Featured in this issue: Worst-Case Preparedness and a Real-Life Miracle, Adam McLaughlin; Incident
Management Teams: A Blueprint for Success, William MacKay; Surge Prerequisites: Plans, Practice,
Preparations, Theodore (Ted) Tully; Mergers, Volunteerism, and Cost Considerations, Joseph Cahill; New
Focus on Private-Sector Preparedness Standards, Diana Hopkins; “Wetware” and Other Technologies
Supported Obama Inauguration, Rodrigo (Roddy) Moscoso; Situational Awareness the Key: Deterring Pirate
Attacks Against Merchant Ships, Corey D. Ranslem; and Tennessee, Illinois, California, & Texas, Adam
McLaughlin