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Survivor’s Guilt? | jeffalderdice
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Emergency Planning and Risk Management. June 25, 2013. Today is a special day, so I’d like to talk about a different topic than usual. Ten years ago today, Marine Lance Corporal Gregory MacDonald’s platoon was operating in the Northern Babil Province of Iraq, just south of Baghdad, when they received an order to respond as a quick reaction force (QRF) to assist an American convoy that was under fire from an insurgent ambush. MacDonald ( Mac ) did not return from that mission. The consummate intellectual,...
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Disaster Planning Assumptions and the Dangers Therein – The Importance of Evidence-Based Planning | jeffalderdice
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Emergency Planning and Risk Management. June 2, 2013. Emergency Planning and Preparedness. Disaster Planning Assumptions and the Dangers Therein The Importance of Evidence-Based Planning. Auf der Heide, A. (2006). The importance of evidence-based disaster planning. Annals of Emergency Medicine. Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL). (2008). Snapshot of emergency surge capacity in Washington, DC. Retrieved March 28, 2012, from http:/ www.hsdl.org/? Laquo; Previous post. Next post ». You are commenting ...
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Organization of Emergency Management Functions, Organizations, and Activities | jeffalderdice
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Emergency Planning and Risk Management. February 11, 2014. Emergency Planning and Preparedness. Organization of Emergency Management Functions, Organizations, and Activities. The Relationship between the NRF, ICS, and NIMS. Organization of NIMS Components. Organization of ICS Components. Federal, State, Local, and Industry Roles in Emergency Management. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). (2008). National incident management system. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. Washington, DC: CQ Press. Laquo; Previous post.
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What is a Disaster? | jeffalderdice
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Emergency Planning and Risk Management. June 20, 2013. Emergency Planning and Preparedness. What is a Disaster? Of course, for many teenagers, getting a pimple before a school dance would be considered a disaster or worse. What is your definition of a disaster? Farlex, Inc. (2013). The Free Dictionary: disaster. Retrieved June 19, 2013, from http:/ www.thefreedictionary.com/disaster. Ciottone, G. R. (2006). Disaster Medicine. Ed) Philadelphia, PA: Mosby. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. Laquo; Previous post. Terroris...
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Storm Camp | jeffalderdice
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Emergency Planning and Risk Management. March 11, 2014. In Emergency Planning and Preparedness. The Montgomery County, MD Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) has developed a new educational outreach program called Storm Camp. Storm Camp is a free half day interactive educational event for adults and children that promotes disaster preparedness for the county’s residents. Coppola D. P. and Maloney, E. K. (2009). Communicating emergency preparedness. New York: CRC Press. Laquo; Previous post. You are ...
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May 22, 2011 — The Joplin Tornado | Stormstalker
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The weather junkie's fix. April 11, 1965 — Palm Sunday Outbreak. July 6, 1893 — Pomeroy, Iowa →. May 22, 2011 — The Joplin Tornado. Note: Click photos to see larger versions. 8220;Get the sirens going, get the sirens going, I’m telling you! The EF3 tornado that struck Reading, Kansas on May 21, 2011. Visible satellite from 2:30 pm showing a field of cloud streets over parts of Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma. Note the outflow boundary from earlier convection marked by red arrows. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 325.
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Wildland Firefighting | jeffalderdice
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Emergency Planning and Risk Management. July 1, 2013. Emergency Planning and Preparedness. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the 19 firefighters who were killed in the line of duty yesterday and are with the loved ones that they left behind. Not only are wildland firefighters part of a long and distinguished tradition of bravery, service, and sacrifice, but the history of that service has actually led emergency management into its current era. Tags: 19 firefighters killed. Laguna Fire of 1970. Fill in y...
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Storm Camp | jeffalderdice
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Emergency Planning and Risk Management. The Montgomery County, MD Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) has developed a new educational outreach program called Storm Camp. Storm Camp is a free half day interactive educational event for adults and children that promotes disaster preparedness for the county’s residents. Coppola D. P. and Maloney, E. K. (2009). Communicating emergency preparedness. New York: CRC Press. US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). (2013). Are you ready? Disaster Plannin...
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Terrorist Threats to the Continental United States | jeffalderdice
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Emergency Planning and Risk Management. May 28, 2013. In Emergency Planning and Preparedness. Terrorist Threats to the Continental United States. Classification of Groups that Present a Potential Terrorist Threat. As the close of the 20. Terrorist Tactics, Weapons, and Targets. Once terrorists have decided to act on their strategic objectives, they will attempt to use whatever means that they have available to strike the best target that they can find in the most destructive manner possible. In order...
