Emergency Management

ICS-214 activity logs Emergency response personnel completing incident documentation at a field command post during a civil unrest deployment.
Civil Unrest Documentation and Cost Recovery: Why ICS-214 Logs Matter 1024 725 D'Andre Lampkin

Civil Unrest Documentation and Cost Recovery: Why ICS-214 Logs Matter

ICS-214 activity logs are among the most important—and most frequently underestimated—records created during civil unrest, disasters, and other emergency deployments. Documentation is not bureaucracy; it is the memory and accountability…

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Community volunteers and emergency partners distributing disaster relief supplies during a neighborhood response operation
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Mutual Aid, Nonprofits, and the Whole-Community Doctrine

Disasters reveal an uncomfortable truth about public institutions: even the most capable government agencies cannot independently provide every resource, service, relationship, and specialized skill a community will need during a…

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Nonprofit volunteers and emergency responders coordinate disaster relief, distribute supplies, and assist families and older adults in a damaged community.
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Nonprofits as Force Multipliers in Disaster Response

Nonprofits in disaster response serve as force multipliers by extending public-sector capacity, connecting emergency agencies with trusted community networks, and supporting survivors throughout long-term recovery. Disaster response is most visible…

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Community members receive water, shade, and wellness checks in a public park being used as a resilience hub during a crisis.
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Parks as Resilience Infrastructure: Why Public Spaces Matter During Crisis

When communities think about disaster infrastructure, they often imagine fire stations, hospitals, emergency operations centers, bridges, power grids, evacuation routes, and communication systems. Those assets are essential. Yet one of…

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Families cool off at a seaside splash pad under hazy orange skies during an extreme heat event.
Extreme Heat as a Mass-Care Emergency: Why Cooling Centers Are Not Enough 1024 768 D'Andre Lampkin

Extreme Heat as a Mass-Care Emergency: Why Cooling Centers Are Not Enough

Abstract Extreme heat is often treated as a public-information problem: issue an alert, open cooling centers, advise residents to hydrate, and wait for the weather to pass. The current U.S.…

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A young child being carried past collapsed buildings after Venezuela’s 2026 earthquake
When the Ground Becomes a Teacher: Disaster Preparedness, Venezuela’s 2026 Earthquake, and the Lessons of Lisbon 1024 683 Stories That Build

When the Ground Becomes a Teacher: Disaster Preparedness, Venezuela’s 2026 Earthquake, and the Lessons of Lisbon

Manaure Quintero—AFP/Getty Images How historical memory, modern response systems, and resilient recovery can help shape what comes next Abstract The 2026 Venezuela earthquake sequence is still unfolding as a humanitarian…

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Emergency response and community stabilization efforts following the Boyle Heights warehouse fire
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From Structure Fire to Community Stabilization: Applying the National Response Framework to the Boyle Heights Warehouse Fire

How a whole-community approach helped address sheltering, transportation, safety, family support, and local recovery needs The structure fire at the Lineage Logistics cold-storage warehouse in Boyle Heights offers a powerful…

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An LAPD helicopter flies above a concrete channel of the Los Angeles River as officers respond to a vehicle pursuit involving a suspect who fled into storm drains beneath the 6th Street Bridge.
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The Growing Threat of Trail-Based Vehicle Evasion & Targeted Facility Thefts

As vehicle pursuits increasingly spill into Los Angeles County’s park trails, riverbeds, and storm drain systems, law enforcement agencies face mounting challenges in both suspect apprehension and public safety preservation.…

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D’Andre Lampkin white paper on climate change, Syria, and homeland security published in William & Mary Environmental Law & Policy Review
From Rising Heat Comes Rising Tension in Syria: How Global Warming Started a War & Threatens Homeland Security 1024 576 D'Andre Lampkin

From Rising Heat Comes Rising Tension in Syria: How Global Warming Started a War & Threatens Homeland Security

This article, authored by D’Andre D. Lampkin and published in the William & Mary Environmental Law & Policy Review (Vol. 41, Issue 3, 2017), explores the intersection of climate change,…

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