The disaster response involves a predictable series of steps, even though the nature of disaster dictates that every situation is different. Some victims may even have the resources they need to save themselves but are unable to reach them, cannot find them, or do not know they exist. To the...
This paper introduces the reader to the need for coordination of crisis intervention and mental health services in disaster response. There are four definitive phases of disaster response: The heroic phase, occurring in the days following a disaster when initial search and recovery efforts are being performed; the honeymoon phase,...
Increased Opportunities for Sales to Federal, State, and Local Government Agencies; Expected to Reduce Contracting Time WAKEFIELD, Mass. -- Implant Sciences Corporation (AMEX: IMX), a high technology supplier of sophisticated systems and sensors for the homeland security market and related industries, today announced the General Services Administration ("GSA")...
IBM-led engagement brings Guidewire ClaimCenter to New Zealand's Earthquake Commission in order to improve natural disaster claims handling capabilities SAN MATEO, Calif. -- The Earthquake Commission of New Zealand EQC, IBM[R], and Guidewire Software[R], today announced that EQC, in an IBM led implementation, have successfully deployed Guidewire ClaimCenter[R]...
SAN DIEGO -- MIR3, Inc.[TM], the leading provider of Intelligent Notification (IN[R]) systems to enterprises, universities and government organizations, today announced that the New York City Fire Department FDNY has named the company its official emergency notification platform. The FDNY will utilize MIR3's inEnterprise, a secure, role-based notification platform, to...
The largest step forward in Emergency Response Logistics and Asset Management available to cities and communities across the Country to come out of the private sector. SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sector 10, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: SECT) announced that CEO Pericles DeAvila would be...
Sleep tight, Utah miners. After the Crandall Canyon Mine disaster, legislators passed a law to improve fast responses to mine accidents. Lawmakers made it possible for miners to receive safety training and create more efficient disaster-response teams but not much new to prevent accidents. It's like closing the barn door...
Today: State and federal government response to 2007 mining disaster. Sunday: Healing the hurt and remembering those lost. Monday: A sculptor's lasting tribute to the men who died...
Long before the rubble of Crandall Canyon settled, before even the first of the endless boreholes was drilled to find six trapped miners, the accusations, the finger-pointing and the cries for safety reforms began. On the national front, Washington's response to the Aug. 6, 2007, disaster has...
RESTON, Va. -- TerreStar Corporation (NASDAQ:TSTR) and its majority-owned subsidiary TerreStar Networks Inc. today announced that TerreStar Networks has signed a nationwide reciprocal roaming agreement with AT&T. TerreStar is developing an all-IP integrated satellite-terrestrial communications network and plans to offer services to commercial, government, rural and public safety...
Adapx ( www.adapx.com ) today introduced theCapturx Disaster Response Kits -- designed specifically to help responseteams map, collect, and share data from the scene of wildfires, hurricanes,floods, or other natural catastrophe strikes. The kits are completelyself-contained with a field printer, supplies, and the award-winningCapturx software that enables teams to print...
Adapx ( www.adapx.com ) today announced Capturxsupport for ArcGIS 9.3, new customers, and the exhibit schedule for the2008 ESRI User Conference at the San Diego Convention Center. Capturx forArcGIS Desktop is a fully integrated GIS software solution thatelectronically enables paper-based field mapping with a digital pen andstandard paper for government,...
WEST VALLEY CITY -- More than 230 firefighters and bomb technicians, both local and federal, are participating today in an extensive drill involving weapons of mass destruction. The training exercise is designed to help federal and local emergency response crews work together while responding to a potentially...
CHICAGO, July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- As the flood waters rose in and around the town of Mason City, Iowa, in June 2008, members of Trinity Lutheran Church there were prepared. Having developed a disaster preparedness plan a year ago, members of Trinity were able to be an important...
TAMPA, Fla., July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Mortgage Contracting Services MCS, a provider of property preservation and inspection services to the mortgage industry, today announced James Wade was promoted to assistant vice president of security and compliance. In his new role, Wade ensures that the company exceeds the highest levels...
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Ameritas Group, the dental and eye care division of Ameritas Life Insurance Corp., is working diligently to respond to the needs of its customers in the aftermath of storms, flooding and tornados that recently impacted the Midwest. A dedicated response team has been formed and Ameritas Group...
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Providing food and shelter for victims of Hurricane Dolly are top priorities for Catholic Charities USA CCUSA and Catholic Social Services CSS of the Diocese of Brownsville, TX. The Category 2 Hurricane tore across southeastern Texas earlier this week, packing 100 mile/hour winds and causing flooding and...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e25e7d/chain_of_blame_ho) has announced the addition of the "Chain of Blame: How Wall Street Caused the Mortgage and Credit Crisis" report to their offering. In the summer of 2007, the subprime empire that Wall Street had built all came crashing down. On average,...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Crush the Cell: How to Defeat Terrorism without Terrorizing Ourselves, by Michael A. Sheehan (Crown, 320 pp., $24.95 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Law and the Long War: The Future of Justice in the Age of Terror, by Benjamin Wittes (Penguin, 320...
T3 Telecom Software, Inc., a provider ofintegrated telephony solutions, is excited to announce the availability ofits Direct Cluster Networking DCN product at the annual ACUTA conferencefrom July 13-15 in Las Vegas. Direct Cluster Networking minimizes unplanned and planned voice messagingdowntime resulting from hardware failure, network outage or systemmaintenance...
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