EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ARCHIVES
Customizing the Tool: The Tailoring of Crisis-Management and Mass-Casualty Software
Kate Rosenblatt
September 17, 2008
The U.S. healthcare system is in most respects the best in the world. But keeping the paperwork up with the patient is still a formidable problem, particularly in the handling of mass-casualty patients with several hospitals involved.
On the Anniversary of 9-11, Where Is Homeland Security as an Election Issue
Jena Baker McNeill
September 17, 2008
The campaign platforms of the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates differ in many particulars, but they should agree on most homeland-security issues. (Article reprinted courtesy of the Heritage Foundation.)
When Disaster Strikes: Gaining Peace of Mind
Richard B. Weinblatt
September 10, 2008
When disaster strikes, law-enforcement agencies and the public expect police officers and deputy sheriffs to respond, even when it means leaving their own families behind. The recent onslaught of hurricanes and tropical storms – with names such as Fay, Gustav, Hanna, and Ike – bearing down on the Southeastern United
A Follow-Up Report: Breakthrough in Towson – AHC’s GIS Workshop
Diana Hopkins
September 10, 2008
The 29-30 July All-Hazards Consortium workshop focused on the exciting technological capabilities provided by the introduction of new GIS (geographic information systems) devices, and spelled out a number of formidable challenges as well.
Undomiciled: Domestic Preparedness for the Homeless
Joseph Cahill
September 3, 2008
When disaster strikes the impact is felt by all members of the community, including those without homes, without power (electric or political), and sometimes (far too often) almost without hope.
Higher Fuel Costs, Less Public Safety
Gary Simpson
September 3, 2008
The rising cost of fuel is having a significant, and adverse, impact on not only individual consumers but also the operations of all levels of government – and private-sector organizations and agencies as well. Businesses are forced to limit face-to-face visits with clients, and more of them are allowing employees
Standards for Sharing Intelligence and Information
Diana Hopkins
August 27, 2008
It has taken years to remedy the intelligence-sharing deficiencies reported by the 9-11 Commission, but Congress and the President have worked hard to overcome the ignorance and apathy that once were the norm but are now the exception.When individual professionals, government agencies and other organizations, and the private sector join
Local Emergency Management: The CFATS Challenge
Joseph W. Trindal
August 20, 2008
Chemical facilities have always been a concern for local first responders. Most major chemical accidents rapidly overwhelm community emergency-services capabilities. Until the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, U.S. emergency-services agencies viewed chemical incidents as accidental events – and the tragic Bhopal (India) toxic chemical release in 1984 had already
Radiation Detection: Dosimeters Plus Common Sense
Glen Rudner
August 13, 2008
The reality of a radiation emergency differs little from that caused by a chemical or biological release – any or all of them are either accidental or intentional. But in either case the emergency-response community is tasked with determining the type, size, and impact that the incident has on the
Dead Reckoning: EMS, Death, and Resource Management
James Mason
August 13, 2008
The assumption that an accident victim who is not breathing is dead can be a fatal mistake – for the victim. Which is just one of many reasons why so many laws governing the handling of apparent deaths have been enacted by every state in the union.
IEDs and the First Responder
Glen Rudner
August 8, 2008
Today’s first responder has had to adapt to an ever-changing threat that affects all U.S. citizens. The individual responder himself has to some extent become a human “tool box” that must be able to operate in many different venues. From apprehending a criminal to fighting a fire, to transporting sick
CDC’s Career Epidemiology Field Officer Program
Ruth Marrero
July 23, 2008
The innovative CEFO Program represents a new national resource that is already being used by 21 states to strengthen their own epidemiological preparedness capabilities, with other states sure to follow in the near future.
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