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...
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...
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...
Survey Finds Emergency Departments Unprepared to Identify Bioterrorist Threats
The results of the survey, released at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2006 Annual Conference and Exhibition also identified...
Chertoff: FEMA Not a First Responder
"For 25 years," he continued, "under our legal and constitutional framework, FEMA has worked to support state and local first responders during a disaster...
Paint Ball Guns or Deadly Weapons?
According to the warning from the center, "the EMR-ISAA verified that paintball players can acquire or manufacture equipment and ordnance that resemble...
Emergency Response Provides Career Opportunities
"Today, there is a critical and growing need for emergency response and disaster management professionals with the right education and skills," says Dr....
Educating Children About Emergency Preparedness
The Ready Kids program launched at Andrew Jackson Language Academy in Chicago with a roundtable discussion led by Homeland Security Secretary Michael...
Group Charges Lives of U.S. Ground Troops Endangered by Inadequate GPS Training
CVSS asserts that with the full knowledge of the Army, ARINC hired numerous unqualified and uncertified trainers responsible for training ground forces...
Experts To Attend 100th Anniversary Earthquake Conference
The event will include more than 100 sessions and tutorials covering issues critical to earth scientists, building owners, emergency responders, earthquake...
Heathrow Workers Learn to Identify Suspicious Behavior
Behavior pattern recognition (BPR) focuses on the observation of people and suspicious behavior, including what people are wearing, bags they're carrying...
Seattle Company Transitions Military Training Platform to Civilian Uses
"This government funding will assist in software development to bring military-quality simulation to the civilian homeland security community," said Steve...
HHS Releases Checklist to Help Businesses Prepare for a Pandemic
The checklist was presented at a Business Roundtable meeting with chief executive officers of leading companies in Washington, DC. "In the event of a...
Safety: Never Leave the Office Without It
by James P. Kaletta Pick a day, any day for a typical field sales professional and it might go something like this: She sits in a meeting fire sprinklers...
MSHA Will Distribute $1.5 Million in Training and Education Grants
The grants are part of more than $7.9 million in grants that MSHA will distribute in fiscal year 2006. "These $1.5 million in grants will equip miners...
Targeting Employees Under 30
Looking down at your latest statistics or the "percent completed" chart that was just updated on your computer, you scramble to make sure that all of...
OSHA Awards $10.3 Million in Safety Training Grants
The grant announcement includes $5 million for Disaster Response and Recovery Training Grants to provide critical health and safety training for workers...
Driving The Forgotten Side of Safety
Lockout/tagout, head and ear protection, slips, trips and falls, hazmat and ergonomics. They are all important safety terms and issues easily recognized...
OSHA Seeking Proposals for $6.9 Million in New Safety and Health Training Grants
Nonprofit organizations, including community-based and faith-based organizations, are eligible to apply for the new grants. The grants are targeted to...
Preparing for Anything in a Challenging New World!
By Casey Hayes The events of Sept. 11, 2001 changed many things. The notion of honor in conflict was lost forever, as was the separation of targeting...
Preaching or Teaching: The Use of Narrative in Safety Training
When I turned 16, I signed up for a driver's education class at my high school. We had hours of classroom education, hours of simulator training and a...
ASSE: Eliminating Occupational Safety and Health Training Program Would Hurt New York Workers
Pataki's recent budget proposal would effectively eliminate this program by providing less than half the funding currently available to continue safety...
Environmental Education Foundation Offering Webcast Training on Mold Awareness
EEF's Webcast events offer participants a means of receiving training without leaving the comfort of their home or office. Participants pre-register with...
Evacuation: What We Can - and Cannot - Learn from Hurricanes
Somewhere downtown, people are falling to the ground. Within minutes, the first patrol car pulls up. It's obvious there's been some kind of release, but...
