Senate Approves Creation of New Disaster Training Center

摘要

The University of Hawaii(UH)may soon become a National Disaster Preparedness Training Center for the Department of Homeland Security(DHS).The creation of the training center is authorized in the conference report to the Improving America's Security Act of 2007,which is intended to enhance homeland security by implementing recommendations of the 9/11 Commission.The measure directs the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium(NDPC)within the DHS to create the UH Center of Excellence for Natural Disaster Preparedness Training.