NEW Items
- Memphis Online Article, EPIC, September 11, 2009
- Creating Resilient Communities: The Work of SERRI and CARRI
- H1N1 Pandemic Influenza
- Improved Searchable Resilience Bibliography
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Related Information
More Details..."Partnerships with state, local, tribal, and territorial agencies affect DHS's ability to identify threats and bolster preparedness before an accident; they also affect our ability to work with first responders and assist a community's recovery after an incident. The information we gather, the funding we grant, and the training and assistance we provide are all more valuable in securing our Nation if DHS's relationships with the involved state and local agencies are strong."
Secretary Janet Napolitano, 25 Feb 2009
Testimony of Secretary Janet Napolitano before the
House Committee on Homeland Security on DHS,
The Path Forward
The Community and Regional Resilience Institute operates across the full continuum of prevention, protection, response and recovery to enhance the resilience of communities and regions to significant disruptions to their infrastructure, economic and social systems.
The Community and Regional Resilience Institute is a major effort of The Southeast Region Research Initiative (SERRI) supported by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and operated by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in conjunction with a variety of other federal, regional, state, and local partners.
