EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ARCHIVES
Chemical Nerve Agents: A 24/7 Threat
Jerome Hauer
June 14, 2006
Organophosphorous insecticides, low-cost & readily available at local garden shops, could be the WMD of choice for tomorrow’s terrorists. Antidotes are available, but are under lock & key far from the scene of a likely incident of national significance.
Dr. Denis Onieal, Superintendent, FEMA’s National Fire Academy
John F. Morton and Denis Onieal
May 10, 2006
Podcast Dr. Onieal discusses professional development of skills for terrorist-incident response in the context of development of standard fire-service skills. An overview of the NFA curriculum http://www.usfa.fema.gov/ and the linkages to state training systems.The Professional Development Model curriculum for college-level fire science students. Oklahoma State University’s international journal of fire-service leadership and
The NCR’s Homeland Security Plan for the D.C. Area
Brian Geraci
May 10, 2006
It started as an innovative approach to the prevention of bank robberies. Today, the same multi-agency approach is being used, with increasing effectiveness, to detect, prevent, and/or deal with the consequences of terrorist attacks.
Tags of Survival: The Start System
Joseph Cahill
May 3, 2006
The triage goal is to maximize the number of lives saved. But to do so requires some extremely difficult decisions from the EMT on the scene, particularly in mass-casualty incidents when time is limited and information is in short supply.
Triage Strategies for Hazardous Materials Mass-Casualty Incidents
Duane Caneva
May 3, 2006
What are the best indicators of victim survivability? The RPMs provide a few clues that can be used to START processing. But continuing updates and additional analyses are needed to improve the decision-making process.
Beans, Bullets, and Boxcars: DOD and the Private Sector
Luke Ritter
April 26, 2006
The first question a President asks in times of international crisis is “Where are the carriers?” The first question contingency planners ask is “Where are the cargo ships?” Meanwhile, warfighters are asking “How much fuel & ammunition do we have?”
Spotlight Report: Weldon Meets With Fire Service Leaders
John F. Morton
April 12, 2006
Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.), founder of the Congressional Fire Caucus, discusses current programs and future funding prospects with CFSI leaders on the occasion of the annual National Fire and Emergency Services Dinner.
Army Focuses Inland In Latest Realignment
Brent Bankus
March 22, 2006
A major reshuffling of U.S. First Army and U.S. Fifth Army roles and responsibilities will result in more military muscle being made available for homeland security and the increasingly important DSCA (Defense Support of Civilian Authorities) mission.
Rx: A Medical Support Plan for Homeland Defense
Duane Caneva
March 22, 2006
Federal, state, and local disaster-preparedness plans all emphasize the need for adequate medical support. But very little has yet been done to ensure that such support will in fact be available when it is actually needed.
Jack Beall, Director, National Disaster Medical System (NDMS)
Jack W. Beall
March 22, 2006
Beall discusses DMATs (Disaster Medical Assistance Teams) and other DMS components, the missions of each, and their working relationships with one another.
Evacuation Planning: A Long, Long Way to Go
Joseph Cahill
March 8, 2006
In the years and months after the 11 September attacks, a great deal of work has been done at the federal level both to improve overall domestic preparedness and to standardize the response methods prescribed to deal with major disasters. Homeland Security Presidential Directives (HSPDs) 5 & 8 directed the
The Role of Medical Systems in Homeland Defense
Michael Allswede
March 8, 2006
U.S. medical system is the world’s finest in many respects. However, few if any American hospitals are properly staffed & equipped to deal with this year’s hurricanes, much less one or more new terrorist attacks that could cause thousands of casualties.
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