Comments on: New Study Indicates U.S. Could Learn A Lot About Citizen Preparedness From Israel

By: Israel Begins Annual Nationwide Civil Defense Drill; “Turning Point 4″ Offers Guidance For U.S. Preparedness Citizen Training, Engagement

Mon, 24 May 2010 14:27:29 +0000

[...] of all ages. Though the U.S. does not face the daily threats of Israel, the Turning Point exercise offers useful guidance for this country’s public readiness and engagement efforts. According to the Jerusalem Post: [...]

By: New Book Offers State/Local Homeland Security Models, Asks ‘Would You Pay To Prepare Yourself & Your Family?’ (Almost One-Third Of Israelis Said ‘Yes’)

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:27:56 +0000

[...] what’s the takeaway from that study for U.S. citizen preparedness? (And, there is a lot that Israel can teach us on this subject.) Clearly, Israelis face a more prevalent threat than Americans, particularly in regard to [...]

By: Israel Completes Its Largest Civil Defense Exercise With Citizens Of All Ages Participating

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:46:10 +0000

[...] weeks after the release of a Department of Homeland Security report indicating that the U.S. could learn from Israel about citizen preparedness,Â Â the Mideast nation last week undertook its largest civil defense drill ever,Â Â a five-day [...]

By: Study Indicates U.S. Could Learn Citizen Preparedness From Israel | Security Debrief - a blog of homeland security news and analysis

Mon, 18 May 2009 13:47:49 +0000

[...] New Study Indicates U.S. Could Learn A Lot About Citizen Preparedness From Israel The 145-page study offers a comprehensive review and analysis of citizen preparedness efforts in U.S. as well as Israel and then makes some excellent suggestions on how we can learn from Israeli experience in this area. I recommend it to anyone interested in the subject of public readiness. As has been discussed regularly on this blog, Israel provides a helpful model for the U.S. when it comes to civilian preparedness and engagement. Of course, Israelâ€™s special circumstances (terror threat, size, militarily-trained populace, etc.) limit the transferability of many of its lessons. Nevertheless, the U.S. needs to move farther down the citizen preparedness continuum towards Israel. The key questions then are how much farther and how we do it. This report should be helpful in answering to both those questions. var addthis_pub = “”;Print this article [...]