FIRE ARCHIVES
State & Local Medical Countermeasures: The 12-Hour Push
Kay C. Goss
October 17, 2012
Emergency managers are working hard, on a continuing basis, to improve and support the national capability to assist in providing assets to affected areas during an extreme biological incident or emergency requiring medical countermeasures.
Draeger Hosts Free Firefighter Webinar on Thermal Imaging Cameras
Domestic Preparedness
October 17, 2012
Dräger announces that it will hold a free webinar entitled “Expect More from Your Thermal Imaging Camera!” to educate firefighters on how today’s new thermal imaging camera technology can help them on the job.
National Fire Academy Adds Two New Applied Research Courses to NFA Online
Domestic Preparedness
October 16, 2012
The U.S. Fire Administration’s (USFA) National Fire Academy (NFA) announces the availability of two new NFA Online courses: Data Gathering Instruments to Support Applied Research Projects (Q170) and Designing an Applied Research Project Proposal (Q171).
Addressing Key Policy Issues Before the Next Catastrophe
Ann Lesperance
October 10, 2012
Economic redevelopment, waste and fatality management, and the prioritization of cleanup operations are just a few of the key policy issues that decision makers must consider and address before the next anthrax attack or other disaster strikes. Having a clear strategy, effective management plans, and solid relationships with partners who
Breaking the Rules to Save Lives
Joseph Cahill
October 3, 2012
No two emergency scenarios are identical and some may call for “creative” solutions – for example, overriding triage strategies for victims of a weapon of mass destruction or substituting medications for scarce countermeasures. Understanding the rules and how far they can “bend” in a crisis situation may help save not
Hospital Response to a 10-Kiloton Nuclear Detonation
Craig DeAtley
September 25, 2012
Article Out Loud For many years, federal, state, and local authorities throughout the United States have planned and trained for the notional possibility of a 10-kiloton improvised nuclear device being detonated within a major metropolitan area. If that were to occur, the hundreds of thousands of fatalities and life-threatening injuries
Public Health Response & Severe Weather Emergencies
Audrey Mazurek
September 24, 2012
Public health professionals are constantly building the capacity and capabilities needed to respond to a variety of possible emergencies such as biological events, pandemic influenza, emerging diseases, manmade disasters, and a host of other dangers.
Hospitals Must Prepare Now for Future Contingencies
Theodore Tully
September 19, 2012
Considering the financial constraints already in place, and the likelihood that there will be continuing reductions in federal grant funds for preparedness, the challenge facing U.S. hospitals and other healthcare facilities to do more with less has perhaps never been greater. More specifically, in preparedness planning and operations, very few
CBRNE & NIMS: Complementary, Not Contradictory
Stephen Grainer
September 19, 2012
Some critics of the U.S. National Incident Management System (NIMS) have cited a wide variety of examples to justify their claims that the NIMS policy guidelines will not fully and/or effectively serve the nation’s needs in managing future emergency-response situations.
Protecting Responders From the Known and Unknown
John Lazier
September 12, 2012
Law enforcement officers secure the scene, hazmat teams enter the hot zone, emergency medical technicians transport victims, and emergency room doctors and nurses receive patients following a radiological incident. Each responder plays an important role, but each requires a different level of protection, which is dictated by different standards. Resources
Radiation Contamination of Emergency Equipment
Joseph Cahill
September 5, 2012
In 1945, Nagasaki became the second Japanese city destroyed by an atomic bomb in the closing days of World War II. The nuclear explosion caused immediate damage and killed tens of thousands of people, but the radiological contamination that remained took many additional lives. A crisis at a nuclear power
DPJ Book Review: Centerline
Randall (Randy) Larsen
August 28, 2012
“Everybody who goes to war gets shot,” one soldier says. “Some in the body. Some in the head. Some in the heart.” The National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics (NCVAS) estimates that, as of 30 September 2011, the nation’s veteran population is more than 22.2 million. Although the journey
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