The Nation has made measurable strides toward improving
preparedness for the full range of hazards at all levels of
government and across all segments of society. National
preparedness has improved not only for the countless threats posed
by those who wish to bring harm to the American homeland but also
for the many natural and technological hazards that face the
Nation's communities. Presidential Policy Directive 8: National
Preparedness (PPD-8) describes the Nation's approach to preparing
for the threats and hazards that pose the greatest risk to the
security of the United States. The Directive requires a National
Preparedness Report (NPR), an annual report summarizing the
progress made toward building, sustaining, and delivering the 31
core capabilities described in the National Preparedness Goal (the
Goal). As the NPR coordinator, the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security's (DHS's) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
worked with the full range of whole community partners-including
all levels of government, private and nonprofit sectors,
faith-based organizations, communities, and individuals-to develop
the NPR. Specifically, FEMA collaborated with federal interagency
partners to identify quantitative and qualitative performance and
assessment data for each of the 31 core capabilities. In addition,
FEMA integrated data from the 2011 State Preparedness Reports
(SPRs), statewide self-assessments of core capability levels
submitted by all 56 U.S. states and territories through a
standardized survey. Finally, FEMA conducted research to identify
recent, independent evaluations, surveys, and other supporting data
related to core capabilities. FEMA synthesized, reviewed, and
analyzed all of these data sources in order to derive key findings
that offer insight on critical issues in preparedness, including
areas where the Nation has made progress and where areas of
improvement remain. During the development of specific core
capability key findings, eight broader trends in national
preparedness emerged. As shown below, these overarching key
findings synthesize information from across multiple core
capabilities and mission areas and reflect national-level results
on preparedness progress and gaps. With the September 2011 release
of the Goal, the Nation is transitioning to a new set of core
capabilities. As a result, whole community partners are updating
their efforts to collect, analyze, and report preparedness progress
according to the Goal's core capabilities and preliminary targets.
The 2012 NPR therefore relies on a range of existing assessment
approaches and associated quantitative and qualitative data to
present the Nation's preparedness progress and to report key
findings. Assessment processes, methodologies, and data will evolve
in future years to align more directly with the Goal and its
capabilities. Efforts are already underway to refine the Goal's
capabilities and preliminary targets; future efforts will focus on
developing agreed-upon measures and assessment methodologies that
will guide the annual development of the NPR.
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