Wyoming Highway Patrol Selects Surveillance System Following a 4-Year Study
Following the review and assessment of the study's in-depth findings, a special Equipment Review Committee, comprised of the agency' s highway troopers,...
Wyoming Highway Patrol Selects Surveillance System Following a 4-Year Study
Following the review and assessment of the study's in-depth findings, a special Equipment Review Committee, comprised of the agency' s highway troopers,...
National Emergency Response Center Slated for Beijing
Management of the command center will report directly to the heads of government departments currently tasked with managing emergencies, including the...
Sophisticated Portal Monitor Added to the Counterterrorism Nuclear Detection Arsenal
The commercially available FIND monitor, from Berkeley Nucleonics Corp. (BNC), is adaptable to multiform applications at checkpoints, wet ports and critical...
New York Unveils New Emergency Management Headquarters
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Office of Emergency Management (OEM) Commissioner Joseph Bruno earlier this month officially opened the new center at 165...
Chicago First Responders Save Iraq War Veteran
A female veteran, recently returned to the United States after serving in the Iraq War, was delivering packages to other veterans on behalf of the Purple...
Bush Moves to Strengthen Surface Transportation Security
The president further ordered DHS to provide "a description of how the transportation systems sector specific plan will be implemented for such mode,...
Online Incident Command System Review Courses Available to First Responders
The new, scenario-based courses are intended as a review of fundamental ICS concepts and principles for responders planning to take intermediate or advanced...
GSA Establishes New Emergency Response, Recovery Office
GSA's Office of Emergency Response and Recovery (OERR) will leverage all the resources within GSA in one central office and provide a new level of support...
Cultural Organization Implements Crisis Management System
Developed by Prepared Response Inc. of Seattle, Wash., the Rapid Responder system gives facility managers and security teams instant access to more than...
Critics Pan EPA's Final Lower Manhattan Testing Program
"This new EPA plan is another slap in the face to the residents and workers of Lower Manhattan," said Nadler. "Even though this has been going on for...
Health and Fitness Leading Contributors to Firefighter Line-of-Duty Deaths
The study was conducted using data compiled from 6 years (2000 to 2005) of verified firefighter LODD from four sources: the National Fire Protection Association...
Bush Nominates Cade for Fire Administrator
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff called Cade "a highly accomplished and respected member of the firefighting community," who...
TOPOFF 4 Takes Emergency Response Exercise Global
AMTI, a Virginia Beach, Va.-based company founded by special operations veterans, was chosen for the lead role in planning and executing the exercise,...
Emergency Management Report: More Federal Mandates, Less Federal Dollars
While all states have homeland security functions, most are tasking significant homeland security responsibilities to their state emergency management...
New DHS Ads Focus on Family Emergency Safety
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Advertising Council unveiled new public service advertisements (PSAs) in support of the Ready Campaign....
U.S. Coast Guard Begins Biometric Collection Program
In the pilot program, the U.S. Coast Guard will compare the digital fingerprints and photographs of illegal migrants against the US-VISIT database. The...
The Federal Role in Disaster Response Defined
"During the first few hours or days following a disaster, individuals and families should be ready to act on behalf of their own safety," advises the...
Study: Firefighters More Prone to Cancer Risks
According to findings published in the November edition of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Grace LeMasters, Ph.D., Ash Genaidy,...
Standard for High-Vis Public Safety Vests Approved
ANSI/ISEA 207-2006 the American National Standard for High-Visibility Public Safety Vests establishes design, performance specifications and use criteria...
OSHA Updates Avian Flu Guidance
"We encourage employers and employees who are most likely to be exposed to avian flu to take the appropriate precautions," OSHA Administrator Ed Foulke...
New Technology To Clean Blood of Victims of Radiological, Chemical or Biological Terrorist Attacks
In addition to cleaning biological and radiological toxins from blood, the technology shows promise for delivering therapeutic drugs to targeted cells...
New Emergency Notification System Manages Contact Info for Responders
The system provides emergency planners with a real-time console assisting them in provisioning, detailing, testing and executing emergency plans and notifications...
Chemical Protective Gear Limits Responders' Physical Capacity
Researchers from Texas measured the effect of the equipment on 22 healthy, active-duty soldiers. Each participant performed three exercises, a minimum...
Cyanide Poisoning Poses Threat to Health, Safety of Emergency Personnel
The study, presented at the American Public Health Association annual meeting in Boston, was funded by EMD Pharmaceuticals, the U.S. affiliate of Merck...
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