Emergency Management

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• Israel’s IDF Cooperates with FEMA, National Guard, NORTHCOM

  
  War On You: Breaking Alternative News — Authority: 514
  Source: The Jerusalem Post In face of the growing missile threat against Israel, the IDF Home Front Command and the US National Guard have decided to exchange liaisons to enable a steady exchange of information on civil defense, The Jerusalem Post has learned. The decision to send a liaison to the US from the Home ...
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• Peruvian teen found alive four days after mudslide

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 723
  Lima, Dec 21 (EFE) A teenager was rescued Sunday by police combing through the rubble of his house, which was hit by a mudslide four days ago in Ayacucho city in southeastern Peru, officials said.The teenager was found while officers were removing rubble from the house in Ayacucho’s Pueblo Libre section, police ...
  3 days ago

• New Maps Show Where Tsunami Floods Would Strike Calif.

  
  Homeland Security News — Authority: 528
  When major earthquakes strike along the Aleutian island chain in Alaska, they could trigger tsunamis sweeping down along the California coast and threatening many low-lying regions with disaster, including parts of San Francisco.The danger has long been known, but Thursday a team of state scientists and emergency ...
  5 days ago

• Disaster Area Declared in South Africa’s Drought-hit Western Cape Province

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 153
  Parts of South Africa’s Western Cape Province have been classified as local disaster areas due to drought, the provincial local government, environmental affairs and development planning department said on Thursday. “The Eden District is still gripped by a serious drought,” provincial minister for the ...
  6 days ago

• Problems with ACT Emergency Services Agency web site

  
  Net Traveller — Authority: 140
  In response to my posting about accessibility problems with the Victorian Government Country Fire Authority Web Site, a commenter has noted similar problems with the ACT Governments bushfire web site. I was unable to get the ACT Emergency Services web site to respond at all. However, I was able to see the Google ...
  6 days ago

• Cautionary Tales of Inaccessibility Not Learned by Victorian Government

  
  Net Traveller — Authority: 140
  The W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (W3C WAI)has released a set of "Cautionary Tales of Inaccessibility" to help promote good web design. I was contacted about details for "A Cautionary Tale of Inaccessibility: Sydney Olympics Website". Regrettably the Victorian Government Country Fire Authority Web Site may be ...
  1 week ago

• Desperately Needed Homes Sit Unused in Mississippi

  
  Human Rights Now - Amnesty International USA Blog — Authority: 135
  Thousands of residents of the Gulf Coast are unable to exercise their right to return more than four years after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita made landfall because of a lack of affordable housing. In Mississippi, however, hundreds of federally funded modular homes like those pictured here sit unused because local ...
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• Fusion Centers Get New Privacy Orders Via DHS Grants

  
  Privacy Digest — Authority: 438
  Fusion Centers Get New Privacy Orders Via DHS Grants : Via Untitled Source . Last Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the release of guidance for awarding grants for 2010. That Friday, the DHS Privacy Office publicly highlighted a provision of the guidance for the Federal Emergency ...
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• Disaster Management Firm Moving to North Carolina with 430 Jobs

  
  EmploymentSpectator — Authority: 135
  Innovative Emergency Management Inc is moving its headquarters from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to North Carolina in return for state tax breaks of up to $9 million.  50 of the 150 jobs at the current headquarters will move, while the remaining employees will have the option to transfer to one of the other offices.  ...
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• Fire-ravaged meat packing plant demolition in question

  
  Mesothelioma News — Authority: 134
  The Sinclair meat packing plant in Cedar Rapids, Iowa suffered a massive fire at the end of July. Some material was found to be still smoldering as recently as the first week of November. Some of the buildings at the old meat packing plant date back to 1919, while the site itself dates back to 1872. Fire damage has ...
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• US Agency Suggests Christmas Gifts For The Disaster Age

  
  One Man's Thoughts — Authority: 134
  Imagine tearing open that large present under the Christmas tree with your name on it and finding inside… a fire extinguisher. Or a foldable ladder. Or a smoke alarm in that smaller box. Those, plus a home disaster kit including food, water and prescription medications for 72 hours, or a first aid certification ...
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• NYSEMO Partners for New Messaging Services

  
  NYConvergence - A digest of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut digital media technology news — Authority: 561
  The New York State Emergency Management Office (NYSEMO) has partnered with Sybase 365 , a subsidiary of Sybase Inc ., a mobile messaging company,  for text messaging services through NY-ALERT , the State’s  All‐Hazards Alert and Notification System. The partnership will allow NYSEMO to provide emergency ...
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• New York Tests Sending People Emergency and Disaster Alerts Through Their Xbox

  
  The Internet Patrol — Authority: 126
  The New York State Emergency Management Office (EMO) has begun trials of broadcasting disaster alerts and emergency alerts to people through their Xbox 360 game consoles.
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• President Declares Major Disaster For Commonwealth Of Virginia

  
  Appomattox Area News — Authority: 130
  The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today announced that federal disaster aid has been made available for the Commonwealth of Virginia to supplement commonwealth and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms and flooding associated with ...
  2 weeks ago

• Chemical plant explosion of American Acryl in Seabrook, Texas

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 723
  Seabrook, Dec 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) In an incident that is bound to raise the hackles of the environmentalists, there was a large chemical plant explosion near Seabrook early this morning. And it also sadly sent a gigantic plume of smoke into the coastal air. However till reports last came in, no serious injuries or ...
  2 weeks ago

• Kctv5

  
  Business and Technology — Authority: 141
  Kctv5 Kctv5 - : Tom Wachs of KCTV5 visited with Nick Crossley (Director of Emergency Management 38 Homeland Security) about severe weather operations including the. Latest Upcoming KCTV5 Severe Weather Special: investigated that or asked why there is so much secrecy Isn t this secrecy unprecedented in ...
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• More than $1 billion spent in Iowa for disaster recovery

  
  Iowa Independent — Authority: 656
  For the first time since massive flooding and tornadoes ripped through Iowa and left 85 of the state’s 99 counties eligible for federal assistance, the state is reporting that recovery spending has topped $1 billion. Iowa Lt. Gov. Patty Judge, right, visits with Cedar Rapids flood victims on the one year ...
  2 weeks ago

• Technology rental for Disaster Recovery, Short-term, testing and more.

  
  TechBurgh Blog and PodCast — Authority: 122
  I watched a movie recently called “Outsourced”. One of the parts that made me chuckle was when the manager visited the increasingly successful call center in India to find the employees there knee deep in Water. There were people sitting on desks and computer shorting out before someone took the initiative to move ...
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• Identity Resolution Daily Links 2009-12-07

  
  Identity Resolution Daily — Authority: 117
  By the Infoglide Team Insurance Journal: Dallas-Area Employer Ordered to Repay Nearly $1M to Texas Mutual “Texas Mutual Insurance Company reports that Donna Iverson, owner of C&D Business Services Inc., and Carol Wiesman pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. The 299th District ...
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• Hybrid Trucks for Local Council

  
  Net Traveller — Authority: 140
  Leichhardt Council in Sydney has purchased a Hino Hybrid Truck fromToyotas truck subsidary, which uses similar techology to Toyotas Prius hybrid car. In stop-start traffic, such a truck uses 20 l/100km, which is a considerable saving. Adapting this technology for trucks has taken a long time. The decision to purchase ...
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