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• A Crisis Simulation Checklist

  
  Deon Binneman on Reputation — Authority: 100
  Got a random call the other day from a Powerlines reader who asked me how I would critique a Crisis simulation exercise. Here is an extract of my partial response:I try and always facilitate a process with the group after a simulation to process the learning experience after a simulated crisis. This involves each ...
  1 week ago

• Now, a river ambulance service in Assam

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  By Vaschipem KamodangMajauli (Assam) Nov.14 (ANI): A ferry service is the only means of transportation for Majuli islandersm, and due to this lack of transportation, residents often fail to access prompt medical facilities.Taking note of such a need, the Assam Government recently introduced a river ambulance service ...
  1 week ago

• Problems with 911

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 746
  Michael Crowley, senior editor at The New Republic , recounts some nightmare episodes with the 911 Emergency Response System in the current issue of Reader’s Digest .  Here’s an excerpt: If there’s one thing we think we can count on, it’s that a frantic call to 911 will bring a swift and effective ...
  2 weeks ago

• China conducts nuclear emergency exercise

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  Beijing, Nov 11 (IANS) China has conducted an extensive exercise to evaluate emergency response to a nuclear radiation leak, Xinhua reported.The National Nuclear Emergency Coordination Committee organised the exercise, codenamed “Sacred Shield-2009″, in Beijing, Nanjing and Lianyungang. The exercise aimed at ...
  2 weeks ago

• 6-foot rule separates San Diego paramedics, H1N1

  
  Covering Health — Authority: 478
  Voice of San Diego’s Randy Dotinga explains exactly how the fear of H1N1 has transformed every step of the health care delivery process in the Southern California city, which has been hit particularly hard by the virus. Dotinga focuses on how paramedics’ routines have changed. “To protect themselves,” ...
  2 weeks ago

• URespond concept sketches for Random Hacks of Kindness event

  
  Tehran Shake — Authority: 93
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• November 2009 Auditor General’s Report

  
  Wednesday-Night — Authority: 137
  Read the Report Disaster response body inadequate: Auditor General (CanWest) The federal department charged with disaster planning is itself a disaster when it comes to preparing for emergencies as varied as the swine flu pandemic, floods and terrorist attacks, says Auditor General Sheila Fraser. … The ...
  2 weeks ago

• GreatCall Paid With Stock for MobiWatch

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 703
  wireless , Acquisition , deals Bruce V. Bigelow wrote: A regulatory filing made last month by GreatCall, the San Diego-based parent of Jitterbug, offers some insight into the value of Jitterbug’s acquisition of Waltham, MA-based MobiWatch. Jitterbug announced the deal yesterday but declined to comment ...
  2 weeks ago

• Keeping Details to a Minimum, San Diego’s Jitterbug Announces Acquisition of MobiWatch of Waltham, MA

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 703
  wireless , acquistions , deals Bruce V. Bigelow wrote: San Diego-based Jitterbug , the simple-to-use wireless phone and services provider, says today it has acquired MobiWatch, a startup in Waltham, MA, developing mobile personal emergency response services. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. ...
  3 weeks ago

• Jitterbug Acquires MobiWatch Emergency Services Corp

  
  Great Product Direct — Authority: 160
  Today Jitterbug announced that it will acquire MobiWatch for an undisclosed sum. MobiWatch has been developing Mobile Personal Emergency Response Services (M-PERS). Personal Emergency Response Services were previously only available from landlines. By incorporating MobiWatchs service directly into Jitterbug ..
  3 weeks ago

• T-Mobile Says All Services Restored

  
  Great Product Direct — Authority: 160
  T-Mobile issued a statement late Tuesday night to inform customers that all voice and data services had be restored after an outage affected 5% of T-Mobiles subscribers.
  3 weeks ago

• In Case of Emergency

  
  It's my party (and I'll cry if I want to...) — Authority: 130
  I am a member of our companys Emergency Response Unit . We regularly have simulation of events where we play the role of telephone agents providing information to the affected families. Every year we go through emergency response training and phone-answering skills to equip ourselves in the event of a real emergency. ...
  3 weeks ago

• Second disaster management conference begins Wednesday

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) The second India Disaster Management Congress will be held in New Delhi from Wednesday and is expected to bring together 1,500 scientists and scholars from various global universities for interaction and integration of knowledge on various aspects of disaster risk reduction and management.The ...
  3 weeks ago

• RescueSim – Virtual Fire Team Traning

  
  gCaptain.com — Authority: 500
  We have shown you the video game Ship Simulator 2008 , a “realistic” (we haven’t tested this claim) simulator game for your PC, but today we point you towards another product from the company Vstep; RescueSim. Here’s the short description from the RescueSim website ; RescueSim allows emergency response ...
  3 weeks ago

• GAO Reports on Federal Geospatial Investments and Coordination

  
  GeoData Policy — Authority: 112
  Geospatial Information: Better Coordination and Oversight Could Help Reduce Duplicative InvestmentsGAO-04-824T June 23, 2004The collection, maintenance, and use of location-based (geospatial) information are essential to federal agencies carrying out their missions. Geographic information systems (GIS) are critical ...
  3 weeks ago

• 25,000 Displaced Children in Zimbabwe to Benefit From a Program Launched By the International Organisation for Migration

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 453
  Nearly 25,000 displaced children in Zimbabwe are set to benefit from a new program launched by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on Wednesday to create a safer, healthier and more conducive school environment for mobile and vulnerable children. The program targets 40 marginalized and neglected ...
  4 weeks ago

• Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008 Comes Into Force

  
  LEGAL & FINANCIAL UPDATES FROM TAX GURU — Authority: 451
  With proliferation of information technology enabled services such as e-governance, e-commerce and e-transactions; data security, data privacy and implementation of security practices and procedures relating to these applications of electronic... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, ...
  4 weeks ago

• Haiti, Cuba Relieved by Quiet Hurricane Season

  
  Voices of CRS — Authority: 130
  This time last year, Haiti and Cuba were reeling from powerful hurricanes that still have both countries in recovery mode. So understandably, the start of the current storm season heightened concerns among people on the islands as well parishioners in places such as Miami, the closest major U.S. city to the ...
  4 weeks ago

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