Learning Materials from the NPS Center for Homeland Defense and Security
In this talk, Heather Issvoran discusses the importance of first impressions and understanding your online presence. She provides suggestions on developing a professional brand identity, selecting relevant platforms for your purposes, and growing an...
Eric Saylors explains the research and drills the Sacramento, CA fire department undertook to reduce the response time involved in rescuing, treating and transporting the wounded in active shooter events. Saylors discusses how...
As technology becomes more prevalent and impersonal, Lier Chen challenges policymakers to stop their reliance upon simplistic interpretations of data that cause reactionary decisions. She provides a new tool, Muted Voices, that uses radical...
Katelin Wright explores the potential implications for migration to the U.S. as a result of the effects of climate change. Using models of severe weather patterns in the coming decades, she explores the expected...
Matthew S. Austin provides his perspective on the usefulness of wearable technology as an early indicator of illness for military personnel in a COVID-19 pandemic environment. While the technology does not provide a direct...
Chad Houck provides an overview of how the State of Idaho was able to secure its 2020 elections. Idaho developed some unique partnerships that utilized lessons from the military to enable election administrators to...
John Gordon provides insight into how Salafi-Jihadist extremists as well as racially/ethnically motivated extremists seek to maintain relevance by using propaganda to exploit the isolation and frustrations of COVID 19 and domestic political tensions....
Paul Jara discusses the complexity involved in activating DoD, DHS and National Guard resources in a multi-state disaster like COVID. While it has become commonplace to see uniformed personnel serving in every aspect of...
Christopher Whiting talks about the challenges public health has faced during the COVID-19 response balancing the sharing of private health information with law enforcement and other first responders. He shares the findings from his...
Wesley R. Moy and Kacper Gradon provide their perspectives on the ramifications of COVID-19. The pandemic effects have highlighted longstanding societal divisions, disproportionately harming minority groups and socioeconomically disadvantaged communities. Moy and Gradon explore...
Dr. Erik Dahl discusses how the coronavirus pandemic represents a global intelligence failure. He explores how it was a failure for the traditional intelligence community as well as the national and international medical...
Chief Cynthia Renaud discusses the growing and evolving complexities of mass gatherings and crises and how first responders can become quickly overtasked with multiple threats in one event. Have we become as agile...