Science & Technology Archives

Coming Soon: A National EMS Administration?

Joseph Cahill June 1, 2005

Today’s EMS community is a full partner on the nation’s homeland-security first-responder team, but gets short shrift in funding, in representation at the White House and on Capitol Hill, and in media attention. One way to even out the playing field might be to establish a national office representing city,

Capt. John Delaney, Arlington County (VA) Fire Department

John F. Morton June 1, 2005

The leader of a cutting-edge team created to develop a new manual spelling out recommended fire-department responses to radiological incidents describes the team’s modus operandi, which put particular focus on the establishment of exposure limits.

Guest Commentary: Resolving

Buck Somes June 1, 2005

GenPrime V.P. suggests a new paradigm for the handling of emergency calls – many of them hoaxes – reporting the presence of anthrax-like substances that might be cornstarch, baby powder, or coffee creamer. Or anthrax. The use of on-site broad-spectrum screen can be used to determine a “threat/no threat” result

Oklahoma, Texas, Indiana, and Kansas

Anthony Lanzillotti May 18, 2005

Oklahoma continues to provide more resources for first responders and counterterrorism personnel; new partnerships in homeland security and emergency preparedness formed in Texas; Indiana agencies address suspicious activity and fraud; Kansas responders.

ALPR Systems and How They Grew

Jay Kehoe May 18, 2005

Crime-fighting goes high-tech with the introduction and increasing use of affordable, relatively compact, and user-friendly OCR and ALPR technology. Today, speeders are the most likely target. Tomorrow and the day after it will be known criminals and/or s

Dirty Bombs: The Impossible Becomes Probable

Neil C. Livingstone May 4, 2005

Surplus uranium, inadequate controls, and undetected smuggling are the key ingredients of a future nuclear disaster on U.S. soil. Today, almost any nation in the world is capable of building Hiroshima-sized nuclear devices, RDDs, and/or dirty bombs.

Missouri, Rhode Island, and Nevada

Anthony Lanzillotti May 3, 2005

Missouri, Rhode Island, and Nevada By Anthony Lanzillotti Missouri Funeral Directors seek help with PPE funding Funeral home directors in Missouri have asked the state to help them obtain federal funding for the purchase of personal protective equipment (PPE). The request came after a recent meeting of the directors to discuss

Ohio, California and Minnesota

Anthony Lanzillotti April 20, 2005

A dirty bomb is hidden inside a vessel at a port facility somewhere on Lake Erie. SWAT teams, more than 180 first responders, and a large number of EMS student victims are among the many-splendored participants in an extended counter-terrorism exercise at Ohio Tests Lake Erie Dirty-Bomb Scenario Just two weeks

Virtual Exercises: They’re the Real Thing!

Joseph Cahill April 20, 2005

Frequent and effective training is one of the keys to carrying out an adequate domestic-preparedness plan of any type. Such training costs money, though, and funds are scarce.

Ohio, Hawaii, California, and Minnesota

Domestic Preparedness April 20, 2005

Ohio Just two weeks before the large “TOPOFF3” exercise tapped major resources in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, the state of Ohio held a small tabletop exercise focusing on the threat of a sea borne radiological dispersal device. The scenario included a “dirty bomb” hidden within a vessel

A Message From the Publisher

Martin D. Masiuk April 20, 2005

Two major homeland-security events – the CFSI dinner in Washington, D.C., and the FDIC conclave in Indianapolis – reinforce, in different ways, Chairman Cox’s goal of keeping a tighter rein on DHS management while also providing the funds needed to contin

Risks and Realities, Grants and Vulnerabilities

James D. Hessman April 20, 2005

The mostly successful launch of the Department of Homeland Security has been followed, not surprisingly, by allegations of wasteful spending and a failure to establish priorities. The new team at DHS meets the challenge head-on, and is already working wit

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