The USA Council of the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM-USA) is a member of the National Homeland Security Consortium (NHSC). The Consortium (NHSC), is developing an after action report that captures successes and lessons learned thus far from the COVID-19 pandemic response. The goal is to share and institutionalize new insights across all 22 member organizations of the NHSC—which represents an enormous body of thousands of local, state, and private sector professionals with responsibilities for the health, safety, and security of the United States—and inform policymakers.

Survey responses will inform and prioritize a set of issues to be discussed by the NHSC at an after action conference in early 2021. These actions will lead ultimately to a set of consensus-based state and local government recommendations for improved preparedness and response to future pandemics.
 
When responding to these questions, please provide:

  • Context on the significance or uniqueness of the challenge or best practice identified.

  • Information or supporting evidence that helps characterize the resulting effect on operations or outcomes.
Please submit your response by Thursday, October 22nd.

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* 1. Please Provide Your Name

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* 2. Please provide an email address

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* 3. Please Provide Your State

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* 4. What actions did you take in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic that you believe should be shared and adopted more broadly as best practices?

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* 5. What key issues or challenges did you encounter in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic?

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* 6. What actions did you take to address the COVID-19 related issues or challenges you outlined in the previous question? Of these, which would you recommend as successful mitigating strategies?

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* 7. Besides the previous answers, are there any topics that you think IAEM should more broadly examine with the 22 member organizations of the NHSC during the COVID-19 after action conference? For example, are any of the following issue areas of interest? (Please select up to three issue areas)

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* 8. What, if any, other topics not listed in the previous question would you like to explore?

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