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Over the course of my first semester studying Emergency Management I have come across several Emergency Management websites that I have found useful and interesting ...
United States Northern Command What It Is... The United States Northern Command ( NORTHCOM ) was established on April 17, 2002 as part of a major change in the ...
JamesBishop 09 Dec 2005 DomesticTerrorism This is an area that I hate to admit exists. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigations, between 1991 and 2001 ...
STRATEGIC NATIONAL STOCKPILE (SNS) Introduction An act of terrorism or large scale natural disaster impacting a U.S. civilian population requires rapid access ...
Emergency Support Functions Introduction The Emergency Support Function (ESF) system represents the critical elements of emergency management and is composed of ...
JamesBishop 05 Dec 2005 DisasterPreparedness The federal government has published thousands of pamphlets, handouts, and manuals on numerous topics involving emergency ...
JamesBishop 12 Dec 2005 DisasterExercises As any department head of an emergency response unit can tell you, the only way to ensure that emergency personnel are ...
COAST 2050 PROJECT Introduction... The rate of coastal land loss in Louisiana has reached catastrophic proportions in recent years and the aftermath from Hurricane ...
Project 25 /images.jpg Project 25 is a program of joining the efforts of private communications industry and government in the task of improving interoperability ...
/logo dhs.gif Lessons Learned Information Sharing LLIS.gov is the national network of Lessons Learned and Best Practices for emergency response providers and homeland ...
/emi header.gif Through both its brick and mortar facilities in Emmistburgh, Maryland and its website http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb, the Emergency Management Institute ...
Confined Space Operations /SamCSR4.jpg Keowee Key rescue technician Sam Morris prepares a victim of a Confined Space accident for transport. Photograph used with ...
NIMS Training Requirements The National Incident Management System (NIMS) Integration Center (NIC) was established in 2004 by the Department of Homeland Security ...
The Department of Homeland Security The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was created in January 2003 in response to the attacks of September 11, 2001. The mission ...
Computer Aided Dispatch Systems The ComputerAidedDispatch, or CAD, system is the nexus of the emergency dispatch process. Calls for emergency services are received ...
Mobile Data Computers In a public safety environment MobileDataComputers (MDCs) are computer systems that are integrated with the computer aided dispatch system ...
Emergency Notification Systems Sometimes referred to as reverse 911, EmergencyNotificationSystems (ENS) are used to rapidly distribute emergency and non emergency ...
Electronic Terrorism It seems that every day we hear of another instance of information theft over the Internet. These issues are bringing people in government and ...
Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) The national emergency number in the United States and Canada is 911. Dialing 911 will connect the caller with a Public Safety ...
Voice Logging Systems 911 centers are required by law to record certain activities conducted in the communications center. VoiceLoggingSystems are used to capture ...
Federal Emergency Management Agency The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) a former independent agency that became part of the new DepartmentOfHomelandSecurity ...
The Incident Command System Introduction The Incident Command System or ICS is built around five major incident management functions. Command This function ...
Trench Rescue Operations Introduction Construction is one of the most hazardous industries in the U.S., with excavation being one of the most hazardous types of construction ...
Emergency Services Topics Hazard Mitigation HazardMitigation involves a complicated process of Preparing a community for a disaster, whether man made or natural before ...
Fighting Terrorism Introduction. Fighting Terrorism has been an important aspect in the daily lives of American citizens since 9/11. With the events of that fateful ...
Hazard Mitigation Hazard Mitigation involves a complicated process of Preparing a community for a disaster, whether man made or natural before the disaster takes ...
Emergency Management Links of Interest The Electronic Encyclopaedia of Civil Defense and Emergency Management The Electronic Journal of Disaster Science Emergency ...
Student Handbook LEARNING ONLINE – AN INTRODUCTORY STUDENT HANDBOOK Edition 2.2 – January 2005 Copyright 2005 by the University of Richmond School of Continuing ...
This style guide is applicable to all original emergency management and disaster science research submitted for consideration for publication in either of the Internet ...