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• Hybrid Trucks for Local Council

  
  Net Traveller — Authority: 138
  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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• FEMA-US Marshals MOU for Criminal Data

  
  Survival News Network — Authority: 143
  Source/Full Story: CryptomeRelated ItemsJuly 8, 2009 — US FEMA Winter Storm Disaster Community Relations Field Reports (0)Check it out at  Wikileaks During the Febuary 2009, FEMA (the US Federal Emergency Management Authority, a subdivision of the Department of H…June 24, 2009 — 9/11 FEMA videographer at ...
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• Perriello Appointed to Two Economic Development Posts

  
  Appomattox Area News — Authority: 137
  Tom Perriello Congressman Tom Perriello has been selected to fill two important congressional positions for pursuing economic growth for the 5th District of Virginia and the United States. He was appointed to the House Democratic Caucus’ Congressional Task Force on Job Creation and was also made Vice-Chair of the ...
  3 days ago

• Christmas Tree fire - Safety precaution video

  
  PortlandOnline — Authority: 167
  Video of why holiday safety is so important! video/x-ms-wmv, 2,041kb Category: Emergency Management
  5 days ago

• POEM - Winter Preparedness

  
  PortlandOnline — Authority: 167
  Flyer with Winter Preparedness Tips PDF Document, 141kb Category: Emergency Management
  5 days ago

• Center for Domestic Preparedness Offers Training Courses

  
  Homeland Security News — Authority: 509
  The Center for Domestic Preparedness ‘CDP’ has posted it’s course schedule for the 1st Quarter of 2010. Many emergency responders may not realize this valuable resource is available and that the transportation, training, meals and lodging are fully funded by the DHS.Plan now to train at the nation’s premier ...
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• Emergency Communications Conference Call for Papers

  
  Net Traveller — Authority: 138
  APCO Australasia have issued a call for papers for their 2010 conference on emergency communications , 14 – 17 March 2010 in Melbourne. The 2009 conference was held during the 2009 Victorian Bushfires (I presented on Community Warning Systems) and emergency communications for bushfires will again feature in the ...
  5 days ago

• Mea Culpa on Westboro Baptist Church visit

  
  Something better to do — Authority: 417
  Last week, I received, via email sent to one of my synagogue’s contact email addresses, a flyer from someone at the Westboro Baptist Church, announcing the protests they were planning on holding this week in front of Jewish institutions in Boston. I was appalled, and my initial reaction was to make a big deal out ...
  6 days ago

• John Shea/FEMA Social Media: Go Online To Get Prepared, Share Info & Learn From Others (’What Should We Tell The Public?’ Video Series)

  
  In Case Of Emergency, Read Blog — Authority: 128
  This edition of the “What Should We Tell The Public?” video series features John Shea who manages FEMA’s extensive social media effort. In the segment, Shea urges the public to look online to find information about preparing for emergencies as well as to share info and learn from others. He recommends citizens ...
  6 days ago

• Road safety should be in school curriculum: Karunanidhi

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  Chennai, Nov 30 (IANS) Road safety should be taught as part of school curriculum and cannot be just left to the government and the police to manage, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi said here Monday.Inaugurating the two day national seminar on Road Safety and Urban Traffic Management here Monday, he said: ...
  6 days ago

• Emcomm in the "9/11 Generation" vs. the "Cold War" Generation

  
  N5FDL's Amateur Radio and Emcomm Blog — Authority: 112
  As I read the occassional negative comments—misunderstandings and misinformation mostly—about our 97.113 petition, it often strikes me that some people just don’t seem to “get it.” Many of these folks are longtime hams and I think that is part of the problem. They are plenty smart enough, but are simply from ...
  1 week ago

• National Emergency Alert system from next week

  
  Net Traveller — Authority: 138
  The Victorian Premier has announced that the National Emergency Alert system had been tested and will be ready for use next week. Unfortunately there is no emergency information system to back this up with detailed information about the emergency. As a result the National Emergency Alert system is of little value and ...
  1 week ago

• Leaked 9/11 Text Messages

  
  Privacy Digest — Authority: 505
  Leaked 9/11 Text Messages : Via Schneier on Security . Wikileaks has published pager intercepts from New York on 9/11: WikiLeaks released half a million US national text pager intercepts. The intercepts cover a 24 hour period surrounding the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York and Washington. [...] Text ...
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• Emergency 2.0 Australia

  
  Net Traveller — Authority: 138
  Emergency 2.0 Australia, is part of the Australian Government 2.0 Taskforce looking at how Social Media can assist in Emergency Management. In my view Social Networking, the Internet and web, have a useful role in emergency communications. However, disaster management using IT needs to be carefully planned and ...
  1 week ago

• New York Will Hijack Your TV In the Event of an Emergency

  
  ANIMAL — Authority: 691
  Not content with just ruining movies with those piercing emergency warning messages, the state of NY is developing a system that will seize control of video game consoles too in the event of a disaster, bad weather, or an Amber alert. | NYP |
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• What YouTube Direct means for the post-media world

  
  Crisisblogger — Authority: 412
  The movement toward a true post-mainstream media world took another big leap forward with the announcement last week of YouTube Direct. There’s been lots of talk, including on this blog, about how the 300 million plus people walking around with smartphones are the electronic newsgathering network of today. And ...
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• What Happens In Vegas (Might Be Less Serious If Major FEMA Nuke Attack Exercise) Stays In Vegas — Why Political/Business Pressure To Move Drill Treats Public Like Children On Terror Preparedness

  
  In Case Of Emergency, Read Blog — Authority: 128
  I wanted to point out a story now playing out in Las Vegas, Nevada, which to me is another example of how the public is too often infantilized when it comes to information on serious terrorist threats, including weapons of mass destruction — And, as a result, why we as citizens are not as prepared or as informed as ...
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• Las Vegas Urges Officials To Cancel Mock Nuclear Blast

  
  Homeland Security News — Authority: 509
  The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is asking the Department of Homeland Security to cancel it’s plans for a simulated nuclear explosion scheduled to take place in Las Vegas next May.In a letter Wednesday to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Authority President and Chief Executive Officer Rossi ...
  2 weeks ago

• Emergency Broadcast Alerts To Be Available Via Xbox Consoles In NYC

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 589
  The thin line between the virtual world and the real world is fast merging and gaming consoles like Xbox could very soon be the entertainment console that could one day save your life. The state authorities of New York are planning to develop a technology that would enable them to broadcast warning transmissions on ...
  2 weeks ago

• Two Interesting Webinar Takeaways: CDC Believes Its Mobile Phone Texting Helps Bridge Not Broaden ‘Digital Divide’ On Public Health, Philly OEM ‘Following’ Hundreds Of Citizen Twitterers To Foster Two-Way Communication In Emergencies

  
  In Case Of Emergency, Read Blog — Authority: 128
  I wanted to highlight two points I heard during a terrific recent webinar, “Social Media and Technology Breakthroughs: H1N1 and Seasonal Flu Communication”:   one about the Centers For Disease Control’s (CDC) view that mobile phones have an increasingly valuable role in public health communications and ...
  2 weeks ago

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