This is an article by Julia Masters, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, November 19, 2025. 

Aging infrastructure, growing weather events, and rising demand from data centers are straining the nation’s electric grid. Learn how microgrids are emerging as an innovative way to strengthen power reliability and resilience for both routine and emergency operations. 

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This is an article by Victoria Kluge and Rick Christ, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, November 12, 2025.

Every jurisdiction faces the challenge of managing and prioritizing its preparedness efforts. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport has developed an innovative formula designed to simplify that process. Learn how this flexible model, built to work with data visualization software and adaptable for any jurisdiction, helps organizations identify priorities, allocate resources efficiently, and strengthen readiness across all emergency plans.

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This is an article by Brent Bennett and Cullen Neely, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, November 12, 2025.

The rise of data centers is reshaping the risk landscape for the electric grid. Now, essential infrastructure supporting hospitals, communications, finance, and government, data centers are vulnerable to – and potential drivers of – cascading failures when grid reliability falters.

Learn how providing enough oversight to keep the grid stable and fair without stifling innovation is the real task.

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In this episode of Domestic Preparedness: The Podcast, host Nicolette Phillips has a conversation with Michael Neenan, CEO of Parsec Antennas, who shares how his team works to ensure responders stay connected in the most remote and demanding environments. This conversation was recorded on May 28, 2025, during the Texas Emergency Management Conference in Fort Worth, Texas. 

This is an article by Joshua Dise, an Article Out Loud fromDomestic Preparedness, November 5, 2025.

Disaster recovery rarely centers on the materials that makerebuilding possible. Modern infrastructure depends on fragile, geopoliticallyconcentrated supply chains ill-suited for post-disaster demand.

Learn how recovery must increasingly hinge not just onleadership and logistics, but on the ability to rapidly secure and deliver thecritical raw materials communities need to rebuild.

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This is an article by Gordon Lohmeyer, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, November 5, 2025.

The stored-energy field is growing rapidly, and battery energy storage systems are expected to continue strengthening the nation’s grid. However, these systems introduce new risks—hard-to-extinguish fires and chemical exposure that endangers first responders.

Learn how essential awareness and specialized training are to manage these new hazards in a dynamic and dangerous environment.

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In this episode of Domestic Preparedness: The Podcast – Voices of Preparedness, host Teresa Farfan speaks with Gordon Lohmeyer from the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) about one of the fastest-growing challenges in emergency response: lithium-ion batteries. These powerful energy storage systems are revolutionizing how we live, drive, and power our world—from electric vehicles to consumer electronics—but they also bring unique and dangerous risks when things go wrong. In this conversation, Lohmeyer shares the latest research TEEX has done to improve how we protect those on the front lines and communities across the country.

This is an article by Judy Kruger and Bill DeLong, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, October 29, 2025. 

Cybersecurity vulnerabilities in medical devices could lead to manufacturing failures and compromise patient health and the healthcare infrastructure. Learn how manufacturers need to implement well-established cybersecurity principles, and regulators must enforce them to ensure the safety and effectiveness of medical devices in a rapidly changing cyber landscape. 

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This is an article by Charles Gifford, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, October 22, 2025.

Legacy 911 systems, which still serve large portions of the United States, rely on decades-old copper wire technology that cannot withstand today’s cyber threats. Learn how protecting this critical public safety infrastructure demands a coordinated effort to accelerate Next Generation 911 implementation and to strengthen cybersecurity standards—essential to ensure resilience, security, and reliable emergency response.

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This is an article by Justin Snair, Sarah K. Miller, and Emma Erwin, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, October 22, 2025.

Purpose-built AI can turn complex communication challenges into faster, smarter, and more reliable processes. Engaging research, technology, and practitioner insight into design processes makes evidence-based practices core features, not afterthoughts.

Learn how one group solved a common emergency alert problem and made it available to all.

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