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NGOs cooperate emergency preparedness at JDC-ELKA seminar

Posted in Home Front, National Security, tagged , , , , , on November 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Hundreds of Israeli NGO’s provide critical services to the population such as food, health care, and nursing. These services are all the more essential during time of crises. They range in size from national organizations to local centers and everything in between.

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Culture of Preparedness in Israeli Society

Posted in Home Front, tagged , , , on November 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Last month, an old man fell unconscious on a street in Tel Aviv. His life was saved thanks to the quick reaction by a security officer working nearby who performed resuscitation using his building’s electric resuscitation machine.  Although this may be a singular incident, it can also be viewed as an example for best practice of [...]

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Tri-Sectoral Encounters at the ‘Community Resilience’ Conference

Posted in Home Front, National Security, tagged , , , , , , on June 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The conference ‘Community Resilience – the Strength of the Community Dealing with Long-Term Crises’ took place last week and dealt primarily with the issue of emergency preparedness for the Israeli Home Front as well as discussing several models for Resilience Centers.

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London Resilience Forum: Enhancing Preparedness in a Resilient Community

Posted in Home Front, tagged , , , on April 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The London Regional Resilience Forum is a local ‘mega community‘ that brings together relevant stakeholders and decision makers from different sectors in the London Area in order to achieve a more effective and synchronized regime of disaster preparedness.

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A National Resilience Strategy – an Answer to the Qassam Attacks

Posted in Home Front, National Security, tagged , , , , on March 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Operation ‘Cast Lead’ may have momentarily restored the spirit of national solidarity and pride towards the residents of the south. However, the operation’s end and the return to the difficult routine of emergency experienced for so many years, has exposed the weakness of Israel’s strategy for dealing with the unique challenge presented by ‘low intensity’ [...]

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Preparedness and Resilience in Ashdod

Posted in Home Front, tagged , , , , on February 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Reut’s Home Front Team recently visited  Ashdod Municipality in order to learn about the city’s preparedness for emergencies.

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Sderot residents’ ‘relative advantage’

Posted in Home Front, National Security, tagged , , on December 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The greater range of Hamas’ mortar fire has brought a new reality to the residents of Beer-Sheva and Yavne. These residents – who are facing this challenge for the first time – lack Sderot’s well developed “Culture of Preparedness”, which has proven to be a relatively successfully strategy in coping with the threat.

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The Home Front’s Privatization Process

Posted in National Security, tagged , , on November 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Ehud Barak recently approved a law requiring the installation of anti–chemical and biological warfare filters in every sealed room inside apartments. These filters are due to replace gas masks and have to be bought without any subsidizes from the state. The decision is indicative of the Home Front’s continuing ‘Privatization’ that started after the First [...]

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