Editor’s Note: Digital and Real-World Emergency Preparedness Collide
Catherine L. Feinman
October 29, 2025
The risk of cyberattacks is not new, but the interconnectedness between information technology and emergency preparedness has become much more apparent. Learn how subject matter experts describe a changing cyberthreat landscape and the importance of multidisciplinary planning to ensure continuity of operations.
The Cyber-Insecurity of Medical Devices
Judy Kruger and Bill DeLong
October 29, 2025
Cybersecurity vulnerabilities in medical devices could lead to manufacturing failures and compromise patient health and the healthcare infrastructure. To ensure the safety and effectiveness of medical devices in a rapidly changing cyber landscape, manufacturers need to implement well-established cybersecurity principles, and regulators must enforce them.
Next Generation 911 in Public Safety Infrastructure Cybersecurity
Charles Gifford
October 22, 2025
Legacy 911 systems, which still serve large portions of the United States, rely on decades-old copper wire technology that cannot withstand today’s cyber threats. Protecting this critical public safety infrastructure demands a coordinated effort to accelerate Next Generation 911 implementation and to strengthen cybersecurity standards—essential to ensure resilience, security, and reliable emergency response.
Alert! Crafting Evidence-Based Warning Messages With Generative AI
Justin Snair, Sarah K. Miller and Emma Erwin
October 22, 2025
Purpose-built AI can turn complex communication challenges into faster, smarter, and more reliable processes. Engaging research, technology, and practitioner insight into design processes makes evidence-based practices core features, not afterthoughts. Learn how one group solved a common emergency alert problem and made it available to all.
Podcast – Harnessing AI & GIS: Transforming Emergency Preparedness with Emerging Technologies
Ryan Lanclos
October 15, 2025
From hurricanes to wildfires, location data is changing how emergency managers plan and respond. Host Teresa Farfan talks with Esri’s Ryan Lanclos about how GIS and AI help officials see risks in real time, make informed decisions, and better support communities before and after disasters.
Cyber Response: From the Server Room to the Situation Room
Nitin Natarajan
October 15, 2025
Organizations often have isolated cybersecurity from emergency management, treating it as a narrow IT issue rather than part of an enterprise crisis strategy. Yet, as the line between cyber incidents and traditional emergencies blurs, cyber response must fully integrate into broader emergency frameworks.
Why AI Must Include Community Voices
Aaron Clark-Ginsberg and Jessica Jensen
October 8, 2025
By improving speed, effectiveness, and efficiency, AI offers vital support for emergency management’s resource-constrained, rapid decision-making needs. Shaping everything from risk assessment and hazard planning to grant evaluation, AI can revolutionize emergency management.
The Case for a Victim-Centered Approach to Mass Violence Preparedness
Elizabeth Cronin and Erik S. Gaull
October 8, 2025
Mass violence incidents, though statistically uncommon, have become more frequent in the United States in recent years and leave lasting effects on impacted communities. No community is immune, making a victim-centered, trauma-informed mass violence incident plan essential for recovery.
Podcast – From Threat to Recovery: Integrating Cybersecurity into the Incident Command System
Bart Taylor
October 6, 2025
October marks National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and this week’s episode of Domestic Preparedness: The Podcast dives into the challenges of safeguarding communities from evolving cyber threats. Host Teresa Farfan sits down with Bart Taylor, cybersecurity training manager at the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX), to explore practical strategies for integrating cybersecurity into emergency management, and the importance of collaboration among technology professionals, risk managers, and emergency managers in reporting, managing, and mitigating cyber incidents.
Emergency Response Strategies for Autonomous Vehicle Incidents
Bradley Trefz
October 1, 2025
Autonomous vehicles can face rare situations that they are not fully programmed to handle. Because their driving mistakes differ from those of humans, first responders must adjust their tactics accordingly. In support of first responders and public safety, the Texas Department of Transportation commissioned guidelines and procedures for autonomous vehicle-related incidents.
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