EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ARCHIVES
Coming: An Upgrading of Security Standards for Rail Transit
Diana Hopkins
December 17, 2008
For many Americans the most important date to remember next month will not be Inauguration Day, but 27 January, when the American National Standards Institute’s Transit Security Workshop starts a much-needed review of U.S. rail-security deficiencies.
Safety: Those Who Stay Behind
Joseph Cahill
December 10, 2008
The evacuation of a major city devastated by a natural disaster or an act of terrorism takes multi-agency cooperation, numerous training drills, & dedicated professionals who have the courage needed to stay in place while saving the lives of others.
The Human Dimension: Identifying and Treating Disaster-Related Stress
Kay C. Goss
December 10, 2008
After a disaster, emergency managers – along with other federal, state, tribal, and local leaders – begin rebuilding the communities struck, whether by natural or human-induced incidents. The recovery process calls out for the best of leadership and partnership in the region. Debris removal, the re-opening of schools and businesses,
Important Homeland Security Input: High-Ranking PNSR Group Releases Its Final Report
Martin D. Masiuk
December 10, 2008
The report, perhaps the most important and best grounded national-defense and homeland-security document released since 1947, includes numerous recommendations that, if fully implemented, will add immensely to current and future U.S. defense capabilities.
Hospital Security: An Age-Old Problem Becomes Increasingly Important
Craig DeAtley
December 3, 2008
The nation’s healthcare workers could become an endangered species if numerous planned improvements in hospital security are not funded and implemented in the near future. Here is a quick look at some of the innovative design upgrades recently introduced.
DHS STEPs Forward to Identify NIMS Technology
Rodrigo (Roddy) Moscoso
December 3, 2008
Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5 (HSPD-5), which required the development of a National Incident Management System (NIMS) framework to coordinate the responses of local, state, and federal agencies to domestic terrorist attacks, was signed in December 2003. The NIMS framework is based on the Incident Command System (ICS) developed by
A Matter of Mutual Trust: The Fallout from Katrina and the Effect on Gustav
Joseph Cahill
November 26, 2008
With nations as with individuals, the most tragic failures sometimes lead to the most stunning successes. Provided the right lessons are learned – and then fully and carefully implemented.
H5N1: Still Waiting in the Wings – An Updated Assessment of the Pandemic Flu Threat
Steven Harrison
November 26, 2008
Just in case the United States, & the rest of the world, did not have enough to worry about, recent public-health reports provide a timely reminder that new pandemics, possibly the most disastrous ever, could still strike at any time.
Multipurpose Buildings: A Towering Challenge for Security Planners
Neil C. Livingstone
November 19, 2008
From parking lots to elevators & escalators to penthouse apartments – every room and every floor in the office and residential buildings now being designed represents a different type of danger. Here is a handy list of some of the more avoidable ones.
Filling the Equipment Inventory: Some Relevant Questions
Joseph Cahill
November 12, 2008
The well-dressed first responder can take with him or her a limited amount of equipment to the incident scene. The selection of that equipment may be, and often is, a literally life-or-death matter.
TERT Takes Toxic Approach to Emergency Response
Shannon Arledge
November 12, 2008
Chemicals, biological agents, and other dangerous substances are among the key instructional materials used to train hazmat technicians and other first responders participating in the CDP’s upgraded “COBRA course” in Anniston, Alabama.
The All Threats Agent Content System (ATACS): A CDC Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Information Management System
Joe Posid
November 5, 2008
“Learning by Doing” was the guideline used by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention in responding to the anthrax attacks in 2001 by developing a new and highly sophisticated multipurpose bioterrorism detection system.
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