emergency-preparedness

  • Coming Soon: A Text from the President

    This is a huge step forward in making common, accepted communications tactics a central part of emergency communications. Cell Phone Alerts Coming Soon — chicagotribune.com There would be three different types of messages, according to the rules. The first would be a national alert from the president, likely involving a terrorist attack or natural disaster.…

  • Fireman on break from training dead in Wendys shooting

    Nothing you can do when you’re shot from behind like this. Fireman, gunman dead in Wendys shooting – Yahoo News Vazquez had been promoted in January and was attending a course called “Strategy and Tactics” before taking his lunch break. Delai said the course teaches officers how to “manage large-scale incidents like we had today.”

  • FDNY on the Lookout? Sounds Good to Me.

     In These Times gets their back up over this, but I have zero issue with it. Sharing relevant information in common sense ways keeps us safer. Just because there is potential for abuse doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try it. FDNY Spies — In These Times In New York City, the Department of Homeland Security is…

  • Fact Sheet: U.S. Department of Homeland Security Announces 6.8 Percent Increase in Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Request

    Fact Sheet: U.S. Department of Homeland Security Announces 6.8 Percent Increase in Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Request Snip: Total funding of $2.2 billion will support FEMA’s state and local assistance programs, which prepares state and local governments to prevent or respond to threats or incidents of terrorism and other catastrophic events.

  • DIY Survival: Projects for the Apocalypse

    Would love to be at this: DIY Survival: Projects for the Apocalypse: ETech 2008 — OReilly Conferences, 03/03/2008 – 03/06/2008, San Diego, CA Whether it’s a red button, volcano, avian bird flu, meteor, cosmic superhighway or economic collapse, this lecture will give you the information you need to make things that will help you survive.…