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The attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001 (9/11) changed the way Americans think about the world and the way they live. Efforts to enhance the capability to prevent and respond to terrorist attacks have become routine. Shortly after 9/11, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was established, as part of the largest and most expensive reorganization of the federal government in history. Congress began funding preparedness efforts with billions of dollars going to federal agencies, state and local governments, and private entities such as hospitals. Despite the massive funding for public safety and medical preparedness, reports have indicated that only a small percentage (less than 4%) of this funding ended up supporting EMS needs. Advocacy efforts by multiple stakeholders to increase federal funding for EMS, for both day‐to‐day services and preparedness, were largely unsuccessful.