Modern Germany has several levels of national alert - our equivalent to DEFCON-1 is the "Spannungsfall", which actually requires an act of parliament and hands supreme command over the Bundeswehr over to the chancellor. Units in east Prussia might only be told to stay ready for redeployment. But you wouldnt put the entire wehrmacht on an equally high level.
If you feared that the Frenchies would attack, then you would put the units along the border in Alarmbereitschaft. Their tactics books probably had alert levels for individual units, but since they didnt have to worry about ICBMs, cruise missiles and all that quickly hitting far reaching stuff they didnt need nationwide alert levels. "And with all the public health concerns of the past decade, this role has become significantly more important.I doubt the Wehrmacht had formally specified alarm levels.Īt least not like today in NATO. "The jansan industry plays a crucial role in helping to protect public health," says Warner.
Each player has Mission cards in their hands, and will gain rewards upon fulfilling each of them, bringing them closer to victory. "Essentially the program allows the managers to determine if a threat exists and, if so, the level of threat," says Warner. As the DEFCON level decreases, depending on the actions of the players, new strategical options will become available like building nuclear bombs.
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Library of Congress, both in Washington, D.C., educating them how to plan for, prevent, and deal with a major health-threatening outbreak in their facilities. This summer, he will meet with facility managers of several key government agencies including the U.S. In the past few years, Warner has conducted more than 100 disease Disinfection and Decontamination (DEFCON) seminars for all types of businesses and organizations including jansan distributors and their clients throughout North America.Ĭurrently, he is presenting the program to chapters of the International Executive Housekeepers Association (IEHA), members of the Canadian Sanitary Supply Association, and facility managers of major schools, airports, and large facilities throughout North America. Even though news about the swine flu epidemic is not making headlines for now, Mark Warner, Product Manager, Disinfectants and Sanitizers for Enviro-Solutions, says interest in infectious disease control has grown significantly.