Not invited to the ceremony in NYC marking the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks, are representatives of the public safety agencies that responded the day that almost 3,000 people [...]
I recently saw an article talking about Responding to Mass Shootings. It read like an old worn out sneaker, comfortable but stinky and ugly. Why are we still talking about [...]
Working on New Madrid project, I read DOE reports which indicated no problems for nuclear plants in the shake zone. Scientific reports were one thing and I tend to follow [...]
Having worked at the federal level and state level on planning efforts for a New Madrid earthquake, and following on the heels of NLE-11, I was fascinated to read the [...]
In light of the tenth year anniversary of the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, I thought it fitting to take a look at contributing factors leading up to that [...]
The attached schematic illustrates how an Incident Commander could establish a Social Media Section to collect early unfolding data from an incident for use in their response operations. Overtime this [...]
Now why can't we find leadership like this everywhere? This is a must read.
I find the conversation of arm-chair quarter backing going on relative to how poorly Norway handled the bombing/shooting event of July 22, 2011 instructive. It exposes our own naivety. We [...]
How about an interesting conversation in striking a balance between preparedness (through realistic planning, training, equipping and exercising) and fiscal reality. Has anyone ever given thought to what an "ideally [...]
For years, victims and firefighters have suffered from cyanide intoxication at structure fires, most commonly miss-diagnosed as "smoke inhalation". Is your agency currently carrying the CYANOKIT and what is your [...]