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Database Drills Public Health

09/19/2007 - The database is part of a larger initiative to evaluate public health preparedness and educate officials on methods for improvement. Rand has also produced studies that evaluate public health preparedness, test public health disease reporting systems, and create best practices for public health officials.
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Keeping Track of Firefighters

09/19/2007 - When the Twin Towers fell after the 9-11 attacks, many firefighters lost their lives because there was no way to electronically pinpoint their locations or to tell them that the buildings were about to collapse. Since then, the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) has been seeking solutions to the communication and tracking problems that firefighters face in high-rise buildings.
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Here's the Drill

09/19/2007 - RAND Corporation has created a searchable database of exercises and drills that can be adapted for use by any organization.
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Court Security

09/13/2007 - The New York State Unified Court System has recommended more than 40 measures to improve court security.
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Architecture

09/12/2007 - A controversial third stairwell is one of the new building code requirements for high rises issued after a three-year study done in the wake of 9-11.
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Rail Security

09/12/2007 - Resources committed to protecting the nation’s railways are inadequate, concluded researchers. They recommend legislation to identify threats, clarify public-private sector security roles, and provide more funding.
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Business News

09/12/2007 - The fifth European Security Conference will be held in Nice, France; and ASIS and NASCO rebut a newspaper article critical of security officers. Also, Howard Moster, CPP, PSP, is profiled.
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National Response Plan Lacks Substance Say Critics

09/12/2007 - The Washington Post reports on a September 11 congressional hearing in which state and local emergency responders raise fears that problems with disaster response that became evident during Hurricane Katrina are not fixed by the new National Response Framework from the Bush Administration.
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Flu Preparedness

09/12/2007 - Check out this checklist intended to help businesses prepare for the worst if a flu pandemic hits.
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Predicting Events

09/12/2007 - A study of advanced data analytics and other predictive software looks at the potential for predicting terrorist attacks.
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Huge Earthquake off Sumatra Stokes Tsunami Fears

09/12/2007 - Coastal inhabitants fear a tsunami similar to 2004.
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Will Belgium Go the Way of Yugoslavia or Czechoslovakia?

09/11/2007 - Belgium's three-month crisis continues. Is disintegration round the corner?
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First-Responder Testers Sought

09/11/2007 - Video-game technology being adapted to help train first responders. One of the latest examples is Hazmat: Hotzone, a program being developed by the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University in collaboration with the Fire Department of New York to train first responders to deal with hazardous materials. @ If you wish to participate in the beta testing, sign up on the Hazmat: Hotzone mailing list and express your interest. A link on SM Online takes you to the sign-up page.
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