Implementation Plan was laid out on May 27, 2011 and received a presidential approval on July 8, 2011. The PPD-8 unites the different agencies and the community in an integrated …show more content…
It addresses the meaning of community preparedness towards disasters and emergencies by focusing on protection, mitigation, response, prevention, and recovery. The National Preparedness Goal highlights the whole community participation method that optimizes the utilization of available resources. The goal illustrates the 31 core capabilities useful in addressing the states risks. . The national preparedness goal should echo the policy directions as specified in the applicable Presidential Policy Directives, national strategies, National Security Strategy (May 2010), National Security Presidential Directives, Interagency Policy Committee process guidance, and Homeland Security Presidential Directives. The goal should further capitalize on activities aimed at acquisition of a layered, integrated, and the whole nation’s preparedness towards threats, and risks (Fagel, 2014). The National Preparedness Goal builds a National Preparedness System (NPS) to enable the planning and execution of events and activities aimed at producing the National Preparedness Reports (NPR) to inform the government and the public on the National preparedness system …show more content…
• Points out opportunities for the developments of Economic Recovery, Natural and Cultural Resources, Cyber-security, and Housing. vi. Build and Sustain Preparedness The endeavor to Build and Sustain Preparedness is aimed at building a culture of preparedness in the citizens, families, society, and state. It has four main elements. • Federal preparedness • A determined campaign to build and maintain national preparedness enhanced by public outreach and community-based/ private-sector programs aimed at improving national resilience. • preparedness support from the national government including grants and technical assistance • Research and development efforts. Community participation is encouraged with activities like community outreach and elimination of potential hazards. Some of the PPD-8 Updates i. National Protection Framework –30th July 2014 The framework explains the capabilities required to secure the United States against terrorism, and natural or artificial
HSPD-5 is shortened for Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5. This directive states that the United States should be able to operate under a singular national incident management system. Its’ objectives ensure “… that all levels of government have the capability to work effeciently and effectively together…coordination with private and non-governmental sectors for adequete planning, equipment, training, and exercise activitites and to promote partnerships…the gathering of appropriate information and providing it to the public, the private sector, State and local authorities, Federal departments and agencies…” ( Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 2003).
The National Response Framework is a guide designed to assist local, State, and Federal governments in developing functional capabilities and identifying resources based on hazard identification and risk assessment. It outlines the operating structure and identifies key roles and responsibilities. It established a framework to identify capabilities based on resources and the current situation no matter the size or scale. It integrates organizational structures and standardizes how the Nation at all levels plans to react to incidents. The suspected terrorist attack will have health, economic, social, environment and political long-term effects for my community. This is why it is essential that local government’s response is coordinate with all responders. Response doctrine is comprised of five key principles: (1) engaged partnership, (2) tiered response, (3) scalable, flexible, and adaptable operational capabilities, (4) unity of effort through unified command, and (5) readiness to act. An introductory word about each follows. (Homeland Security, 2008)
Both man-made and natural disasters are often devastating, resource draining and disruptive. Having a basic plan ready for these types of disaster events is key to the success of executing and implementing, as well as assessing the aftermath. There are many different ways to create an emergency operations plan (EOP) to encompass a natural and/or man-made disaster, including following the six stage planning process, collection of information, and identification of threats and hazards. The most important aspect of the US emergency management system in preparing for, mitigating, and responding to man-made and natural disasters is the creation, implementation and assessment of a community’s EOP.
Explain how the concept of whole community is used at the local level of government to mitigate against risk.
As we move steadfast into the twenty-first century we are confronted with more complex and compromising issues affecting the intricately connected global system. New forms of aggression and threat are the faces that greet policy-makers as they spend countless hours configuring ways to counter future attacks such as terrorism or massive drug trafficking within and across national borders. Instead of submitting ourselves to the tyranny of chance, which cruelly deals out futures blighted with catastrophes that can remain vivid in our memories, President George W. Bush has issued a mandate in an attempt to regain control over future acts of aggression such as terrorism in the United State; he issued the Executive Order of Homeland Security as that initial step.
