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On the Ground, gives you updates on critical Witt Associates engagements. Our third issue covers: • A look at Lessons Learned from Hurricane Irene • Development of Evacuation Plans and Exercises for Sacramento County and the City of Sacramento, California • COOP/COG Planning for Middlesex County, New Jersey • Advantages of Using U.S. General Services Administration Schedules • Preparation of an Emergency Authorities Matrix to the Puget Sound Regional Catastrophic...

On the Ground, gives you updates on critical Witt Associates engagements.  Our second issue covers:   ·  Preparedness measures every community should take before disaster strikes ·  Witt Associates Tsunami planning and emergency response assistance in the Caribbean ·  Witt Associates aid in reconciling public assistance funding for the University of Texas Medical Branch   post Hurricane Ike ·  Witt Associates immediate...

         Originally posted on November 10, 2010 at Domestic Preparedness Journal UTMB: From Disaster Planning to Long-Term Recovery  by Cameron W. Slocum & James Lee Witt Established in 1891 as the Medical Department of the University of Texas and housed in a single building with a class of 23 students, the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB Health) today is a sprawling and modern health science center with an annual budget of $1.5 billion. Home to...

Article originally posted on September 22, 2010 at Domestic Preparedness Journal Pre-Disaster Recovery Planning: A New Focus on Deficiencies by Jordan Nelms Earlier this month - more specifically, on 11 September - the United States observed the ninth anniversary of the most devastating terrorist attack in the nation's history; the occasion was marked by considerable political and media commentary and academic discussions on the ability - but in some major areas of preparedness the...