Study: WTC Dust Cuts Lung Function Capability by 12 Years
Researchers, among them Gisela Banauch, M.D., of Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, compared lung-function data compiled by the New York City Fire...
Department of Homeland Security Sponsors Third Annual National Preparedness Month
National Preparedness Month is a nationwide effort held each September to encourage Americans to prepare for emergencies in their homes, businesses and...
NYPD Aquires Portable Explosives Detection Equipment
The Sabre 4000s is enabling the NYPD to non-intrusively screen subway passengers for explosives. The NYPD conducted a 7-month evaluation of various manufacturers'...
Take Precautions to Stay Safe in the Heat
According to the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), heat-induced occupational illnesses, injuries and reduced productivity...
Preparing For Influenza Pandemic: It's Not If, But When
Influenza pandemics are like hurricanes: they happen. Although no one can predict with any certainty when the next one will strike, most experts believe...
Study Finds High Mold Levels in Post-Katrina New Orleans Air
The paper the first scientific study of New Orleans air quality since Hurricane Katrina was published by a team of researchers from the University of...
IAEM Responds to DHS Nationwide Plan Review
Responding to directives from President George W. Bush and Congress, the Nationwide Plan Review (NPR) looked at whether existing emergency operations...
Study: More Than 84 Percent of North American Enterprises Suffered Security Breach in the Last Year
The study, sponsored by CA, an information technology (IT) management software company, found that as a result of security breaches, 54 percent of organizations...
DHS Completes National Infrastructure Protection Plan
The NIPP builds on the principles of the president's National Strategy for Homeland Security and its companion strategies for the physical protection...
Seven Florida Men Charged with Conspiring to Attack Sears Tower, Other Structures
The seven men Narseal Batiste, Patrick Abraham, Stanley Grant Phanor, Naudimar Herrera, Burson Augustin, Lyblenson Lemorin and Rothschild Augustine were...
Developing Comprehensive Emergency Response Plans
Obviously, evacuation isn't a one size-fits-all emergency response plan. Tornadoes, chemical spills and acts of workplace violence are among the scenarios...
Six Respirator Manufacturers Warn President of Shortage of Masks
The letter from the industry echoes a letter sent to the administration in May by a bipartisan group of 86 members of Congress calling for the National...
Review of Nationwide Preparedness Finds Evacuation Planning, Resource Management, Lacking
"Dedicated officials across the country have, for the most part, done very well in planning for and responding to disasters of the scope and scale most...
ASSE: Developing Comprehensive Emergency Response Plans
Obviously, evacuation isn't a one size-fits-all emergency response plan. Tornadoes, chemical spills and acts of workplace violence are among the scenarios...
USFA and NFPA Release Report on Mitigation of Smoking Fires
"Smoking continues to be the number one cause of residential fire deaths, which justifies a new look at research about the role of behaviors in causing...
Quick Response Team Launched for Disasters in Latin America,
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) took part in the launch of the DRT Americas by the international shipping company DHL,...
Review of Chemistry for Emergency Response
This CD-ROM is designed as a refresher opportunity to enhance and support the National Fire Academy (NFA) course, Chemistry for Emergency Response (R233)....
New Food Technology: It's Not Your Grandfather's K-Rations
The Wornick Co. has released a line of ready-to-eat, shelf-stable food in flexible packaging that can be utilized by first-responders in emergency situations...
NPRA Publishes Hurricane Security Operations White Paper
"NPRA White Paper: Hurricane Security Operations " addresses pre-hurricane planning and recovery operations. The outline suggests that facilities take...
NPRA Publishes Hurricane Security Operations White Paper
"NPRA White Paper: Hurricane Security Operations " addresses pre-hurricane planning and recovery operations. The outline suggests that facilities take...
More Hospital Beds Needed for Avian Flu
Donald Henderson, M.D., MPH, resident fellow at the Center for Biosecurity at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, told attendees at the 2006...
New Web Site for Disaster Volunteers
Powered by 1-800-Volunteer.org, www.HelpinDisaster.org is the only Web site that makes this information available to the entire disaster volunteer management...
Hurricane Preparation Tips for Information Systems
Colorado State's Tropical Meteorology Project predicts another active Atlantic basin hurricane season in 2006. With the start of hurricane season, many...
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...
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