The Surrender of Self Reliance
I spent some time in a developing nation recently and came away with a new appreciation for all that we have available to us in the United States and a [...]
Innovative New Mask Raises the Bar in Providing Respiratory Protection
Having been involved in emergency services for over 35 years, including time as a provider, supervisor, training officer and administrator I understand the hazards in the work environment quite well. [...]
The Emperor’s New Clothes – The Fallacy of Traditional Preparedness Programs Exposed at Y-12
Security was determined “excellent” and “good” in Y-12’s performance appraisal last year at a cost of $1.44 million. Yet on July 28, 2012 a 82 year old nun, who gets short of [...]
Japanese Tsunami Victim Identification – Does it make sense to develop a data base now of missing persons to use in matching with any human remains discovered in washed ashore tsunami debris?
Over three thousand people remain missing, many of them children after the devastating tsunami in March of 2011. Debris which floats close to the surface and has been pushed by [...]
Poor Planning Equals Poor Performance
Sadly the year to prepare for the tsunami debris has been wasted and passed and now reaction will rule the day. Such a sad commentary on our touted NIMS and [...]
Will We Take the Lessons of The Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami to Heart
When I view photos and video of devastated coastal communities in Japan due to the tsunami back in March of 2011 and then read an article of a coastal community [...]
Verticle Evacuation – Best Uses?
As an Incident Commander I would call vertical evacuation a strategy if my objective was determined to be "provide for the immediate safety of coastal residents after a strong offshore [...]
New Disaster Mitigation Game
This game can give Emergency Managers and Planners new tools to help educate with.
Preparedness Anyone?
The United Nations, International Strategy for Disaster Reductions is sponsoring a campaign called Making Cities Resilient: "My city is getting ready" Campaign kits are available in multiple languages and this [...]