After the Hurricanes: What's the Right Way to Protect Workers?
Jennifer Lim of Comprehensive Health Services won't likely forget the drive she made with a medical team from Bayou Gauche to New Orleans in the wake...
Evacuation: What We Can - and Cannot - Learn from Hurricanes
Somewhere downtown, people are falling to the ground. Within minutes, the first patrol car pulls up. It's obvious there's been some kind of release, but...
Interview: Bert Coursey Talks About Homeland Security Standards
New Federal standards help responders evaluate new homeland response products ranging from gas mask respirators for chemical, biological, radiological...
Mayors Release Homeland Security Survey
The U.S. Conference of Mayors released the third Homeland Security Report that assesses the flow of federal homeland security funds through the states...
The New National Response Plan: Homeland Security Takes an Initial Step
At first glance, the Department of Homeland Security's new Interim National Response Plan (INRP) is not an impressive document. It is only...
Homeland Security Programs Teach Fundamental Lessons
Even before 9/11, the Office of Domestic Preparedness (ODP) funded a broad range of training and exercises to help states respond to...
The First 48 Hours: Things to do When Disaster Strikes
First responders usually measure events by hours. But sometimes incidents spiral out of control. A hurricane batters a coastal community....
Underutilized Responders
Charles Hargrove was getting a Snapple and donut from a coffee cart outside his Manhattan office when the guy next to him took off his...
Cleaning Up After 9/11: Respirators, Power and Politics
The Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center (WTC) horrified the nation and the world: 2,800 civilians died in the conflagration, and...
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