An ancient & honorable Renaissance word is put to good use at FEMA’s Center for Domestic
Preparedness, where moulage artists replicate broken arms, cuts, bruises, & other injuries to make
first-responder training more realistic and more effective.
One primary election and one caucus down, and only 48 states to go. The quadrennial U.S. presidential election process, front-loaded this year as never before, is well underway. By the […]
The first anthrax terrorist attack on the United States was relatively minor. Now a second attack,
exponentially more lethal, is almost certain. When, not if, it happens, the decision makers in Congress
& the White House will have only themselves to blame
Those who attended the regional conference in Baltimore earlier this month found it eminently
worthwhile and developed a long list of solutions to current problems – and an even longer list of new
dangers and difficulties lurking just over the horizon.
When an earthquake, tornado, or hurricane causes horrendous property damage, the “cleanup crew” (a
veritable army of debris-removal workers) faces a number of major challenges, not the least of which is
documenting the amount of work done.
A timely first-person report from Susquehanna County (Pa.) on the unforeseen (and to some extent
unforeseeable) difficulties in coping, personally as well as professionally, with torrential rain,
widespread floods, and other disasters.
The states of the Mid-Atlantic region provide a helpful all-hazards primer that their sister states
throughout the rest of the country should read and heed. Eight new “pillars of wisdom” are discussed in
meaningful detail, and numerous lessons learned.
It is unconscionable that the “American heroes” who protect “our homes, our businesses, and our
communities” have not been given the tools they need to carry out their dangerous jobs. Now they will
be, thanks to the initiatives pushed by this legislator.
Their views on current and future maritime-security operations, the USCG’s relationships with other
agencies, new security standards being considered, and the service’s interface with the Navy, CBP, and
various port stakeholders.
The former FEMA administrator discusses the agency’s reorganization process, the proposed
establishment of a national catastrophic-insurance fund, FEMA’s working relationship with the ARC, and
the rationale for upgrading the agency to cabinet-level.
An ancient & honorable Renaissance word is put to good use at FEMA’s Center for Domestic
Preparedness, where moulage artists replicate broken arms, cuts, bruises, & other injuries to make
first-responder training more realistic and more effective. 