Preventing Wildfires in 2009

Very soon, it will be Spring. What are you doing to prevent wildfires this year around your home?

Remember without effectiveness, there can be no effective response or recovery.

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Potential Integration of Homeland Security and Counterterrorism

Do you think that a potential integration of homeland security and counterterrorism is good for you?

From an emergency management standpoint, this possibility presents both virtue and vice. Why should I ponder that on this forum anyway?

I am inclined to think about this based on President Obama ’s February 23 Presidential Study Directive. This directive indicatates an inter-agency review to enhance The White House ’s purview of counterterrorism and homeland security. For more on this, check: http://www.fas.org/irp/

My assessment is that the potential integration of these two agencies presents good, bad and ugly issues.

The Good:

Certainly by integrating both agencies, I believe that critical issues and differing voices on preparedness and response will get to be at the same table. Just the fact that this study could lead to an integration is good for emergency management because it enhance exchange of views, strategies and common lessons on how to deal with short term or long term crises.

Secondly, based on incident command system principles, a possible integration could lead enhance unified command. This is good because it streamlines resources and and makes mobilization more effective.

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