Response capabilities of the National Guard: A focus on domestic disaster medical response
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5055/ajdm.2010.0006Keywords:
disaster preparedness, National Guard, disaster response, chemical and biological preparedness, emergency management, public health planningAbstract
The National Guard has a 373-year history of responding to the nation’s call to duty for service both at home and abroad (The National Guard Bureau Web site: Available at http://www.ngb.army.mil/default.aspx.). The National Guard (NG) is a constitutionally unique organization (United States Constitution, US Government Printing Office Web site: Available at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/constitution/index.html.). Today’s Guard conducts domestic disaster response and civilian assistance missions on a daily basis. Yet, the NG’s role, mission, and capabilities are not well-known or understood. The National Response Framework (NRF) places significant responsibility on the local and state disaster planners (Department of Homeland Security: National Response Framework. US Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC, January 2008).The public health professionals are an integral component of the disaster planning community. It is critical that the public health community be knowledgeable of types and capabilities of all the response assets at their disposal.References
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