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Mar 23, 2026

An Integrated Approach to Waterways Safety Risk Assessment for the U.S. Coast Guard

RAND researchers assessed the portfolio of waterways safety risk assessment tools used by the U.S. Coast Guard, focusing on how they can be used in a systematic and coordinated way that improves the efficiency, coordination, and integration of existing tools.
Research

Mar 23, 2026

A Review of Coast Guard Waterways Safety Risk Assessment Tools

The U.S. Coast Guard has long used tools for waterway safety risk assessment, but their effectiveness, overlaps, gaps, and adaptation to changing waterway use have never been reviewed. The report recommends redesigning and unifying the tools to create a stronger, more coordinated system.
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Jan 23, 2026

Facing the Flames: Harnessing Technology to Combat Wildfire

Fire chiefs and private-sector leaders discuss how wildfire technology innovations can move from idea to field use, and how technology can improve wildfire management and resilience.
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Jan 2, 2026

Accelerating Technological Innovation Across the U.S. Wildfire Management System

Promising new technologies have potential to reduce losses from wildfires, but fragmentation in the wildfire management system is a barrier to widespread adoption.
Dec 29, 2025

Ensuring the Continuous Improvement of Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Programs Over Time: Improving Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Implementation in K–12 Schools—Part 5

This working paper examines how schools can sustain and strengthen behavioral threat assessment and management programs through data-driven evaluation, training, and integration with broader student support systems to enhance school safety.
Dec 29, 2025

Improving Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Implementation in K–12 Schools: Technical Material

This working paper details the research methods used in five working papers focused on understanding how U.S. schools implement behavioral threat assessment and management programs as part of school safety efforts.
Dec 29, 2025

Building Strong Threat Management, Intervention, and Support Systems for K–12 School Safety: Improving Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Implementation in K–12 Schools—Part 4

This working paper identifies strategies to improve the management component of school behavioral threat assessment and management efforts, focusing on intervention planning, data use, and monitoring to manage risk and strengthen school safety.
Dec 29, 2025

Implementing Effective Reporting Programs for K–12 School Safety Efforts: Improving Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Implementation in K–12 Schools—Part 2

This working paper examines how K–12 schools can design and sustain effective reporting systems within behavioral threat assessment and management programs to identify safety concerns early, improve response, and strengthen violence prevention.
Dec 29, 2025

Best Practices for Rigorous and Fair Behavioral Threat Assessment in K–12 Schools: Improving Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Implementation in K–12 Schools—Part 3

This working paper identifies practices to strengthen threat assessment as part of school behavioral threat assessment and management efforts, detailing processes, team structures, and decision criteria that promote effective violence prevention.
Dec 29, 2025

Building Effective Multidisciplinary Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Teams: Improving Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Implementation in K–12 Schools—Part 1

This working paper identifies practices for building effective multidisciplinary behavioral threat assessment and management teams in K–12 schools, highlighting strategies to strengthen collaboration and training for sustained violence prevention.
Research

Dec 23, 2025

Comparing Training Ammunition Options for Firing Ranges: Life-Cycle Costs, Market Trends, and Purchasing Strategies

The authors assess the benefits and costs of lead-free reduced-hazard training ammunition (RHTA) and lead training ammunition based on market conditions and firing range maintenance practices and offer strategies to ensure supplies and lower prices.
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Dec 17, 2025

Priority Recommendations for Puerto Rico to Promote Well-Being and Economic Growth

This report summarizes what Puerto Rico can do to leverage efforts to rebuild after Hurricanes Irma and Maria for social and economic benefits in its energy, economy, health care, education, public safety, and emergency preparedness sectors.

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An Integrated Approach to Waterways Safety Risk Assessment for the U.S. Coast Guard

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Implementing Effective Reporting Programs for K–12 School Safety Efforts: Improving Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Implementation in K–12 Schools—Part 2

Best Practices for Rigorous and Fair Behavioral Threat Assessment in K–12 Schools: Improving Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Implementation in K–12 Schools—Part 3

Building Effective Multidisciplinary Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Teams: Improving Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Implementation in K–12 Schools—Part 1

Comparing Training Ammunition Options for Firing Ranges: Life-Cycle Costs, Market Trends, and Purchasing Strategies

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