title: Public/private interactions during emergency preparedness situations.
abstract: The establishment of person to person communications between first responders in both the public and private sectors in advance of an emergency is essential to avoid a catastrophic outcome, according to the author, a member of the Homeland Security Unit of the Chicago. IL, Police Department. He stresses that 85 % of the country's critical infrastructure is protected by private security. Establishing who the key points of contact are at each of the responder disciplines must be inherent in all pre-operations planning, he points out.
authors: Chicago Police Department, USA.
authors: William J
authors: WJ
authors: O'Reilly
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D016495:Police; D017149:Private Sector; D011635:Public Health Administration; D012637:Security Measures / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States