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- Intergraph Public Safety to Provide Security and Emergency Management Solution to Pittsburgh International Airport; Advanced Technology to Manage Heightened Airport Security
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- Research articles 2001-10-17
- All Hazards Forum to Bring Together Key Homeland Security and Emergency Management Practitioners and Planners
- BETHESDA, Md. -- The All Hazards Forum AHF, a conference and exhibit, to be held December 1 and 2 at the Baltimore Convention Center, is a first of its kind event organized for Mid-Atlantic leaders focused on homeland security and emergency management to meet and exchange ideas and information. The...
- Research articles 2004-11-17
- An All-Hazard Approach to Emergency Incident Response
- "Information sharing and inter-agency coordination is clearly needed to facilitate a successful emergency incident response. Yet many public and private organizations lack the comprehensive emergency response plans that define the roles and responsibilities of trained personnel responding to an unexpected incident, and describe how to work "side-by-side" with responders from...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- A National Action Plan For Safety And Security In America's Cities
- In the wake of September 11 and the anthrax mailings that have since taken lives in several cities and disrupted the work of all three branches of the federal government in Washington, local preparations for disasters of all types and on all scales have been given the highest priority, and...
- White papers 2001-12-01
- Emergency Management Preparedness Standards: Overview and Options for Congress
- The report issued by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States identifies emergency response gaps evident after the attacks of September 11, 2001. The report includes three recommendations that focus on emergency response standards: the adoption and use of emergency response standards for incident command; mutual aid...
- White papers 2005-02-04
- Conceptual Model of Emergency Management in the 21st Century
- While there are numerous emergency response plans in existence, there is no universally accepted model for integrated incident response involving all levels and players. Evidence Based Research, Inc. EBR has been tasked with developing a conceptual model at the state and local levels, including attributes and behaviors of first responders...
- White papers 2005-03-16
Additional Resources
- Introduction to Emergency Management, Second Edition.(Book review)
- ****# Introduction to Emergency Management, Second Edition, By George D. Haddow and Jane A. Bullock; published by Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann; available from ASIS, Item #1683, 703/519-6200 phone, www.asisonline.org Web; 408 pages; $60 ASIS members, $66 nonmembers. Already a staple in introductory emergency management and...
- Research articles 2006-09-01
- Revamped FEMA expected to improve UASI grant process.(Federal Emergency Management Agency, Urban Area Security Initiative)
- The congressionally mandated overhaul of the Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA promises improvements in programs for local governments, including grants to larger cities under the Urban Area Security Initiative UASI. Under the reorganization, FEMA now will administer emergency management and terrorism grants to local governments....
- Research articles 2007-04-16
- The Use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to Support Homeland Security: Recommendations for Emergency Management and Bioterrorism Response in Nebraska
- Emergency management combines planning, preparation, and the optimum resources to mitigate and respond to an event. Good emergency management requires information that is accurate, current, timely, and quickly analyzed. This article shows how GIS technology provides the tools for displaying and analyzing spatial data in order to answer questions based...
- White papers 2002-11-09
- FEMA.(Federal Emergency Management Agency contracts)(Brief Article)
- FEMA has hired IEM, a national emergency management and homeland security corporation based in Baton Rouge, La., to study the federal, state, local, and military response to Hurricane Katrina. IEM will develop a comprehensive response and recovery timeline that documents agency and organization activities at all...
- Research articles 2005-12-06
- Supporting the Homeland Security Information Infrastructure With Web-Based Integration, Collaboration, Data Management, and Security Solutions
- Information sharing and systems are an integral part of the National Strategy for Homeland Security. The Strategy aligns and focuses homeland security functions into six critical mission areas including: intelligence and warning; border and transportation security; domestic counterterrorism; protecting critical infrastructure and key assets; defending against catastrophic threats; and emergency...
- White papers 2002-09-01
- Secretary Abraham, Chairman of China Atomic Energy Authority Agree to Increase Cooperation in Non-proliferation and Security
- The Statement of Intent SOI, signed on Jan. 12 in Beijing, between the U.S. Department of Energy DOE and the CAEA, establishes a process for cooperation with each other and for collaborating with the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA on a range of nuclear nonproliferation and security activities. These...
- Research articles 2004-01-12
- FEMA's Compliance Assessment Tool.(FYI)(Federal Emergency Management Agency)(National Incident Management Compliance Assessment Support Tool)(Brief Article)
- The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA and the NIMS Integration Center have released a Web-based self-assessment system that will allow local, state, federal, and tribal agencies to evaluate their incident The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management...
- Research articles 2005-05-01
- Congress extends work on emergency management reforms.(Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2007)
- With Senate-appointed conferees already chosen for the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2007 (HR 5441), and the House conferees still being considered, both bodies continued to take action to enhance federal emergency management programs before adjourning for the Congressional summer recess. ...
- Research articles 2006-08-14
- Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security
- The Homeland Security Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-296) requires the Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate EPR of the Department of Homeland Security DHS to coordinate federal emergency management activities. The law consolidates federal emergency authorities and resources into EPR - but not terrorism preparedness activities, which are administered by the...
- White papers 2003-06-25
- Emergency management officials to meet in Oklahoma City
- More than 350 state emergency management directors, homeland security personnel and other representatives of security agencies are expected to attend the National Emergency Management Association's conference scheduled Friday-Tuesday at the Cox Business Services Convention Center in Oklahoma City. On Sunday, officials with the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture,...
- Research articles 2007-09-27
- Emergency management officials to meet
- More than 350 state emergency management directors, homeland security personnel and other representatives of security agencies are expected to attend the National Emergency Management Association's conference scheduled Friday-Tuesday at the Cox Business Services Convention Center in Oklahoma City. On Sunday, officials with the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture,...
- Research articles 2007-09-27
- Emergency management.(U.S. CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION)(Brief article)
- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. A bill (H.R. 5351) introduced by Rep. David Reichert (R-WA) would establish a Directorate of Emergency Management within the Department of Homeland Security DHS. The bill has been approved by the House Homeland Security Committee. However, it is still under consideration in the House...
- Research articles 2006-11-01
- Rick Kelley of Conway and Jim Harris of Bryant have become Arkansas Certified Emergency Managers for the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management
- Rick Kelley of Conway and Jim Harris of Bryant have become Arkansas Certified Emergency Managers for the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management. The requirements to become an Arkansas Certified Emergency Manager include completion of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Professional Development Series and a curriculum of courses from the U.S....
- Research articles 2006-12-25
- FEMA (United States Federal Emergency Management Agency)
- FEMA United States Federal Emergency Management AgencyAlthough today a component of the Department of Homeland Security DHS, the Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA is a formerly independent agency of "Cowboy," a search and rescue canine for the Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA, pauses during...
- Research articles 2004-01-01
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