2012 National Preparedness Report

Presidential Policy Directive 8: National Preparedness (PPD-8) describes the Nation’s approach to preparing for the threats and hazards that pose the greatest risk to the security of the United States. The Directive requires a National Preparedness Report (NPR), an annual report summarizing the progress made toward building, sustaining, and delivering the 31 core capabilities described in the National Preparedness Goal (the Goal). As the NPR coordinator, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’s) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) worked with the full range of whole community partners—including all levels of government, private and nonprofit sectors, faith-based organizations, communities, and individuals—to develop the NPR. Specifically, FEMA collaborated with federal interagency partners to identify quantitative and qualitative performance and assessment data for each of the 31 core capabilities. In addition, FEMA integrated data from the 2011 State Preparedness Reports (SPRs), statewide self-assessments of core capability levels submitted by all 56 U.S. states and territories through a standardized survey. Finally, FEMA conducted research to identify recent, independent evaluations, surveys, and other supporting data related to core capabilities. FEMA synthesized, reviewed, and analyzed all of these data sources in order to derive key findings that offer insight on critical issues in preparedness, including areas where the Nation has made progress and where areas of improvement remain. During the development of specific core capability key findings, eight broader trends in national preparedness emerged. As shown in this report, these overarching key findings synthesize information from across multiple core capabilities and mission areas and reflect national-level results on preparedness progress and gaps. Within the Response Core Capabilities are two key findings related to critical transportation: (1) Confidence in evacuation plans among states and urban areas has increased significantly since 2006; and (2) Federal partners have met targets for delivering life-sustaining commodities and key operational resources on time during disasters.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/20130726-1833-25045-2705/national_preparedness_report_20120330_v2_1.pdf
• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Emergency Management Agency

  Preparedness Division, 500 C Street, S.W.
  Washington, DC  United States  20472

  Department of Homeland Security

  Washington, DC  United States  20528
• Publication Date: 2012

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 77p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Disaster preparedness; Evacuation; Freight traffic; Infrastructure; Logistics; National security; Transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Critical issues
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Security and Emergencies; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01376376
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 25 2012 4:24PM