1.   As it turned out, officials planning the logistics of the disaster response were just a sliver of the audience.

2.   At the end of the first day, Alaska employees gathered to talk about what had gone well with the disaster response and what had gone wrong.

3.   A glaring flaw in the chain of command for disaster response also played a role, many Japanese are now realizing.

4.   Clinton got it, said Hess, and showed it by putting James Lee Watt, who had a background in disaster response, in charge.

5.   Eventually, Halkyard managed disaster response throughout sprawling San Diego County and streamlined protocol within the chapter.

6.   Implement a system by which all local emergency response organizations can maintain and use one common radio frequency during disaster responses.

7.   Advance teams from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency, the FBI and the American Red Cross arrived in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico to coordinate disaster response.

8.   Also honored Wednesday for his part in Chinese disaster response is scientist Wang Ang-Sheng, a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

9.   Disaster response and financial security led the agenda at a closed-door summit of Latin American leaders Saturday.

10.   Gov. Pedro Rossello met with federal officials Tuesday to plan a disaster response.