By Anthony S. Mangeri, MPA, CPM, CEM
It is not always what caused a multiple casualty incident that matters. What matters is the ability of the community to respond effectively. Effective response begins with planning, training, and exercising community emergency …
It always seems eerie to me when I’m attending a conference and the subject of the event is playing out in real life, somewhere else. Such was the case at the recent World Conference on Disaster Management (WCDM)when news spread that a mall, in Elliot Lake, Ontario, had collapsed, prompting a call for a Toronto-based HUSAR (Heavy Urban Search and Rescue) team to be dispatched to search for trapped survivors.
By Michael Sale
Yesterday, Sanford, Fla., Police Chief Bill Lee submitted his letter of resignation, 57 days after his department declined to arrest neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.
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