ABSTRACT
Introduction .................................................................................................... 212 Prevention in the 21st Century ..................................................................... 212 Homeland Security’s Role in Prevention .................................................... 213 Evolving Role of Private Sector in Prevention ........................................... 215 Public-Private Partnership Benefits ............................................................ 215 Challenges in Private Sector Partnership ................................................... 218 Collaborative Roles ........................................................................................ 220
Federal ........................................................................................................ 220 State ............................................................................................................. 221 Local ............................................................................................................ 221 International Partnerships ....................................................................... 222 Yokohama Strategy for a Safer World, 1994 .......................................... 222 Hyogo Framework, 2005-2015 ................................................................ 223
Learning Objectives
• To understand the role of the private sector in disaster prevention • To understand the growth of the Department of Homeland
Security in disaster prevention • To identify and describe the benefits of public-private partner-
ship in disaster prevention • To describe the collaborative roles of each level of government in
disaster prevention
At the conclusion of this chapter, the reader will have been introduced to the principle of prevention and its role in emergency management. Prevention has become a central concept in the post-9/11 lexicon of emergency management, especially as it relates to terrorism. The private sector’s access to resources necessary for achieving prevention-oriented goals, as well as ownership of infrastructure, has provided a prime option for partnership at each level of government. Although these publicprivate partnerships are an important mechanism for achieving prevention goals, issues with transparency, accountability, and stakeholder disparities still present measurable challenges for emergency managers and policy makers.
