Preparedness - KCHC

Save Lives
and Build
Resilience
Tale of
Our Cities
Planning for an
Interdisciplinary
Response to
Terrorist Use
of Explosives
Please join us for
this
unprecedented
gathering of
experts
from around the
world who will
share how their
first-hand
experience
of terrorist events
can benefit your
local planning.
Invited speakers will
include exper ts from
Israel, Pakistan,
India, and London.
MARK YOUR
CALENDARS:
Monday
Nov. 7, 2011
DoubleTree
Seattle Airport
Department of Homeland Security Progress
Fulfilling 9/11 Commission Recommendations
Department of Defense News Release
WASHINGTON—Seven years after the release of the 9/11 Commission report, Secretary
of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano released a Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) report highlighting the significant progress that DHS, along with its many
partners, have made in fulfilling specific recommendations by the 9/11 Commission to
build a country that is stronger, safer and more resilient.
“September
“Ten years after the September 11, 2001 attacks, America
is stronger and more resilient than ever before, but threats
from terrorism persist and challenges remain,” said
Secretary Napolitano. DHS and its many partners across
the Federal government, public and private sectors, and
communities across the country and around the world
have worked since 9/11 to build a new homeland security
enterprise to better mitigate and defend against dynamic
threats, minimize risks, and maximize the ability to respond
to and recover from attacks and disasters of all kinds.
To view the Department’s full report please visit:
www.dhs.gov/9-11-progress-report
will mark the ten
year anniversary
of 9/11; we will
remember those
lost, honor our first
responders, and
renew our
commitment to
prepare and plan
for emergencies.”
Terror Threat 'Most Heightened' Since 9/11
ABC NEWS | By Jason Ryan and Devin Dwyer
The threat of terrorism is at "its most heightened state" since the 9/11 attacks nearly a
decade ago, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said recently. “The
terrorist threat facing our country has evolved significantly in the last ten years -- and
continues to evolve -- so that, in some ways, the threat facing us is at its most
heightened state since those attacks," she said before the House Homeland Security
Committee. Her comments were a sobering reminder that the potential of another
attack is real and growing, most notably from individuals radicalized inside the United
States, despite elaborate security measures implemented by the government since
2001. "One of the most striking elements of today's threat picture is that plots to attack
America increasingly involve American residents and citizens," Napolitano said.
Full Article: http://www.infowars.com/terror-threat-most-heightened-since-911-napolitano-says/
Nationwide Test of the Emergency Alert System
FEMA NEWS RELEASE
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management
Agency and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will conduct the first
nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System. The nationwide test will occur on
Wednesday, November 9 at 11:00am PST and may last up to three and a half minutes.
The EAS is a national alert and warning system established to enable the President of
the United States to address the American public during emergencies. A national test
will help the federal partners and EAS participants determine the reliability of the
system and its effectiveness in notifying the public of emergencies and potential
dangers nationally and regionally.
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