Terrorists Get It – Why Don’t We?
In October 2002, Chechen rebels seized a theater in downtown Moscow, holding nearly 1,000 people hostage. The siege ended when Russian authorities introduced a fentanyl-type derivative to render all parties [...]
In October 2002, Chechen rebels seized a theater in downtown Moscow, holding nearly 1,000 people hostage. The siege ended when Russian authorities introduced a fentanyl-type derivative to render all parties [...]
The National Incident Management System (NIMS) was determined to be the solution to challenges of command, communication, coordination, cooperation and resource management at major disaster in the aftermath of the [...]
Millions of dollars were spent on pandemic planning and stockpiling of masks, hand sanitizers and antiviral medications. The "Swine Flu" emerged in Mexico and soon spread to the United States [...]
My consulting work typically involves public safety activity, and I'm always on the search for best practices in this field. These practices do not need to be based solely in [...]
Benjamin Franklin first coined the phrase, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," in 1736. He spoke those words as he organized Philadelphia's Union Fire Company, the [...]
The Ministry of Civil Defense and Emergency Management is urging the public to utilize "texting" as a way to minimize disruption to over-taxed phone lines. This is a great example [...]
Our public safety system has been built around extending and enhancing our 9-1-1 system, but communication devices and the public's choice of communication systems has passed this system by. Just [...]