DHS Releases National Preparedness Guidelines

[Lois]

http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/pr_1189720458491.shtm

 

DHS Releases National Preparedness Guidelines

Release Date: September 13, 2007

 

For Immediate Release

Office of the Press Secretary

Contact: 202-282-8010

 

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today publication of two important tools to organize and synchronize national efforts to strengthen preparedness: (1) the National Preparedness Guidelines, which establish a vision for national preparedness and provide a systematic approach for prioritizing preparedness efforts across the Nation; and (2) the Target Capabilities List, which describes the collective national capabilities required to prevent, protect against, respond to and recover from terrorist attacks, major disasters and other emergencies.

 

"The National Preparedness Guidelines and Target Capabilities List are the culmination of extensive efforts to define the specific plans and capabilities our nation must possess in order to address catastrophic threats," said Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. "These documents will help focus policy, planning and investments at all levels of government and the private sector in order to strengthen our collective capabilities and better prepare for major incidents."

 

Publication of the Guidelines and Target Capabilities List fulfills a major component of Homeland Security Presidential Directive 8, "National Preparedness," and establishes a framework for understanding what it means for the nation to be prepared for all hazards. There are four critical elements to the National Preparedness Guidelines:

 

The national preparedness vision, which provides a concise statement of the core preparedness goal for the nation.

 

The fifteen National Planning Scenarios, which collectively depict the broad range of natural and man-made threats facing our nation and guide overall homeland security planning efforts at all levels of government and with the private sector. They form the basis for national planning, training, investments and exercises needed to prepare for emergencies of all types.

 

Universal Task List (UTL), which is a menu of some 1,600 unique tasks that can facilitate efforts to prevent, protect against, respond to and recover from the major events that are represented by the National Planning Scenarios. Although no single entity will perform every task, the UTL presents a common language and vocabulary that supports all efforts to coordinate national preparedness activities.

 

Target Capabilities List (TCL), which defines 37 specific capabilities that states and communities and the private sector should collectively develop in order to respond effectively to disasters.

Developed through an extensive process that involved more than 1,500 federal, state and local officials, and more than 120 national associations, the Guidelines replace the Interim National Preparedness Goal issued on March 31, 2005. They also integrate lessons learned following Hurricane Katrina and a 2006 review of states’ and major cities’ emergency operations and evacuation plans.

 

For more information on HSPD-8 and the National Preparedness Guidelines, visit www.dhs.gov.

 

This page was last modified on September 13, 2007

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Link to report...

 

http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/N...Guidelines.pdf

[Mother]

Thanks for the post Lois. I figured they would be coming out with that in October so they must have pushed it ahead for some reason. I couldn't get into the link but found it here.

 

http://www.dhs.gov./xlibrary/assets/Nation..._Guidelines.pdf

 

All 51 pages of it. I'm reading it now.

 

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[Mother]

Well after just skimming this it seems it's mostly government babble speak that tells various and assorted factions of the US, namely all, that they have to do what the government says they have to do.

 

I found pages 21 and 29 directed towards individual citizens but mostly it directs you to the Citizens's corp, FEMA, NFPA, and Ready.gov web sites.

 

It's going to take someone with more patience than I have to read through all this and tell us exactly what it all means. But I will bet it only means that the government can use it as a tool to dictate.

 

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[Pansy]

Right on Mother! Seems like more and more executive orders and Homeland Security (????) look like dictatorship these days. Wish sheeple would wake up (darn, my daughter is one of "them:) and smell the Roses - this is scary stuff.