Social Media in ICS
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 [...]
Preparing For The Last Disaster
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 [...]
Why Do We Struggle to Put Federal Response Assets on Scene When it Counts?
I think one needs to also appreciate the impact of our economy on trying to keep any federalized response package truly ready to respond as an emergency entity. It is [...]
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 [...]