EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ARCHIVES
Homeland Defense Begins at Home!
James D. Hessman
July 13, 2005
The Department of Homeland Defense and American Red Cross are leading the way, but true national preparedness requires an all-hands effort starting with teachers and students, parents, first responders, businessmen and factory workers, the media and the m
Ludwig Benner: The Father of Modern HAZMAT Thinking?
Rob Schnepp
June 29, 2005
In the late 1960’s, far too many firefighters were dying in the line of duty when the fires were fighting involved hazardous materials. One man, Ludwig Benner, realized that changes were needed, both in the way firefighters were being trained and in the
Facilities Management in the Age of Terrorism
Neil C. Livingstone
June 29, 2005
Large public gatherings – specifically including baseball and football games and other entertainment events – are both an invitation to terrorists and a major challenge to security officials. The first rule is to build security into the sports/entertainment
Virginia, North Carolina, and Wisconsin
Anthony Lanzillotti
June 15, 2005
Virginia Develops free emergency resources for businesses, but imposes security fees on incoming oceanborne cargoA new online resource – the Virginia Business Emergency Survival Toolkit (available at www.vaemergency.com/business) – has been developed by a group of emergency organizations in Virginia that includes information and other resources that the state’s businesses can use
CERFPs: A New Resource for Emergency Response
Christopher M. Schnaubelt
June 14, 2005
The National Guard creates new units to deal with mass disasters. After the first responders come the WMD-CST teams, and behind them, providing a second protective shield for the American people, come the twelve CEFRP units, stationed in FEMA regions thro
Michigan, New York, Washington, and Florida
Anthony Lanzillotti
June 1, 2005
Michigan plays a perfect game before defending the Great Lakes; New York considers the purchase of an advanced helicopter for firefighting, rescue operations; the state of Washington conducts its first bioterrorism exercise; and Florida sets aside a speci
Oklahoma, Texas, Indiana, and Kansas
Anthony Lanzillotti
May 18, 2005
Oklahoma continues to provide more resources for first responders and counterterrorism personnel; new partnerships in homeland security and emergency preparedness formed in Texas; Indiana agencies address suspicious activity and fraud; Kansas responders.
ALPR Systems and How They Grew
Jay Kehoe
May 18, 2005
Crime-fighting goes high-tech with the introduction and increasing use of affordable, relatively compact, and user-friendly OCR and ALPR technology. Today, speeders are the most likely target. Tomorrow and the day after it will be known criminals and/or s
A Long Tradition of Voluntary National Service
Brent Bankus
May 18, 2005
The recent spate of articles and commentaries about the “Minuteman” group that, without invitation, helped the U.S. Border Patrol apprehend over 300 illegal migrants is a timely reminder that other citizen groups have provided significant homeland-defense
DomesticPreparedness.com Welcomes Neil C. Livingstone
Martin D. Masiuk
May 11, 2005
SEVERNA PARK, MD–(MARKET WIRE)–May 9, 2005 — www.DomesticPreparedness.com announces that it has added Neil C. Livingstone, one of the world’s preeminent experts on terrorism and Homeland Security, to its roster of distinguished experts contributing editorial for its widely distributed eNewsletter T.I.P.S. (Total Integrated Preparedness Solutions). “The addition of Dr. Livingstone
The What and Wherefores of Bio-Terrorism
Joseph Cahill
May 4, 2005
A complex amalgam of rules, regulations, data-collection sources and resources, and numerous other complicating factors will determine the success or failure of plans – already implemented, or still in the planning stage – to counter terrorist attacks.
Dirty Bombs: The Impossible Becomes Probable
Neil C. Livingstone
May 4, 2005
Surplus uranium, inadequate controls, and undetected smuggling are the key ingredients of a future nuclear disaster on U.S. soil. Today, almost any nation in the world is capable of building Hiroshima-sized nuclear devices, RDDs, and/or dirty bombs.
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