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Table of Contents: 1.) Interoperable Communications: How Long Will We Wait to Answer the Call? 2.) Underutilized Responders 3.) Protecting Masonry Buildings Against Explosions and Blasts
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COMMUNICATIONS 1. Interoperable Communications: How Long Will We Wait to Answer the Call? The former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency discusses the inability of first reponders to communicate with each other due to the challenges of interoperability among communication systems. James Lee Witt says he has seen the devastation and felt the heartache and pain that disasters can cause. "I know that if we could have communicated more quickly and easily that we could have lessened that pain," he admits. View Full Story
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FIRST RESPONDERS 2. Underutilized Responders Everyone knows the Red Cross and Salvation Army, but scores of other volunteer organizations provide essential services during emergency response, recovery and mitigation. View Full Story
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FIRE SAFETY 3. Protecting Masonry Buildings Against Explosions and Blasts The tragic events of September 11 have served to highlight the vulnerability of existing structures to terrorist attack. All western democracies are now acutely aware of the apocalyptic consequences of a well-orchestrated attack on high-profile government facilities and other related targets. Many of these buildings are historical, ornate, listed and constructed using traditional techniques with masonry elevations. Many of the modern retrofitted reinforcement techniques used to protect these structures against terrorist attacks are unsightly, intrusive or inappropriate. However, security specialists are well aware that while there might be little that can be done to defend a building against an aircraft attack, much can be done to defeat the more traditional car bomb and bullet.
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