N.J. Chemical Plant "Worst-Case Scenario" Might Put Millions At Risk
The report the first of its kind to use data on potentially hazardous facilities in New Jersey from state and federal data sources details how a toxic...
Inter-Agency Collaboration and Consequence Management: An All-Hazard Approach to Emergency Incident Response
By Shawn D. Smith About 15 floors down from the top, it looks like its glowing red. Pilot of helicopter Aviation 14, radioing at 10:07 a.m., 9/11, New...
How Secure Is Your Flight?
By Sandy Smith Following the events of Sept. 11, 2001, Congress created the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and directed it to assume the...
Airport Security: Still Fighting the Last War?
By Alan S. Brown To understand why airport security has consumed from 50 percent to 80 percent of the total Transportation Security Administration (TSA)...
Senate Homeland Security Committee: Dissolve FEMA
Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-CT), a ranking member of the committee, said the Katrina Report should be a primer for future disasters. Calling Katrina the...
Hurricane Communication Devices Inadequate, Pose Danger for Responders
Using government data and news reports, the report released by the First Response Coalition (FRC), "The Imminent Storm 2006: Vulnerable Emergency Communication...
Safety Stand Down for Fire Fighter Safety Scheduled for June 21
The IAFF is urging fire departments to suspend all non-emergency activity and instead focus entirely on fire fighter safety. "Fire fighter death and injury...
Rand Study: Chemical Exposure 'Most Challenging' Risk for Emergency Responders in Building Collapses
"The most challenging risks that emergency responders need protection from are hazardous chemicals that they could inhale," said Henry Willis, a RAND...
Senators Ask N.Y. Gov. Pataki to Give Full Benefits to Daughter of NYPD Officer
The senators said the legislation should allow "retroactive reclassification," which would pay full benefits to the beneficiaries of all those who die...
Congress Urged to Compel TSA to Release Pre-9/11 Documents Kept from Families
"Why has TSA provided documents to attorneys for an admitted terrorist, Zacarias Moussaoui, but denied them to us?" asked Julie Sweeney Roth of Yarmouthport,...
Teamsters' Hoffa Says U.S. Ports Should Have Same Security
Despite the fact that Dubai Port World bowed out of major U.S. port operations, "our ports remain a national security nightmare," says Teamsters General...
Congress Urged to Compel TSA to Release Pre-9/11 Documents Kept from Families
"Why has TSA provided documents to attorneys for an admitted terrorist, Zacarias Moussaoui, but denied them to us?" asked Julie Sweeney Roth of Yarmouthport,...
FEMA Region II Gets New Director With Familiar Face
Kempf will be returning to FEMA's Region II office, where he once held the position of regional director from 1990 to 1993. "Kempf's past experience heading...
USFA Releases Confined Structure Fires Reports
Confined structure fires are small fire incidents that are limited in scope, are generally confined to noncombustible containers, rarely result in serious...
Chicago: Preparing for Disaster
By Sandy Smith Whether in a small town or a big city, terrorist attacks and natural disasters have caused emergency response managers to re-examine the...
Emergency Management: Understanding the System
By Anthony S. Mangeri, CPM, MPA An emergency management system includes activities to prepare for, respond to, recover from and mitigate future potential...
Unlocking the Federal Treasure Chest
By Alan S. Brown Going into the new year, the new federal budget for FY 2007, which begins this June 30, lays aside $41.6 billion for all nondefense homeland...
'Survivors' Club' Salutes 3,000th Law Enforcement Officer Saved by a Protective Vest
On Oct. 8, 2005, Grogan was part of a team attempting to serve an arrest warrant to a person with a prior criminal conviction when shots were fired. As...
Georgia Tech Helps Implement Statewide Interoperable Communication System
In response, the Georgia Office of Homeland Security/Georgia Emergency Management Agency (OHS/GEMA) asked the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) to...
FEMA and IAFC Launch Intrastate Mutual Aid Project
"An intrastate mutual aid network will help the fire service be better prepared to respond to large-scale or concurrent events," Acting FEMA Director...
DHS Announces FY 2006 FIRE Act Grant Application Period
FIRE Act funds are used by the nation's fire fighters to increase the effectiveness of fire fighting and emergency response operations and to improve...
Residents and Workers Want to Meet With 9/11 Health Czar
The 9/11 health impact on the community has been widespread and many people, including children, are chronically ill. One study (Reibman, et al) has found...
Avian Flu Pandemic Preparedness Resources Available to
There is no certainty that a pandemic will occur, but the World Health Organization (WHO) has repeatedly warned that the world should prepare itself for...
NIOSH Examining its Firefighter Fatality Prevention Efforts
Last month, NIOSH began sending out a survey to 3,000 fire chiefs across the country on the use of NIOSH recommendations and information products. The...
New Book Helps Communities Handle Disaster Recovery
"In the aftermath of a natural disaster, there's a tendency to want to quickly rebuild and in doing so, decision makers often fail to address many of...
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