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Minneapolis St. Paul Star Tribune:McCain’s response to Hurricane Gustav, directing that all but official business be called off Monday, received a big endorsement from Asa Hutchinson, a former undersecretary for border and transportation security at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
How Internet Social Media Sites Are Helping In Recovery & Rebuilding Of Post-Katrina New Orleans
With anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaching, CIO magazine has an interesting article titled “How Social Networking Saved New Orleans” about how web-based new media tools such as Flickr, Yahoo Groups, wikis and Google Maps have been integral in citizen efforts to [...]
Police & Law Enforcement News - PoliceLink
The price of gasoline is currently hovering a little under $4 a gallon and the price of diesel is around $4.50 a gallon. Public service agencies buy fuel in bulk and do not pay taxes, saving on the overall cost of fuel, said Howell Police Chief George Basar, president [...]
From In Case of Emergency Read Blog
In a blog posting titled “Crises Tracking on Twitter: The Benefits -and Dangers- of New Media,” Jeremiah (Jeremiah Owyang, a Senior Research Analyst at Forrester Research), offers a helpful narrative of how citizen ‘tweets’, photos and videos reported the story.
New Study Indicates Voters Reward Politicians Who Push Disaster Relief Not Disaster Preparedness
When most of us think of what we should be doing to prepare for disasters, we often forget that exercising our role as citizens and voters can be as important as the more well known tasks like storing emergency supplies or creating a [...]
Counterterrorism Blog: Ortega Steps Into the Breach with the FARC
While Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez seem content for the time being to keep is distance from his (erstwhile?) allies in Colombia, the FARC guerrillas-tied to international drug trafficking, kidnapping and assorted criminal and terrorist activities-Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega seems to have few such qualms.
Beirut Comes to Washington - HUMAN EVENTS
Today, Pennsylvania Avenue is a maze of bollards, vehicle barriers, high fences and heavy gates. Without the appropriate pass it is practically impossible to get a vehicle anywhere near the White House — or any other federal building. In the parlance of security specialists, this is called “offset protection.” [...]
From “In Case of Emergency, Read Blog”: Helping Citizens Get Necessary Extra Prescription Medicine Before A Disaster
Practically every government preparedness site recommends that people store an extra supply of the prescription medicines they use in case of an extended emergency. For example, the Department of Homeland Security’s Ready.Gov site suggests that every American, as part [...]
FEMA Higher Education Program 2008 Report - Homeland Security Digital Library Weblog
Emergency Management Education: A Status Report
This document is the 2008 FEMA Higher Education Program Report and it summarizes the current status of emergency management higher education in the United States. “The goal of this report is to assist the FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education [...]
At last week’s hearing of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation Security & Infrastructure Protection, several witnesses either directly or indirectly emphasized the point that it is impossible to prevent all disaster, whether natural, terrorist, or accidental. This point highlights that managing risk must be coupled with the idea of resiliency – the “bounce back” after a disaster. The hearing was a positive step with regards to shifting the mindset of disaster preparedness in the U.S.; however, it seems that it will be difficult for Congress to wrap its head around the idea of resiliency with regards to risk-management.
“Cross Blog” — The Oregon Red Cross’ Innovative Online Presence
One of the important goals of the American Red Cross’ Social Media Unit I just visited in Washington is drawing from (and spreading) creative preparedness 2.0 work being done in their chapters around the country.
Responsible and effective public order activities will be evidenced by the proactive policing of order, rather than the reactive policing of disorder. What is increasingly looking like the inability on the part of Denver to engage with the protesters and include them in the planning process rather than alienating them does not bode well for proactive policing of order.
By L. Vance Taylor
I’m finding myself a little miffed with whoever coined the term ‘Inherently Safer Technology’ (IST). Sure it sounds good -who doesn’t want to replace hazardous substances with something that works just as well AND is ‘inherently’ safer? But, is IST all it’s cracked up to be or is it just another example of a Washington snow job?
John Solomon recommends: “The Unthinkable” By Amanda Ripley
The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes — And Why by Amanda Ripley
I have had a chance to read the book, and I can recommend it wholeheartedly not only to any readers of this blog — who tend think about disasters more than most folks — but [...]
There’s been a lot of talk lately from a lot of different voices about ‘resiliency.’ We’ve had a month’s worth of Congressional hearings on the subject that put real substance over the usual finger-pointing we so often see displayed. Thanks in large part to House Homeland Chairman Thompson, the Committee Members, the excellent witnesses and most certainly the Staffers who made it all happen, we have a much better understanding of what resilience means to many different constituencies.
Celebrate the First National CPR/AED Awareness Week, June 1-7 — (EMSResponder.com)
June 1-7, 2008 will mark the first observation of National CPR/AED Awareness Week.
Congress designated the first week of June each year for this event, with the goal of encouraging states, cities and towns to establish organized programs to provide CPR and AED training to the [...]
Citizens, Citizens Groups Continue To Play Increasing Role In China’s Response To Earthquake
…aided by the proliferation of online bulletin boards, blogs and on-the-ground coordination centers, unregistered grass-roots organizations are essentially functioning as legitimate earthquake-relief NGOs, operating for the first time without having to look over their shoulders and helping to manage a crisis whose death [...]
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