Project White Horse Forum

 
By Captain Charlie Meinema
Tacoma Washington Police Department

 
Disasters may be local, but few are.  Even local disasters are not local, as Yogi Berra might say.   This is often because criminals, explosions, terrorists and fires fail to respect jurisdictional borders, and / or because the crisis – even if inside one geographical or jurisdictional boundary – is [...]

I’m very pleased to announce that Project White Horse 084640 Edition #8 – A Culture of Preparedness and Intersectional Ideas  – is now on line.
The last two editions have provided perspective on “resilient communities” and leadership required. In Edition #8 we shift from providing “perspective” to creating actionable understanding and answers. The first part of [...]

New York Times, 16 February, 2009— 
The homeland security secretary, Janet Napolitano, is re-evaluating the largest federal program for testing the country’s ability to respond to terrorist attacks, one of several Bush administration initiatives she has ordered to come under review.

PWH Chapter 1 (Part 1 of 2) The Constant Gardner http://www.projectwhitehorse.com/pdfs/B[1].%20PWH_Chapter1(1of2).pdf
(From Page 11) … Studies clearly [...]

We now move to Discussion Thread 3.

>> Intelligence implications for a resilient community response force team in a low probability/high impact  worst case disaster environment:

critical information – what, where and how
education aimed at preventing “victimhood”
planning on multiple levels
being a responder not a victim
building leaders AND followers – who, how 

By necessity that team [...]

As part of the PWH Resilient Community initiative for 2008, the following is a listing of Summer focus posts on leadership elements:
RC#11 During a disaster, become part of the solution
RC#12 A Lesson Learned: Tyler Suchman’s Emergencity
RC#13 (Part 1) To Lead An Introduction to the “Teams of Leaders”
(TOL) concept as it relates to disaster response
RC#13 (Part 2) [...]

An intriguing synergy ? A messy, uncertain century emerges despite advances in technology and global economy. The ability to deal with events and survive on our own terms (Boyd) would appear to reflect T.E. Lawrence’s metaphor of needing to learn to “eat soup with a knife.” Accomplishing that task -building learning organizations- and creating resilient [...]