If a disaster occurred today would you be prepared? Would your family be OK if you could not reach or communicate with them for hours or days? Disasters will happen, we are all vulnerable but we can take easy basic steps that could mean survival. This FREE workshop will give you information and resources [...]
By Christopher Riccardi: Emergency Preparedness, Safety & Security, Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center San Pedro Mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery…these are actions that Emergency Preparedness personnel take to heart. These are more than idle words. These are the driving mantra in any successful emergency management program. Hospitals, EMS agencies, cities and communities [...]
The bombs at the Boston Marathon were designed to maim and kill, and they did. Three people died within the first moments of the blast. More than a hundred and seventy people were injured. They had their limbs blown off, vital arteries severed, bones fractured, flesh torn open by shrapnel or scorched by the [...]
The Los Angeles Fire Department’s Community Emergency Response Team, or CERT, wants to help locals find out what happens in the event of an emergency. The LAFD is sponsor a workshop to help area residents learn about what happens during an emergency as well as the role the National Guard plays when it comes [...]
The police response to Monday’s bomb attacks in Boston was a sign that cities across the US are far better prepared for random attacks than they once were. Anecdotally, at least, the police and emergency response in Boston Monday was efficient and effective, says Bruce Hoffman, an expert in terrorism studies at Georgetown [...]
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