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PUA 440 Case Study 1 1 Case Study 1: Department of Homeland Security Analysis PUA 440 Spring 2017 PUA 440 Case Study 1 2 Define the Problem With the signing of the Homeland Security Act in November 2002, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was created. This innocuous act attempted to unify 22 pre-existing, competing, and conflicting agencies under a single departmental umbrella. In addition to this task, the newly created department was forced to sink or swim on a sea on convoluted jurisdictions and overlapping responsibilities, all while working to establish a defining strategy and overall mission. The mission the DHS is commonly known as “With honor and integrity, we will safeguard the American people, our homeland, and our values.”
... Lessons have been learned over the years from preplanning, establishment of interagency agreements and simply cooperation between organizations. Obama has set the ground work nicely in working to establish international partnerships. In the emergency management world, establishing plans in preparation to manage a hurricane, tornado or disaster is essential, a town cannot run such an incident alone and outside resources and partnerships are needed and must be prearranged to assist in the mitigation. Fighting the war on terrorism is similar and knowing who is coming to help when the incident occurs is important, not knowing who is coming and not knowing who is willing to assist in the heat of the moment can be devastating. Therefore, future security strategies must maintain the international partnerships in order to maintain the safety and security of America
The obama plan: stability & security for all americans. (n.d.). Retrieved November 6, 2009, from http://www.w
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After the tragedies of 9/11 and even hurricane Katrina, the nation was stunned at how a superpower such as the United States could experience such traumatic tragedies and not have been prepared to handle, protect or efficiently assist its citizens. The question after 9/11 was how do we prevent this tragedy from occurring again? How can the country be more prepared? These thoughts gave way to the early formulation of the risk assessment in 2001 that initially associated risk directly proportional to the population of an area. This formula later turned out to be an ineffective method. As the Department of Homeland Security was created and its mission expanded from not only counterterrorism, but to include non-terrorism threats such as natural or man-made disasters...
The Department of Homeland Security’s “2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review” reviews six strategic challenges that are believed to be at high risk within the United States. Quadrennial Homeland Security Review is required to be updated every four years as it discusses present and futures risks, threats and consequences. The six strategic challenges that were analyzed from 2014 to 2018 are terrorist threats, cyber threats, biological concerns, nuclear terrorism, transnational criminal organizations and natural hazards. Local communities, to include counties and cities, have their own specific process tailored to the threats, hazards and risk they may encounter. These local areas also prioritize the specific threats to determine the resources
On September 11, 2001 a series of attacks were planned on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Washington, D.C. On this day, I remember, after my fifth grade teacher received the news of the attacks, she turned on the television. At this age I could not come to grips of why this was happening. I was saddened to watch the buildings burn down knowing that on the inside lives of people were being lost. Now, almost a decade later, the attacks on 9/11 has left a long-term effect on the United States. The aftermath of 9/11 caused America to be vulnerable to terrorism. It affected every race across the U.S. causing some to be racially profiled because of the race that was “assumed” to be behind the attacks. In order to strengthen the U.S. from future attacks, the Homeland Security Act was passed in 2002. This Act was introduced after the 9/11 attacks and mailing of anthrax. It was signed into law by then President George W. Bush in November 2002. It created both the United States Department of Homeland Security and the cabinet-level position of Secretary of Homeland Security. The Act's first responsibility was to prevent terrorist attacks in the United States. Actions were needed after 9/11 occurred, from issuing a Commission Report to creating the Department of Homeland Security that specialized in terrorist attacks.
In this research paper, I am going to discuss the plan that the Department of Homeland Security has set forth for the years of 2012-2016. This plan outlines the entire vision of the department to essentially accomplish their missions and goals. The plan consists of missions varying from border security to cyber security. We must not forget the men and women on the front line working hard to ultimately secure and provide safety for the United States of America. The Department of Homeland Security National Strategic Plan was created to outline the department’s missions, goals, and visions from the years of 2012-2016.
Of the four phases of emergency management, mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery, perhaps the place that individuals can make the biggest difference in their own state of resiliency and survival of a disaster is in the preparedness phase. Being prepared before a disaster strikes makes sense yet many people fail to take even simple, precautionary steps to reduce the consequences of destruction and mayhem produced by natural events such as earthquakes, volcanos and tornados (see Paton et al, 2001, Mileti and Peek, 2002; Tierney, 1993, Tierney et al, 2001).