Homeland security definition

Homeland security means the detection, prevention, preemption, and deterrence of and protection from attacks targeted at state territory, population, and infrastructure.

Homeland security means the United States Department of Homeland Security or its Office of Domestic Preparedness.

Homeland security means a concerted national effort to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States, reduce America's vulnerability to terrorism, and minimize the damage and recover from attacks in the United States.

Examples of Homeland security in a sentence

• Homeland security and emergency management department staff will review the scope of work, as agreed to in the cooperative agreement, to determine the extent of nonperformance.

• The Airport is also one of the iconic symbols of the City and County of San Francisco, which the Department of Homeland security has identified as a high profile area at risk for terrorist attack.

• Homeland security and emergency management division staff will review the scope of work, as agreed to in the cooperative agreement, to determine the extent of nonperformance.

• Finally, I recommend that the Commission suggest to the Administration that a “National 911 Program Office” be established within the proposed Department of Homeland security to coordinate with, and be a resource for, local and state public safety first responders and other stakeholders.

• Homeland security in the UK: future preparedness for terrorist attack since 9/11.

More Definitions of Homeland security

Homeland security means the preparation for and carrying

Homeland security means the preparation for and carrying out of all emergency functions, other than the functions for which military forces or other federal agencies are primarily responsible, to prevent, minimize, or repair injury and damage resulting from or caused by enemy attack, sabotage, or other hostile action.

Homeland security means the preparation for and the carrying out of all emergency functions essential to the recovery and restoration of the economy by supply and resupply of resources to meet urgent survival and military needs, other than functions for which military forces are primarily responsible, necessary to deal with disasters caused by enemy attack, sabotage, terrorism, civil disorder or other hostile action, or by fire, flood, earthquake, other natural causes and other technological, industrial, civil and political events. These functions include without limitation the coordination of fire-fighting services, police services, medical and health services, rescue, engineering, attack warning services, communications, radiological events, evacuation of persons from stricken areas, emergency welfare services (civilian war aid), emergency transportation, existing or properly assigned functions of plant protection, temporary restoration of public utility services, mitigation activities in areas threatened by natural or technological hazards, and other functions related to civilian protection, together with all other activities necessary or incidental to the preparation for any carrying out of the foregoing functions;

Homeland security means the preparation for and carrying out of

Homeland security means the detection, prevention,

Homeland security means the development, coordination, and implementation of a Territorial policy to secure the people and property of the Virgin Islands from terrorist threats or attacks. The term includes efforts to detect, prepare for, prevent, protect against, share intelligence where applicable, respond to, and recover from terrorists' attacks within the Virgin Islands.

Homeland security means any activity related to the prevention or discovery of, response to, or recovery from a terrorist attack, natural or man-made disaster, hostile military or paramilitary action, or extraordinary law enforcement emergency.