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26 Apr

A Case Study: 9/11 World Trade Center, New York City

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Event: 9/11, World Trade Center, New York City Date: 11 September 2001 Summary The terrorist group al-Qaeda coordinated suicide attacks on the US. They hijacked four airplanes, crashing two into the World Trade Center Towers, another into the Pentagon and a fourth (probably destined for the White House or the Capitol) near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Some

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18 Apr

A Case Study: Hurricane Katrina

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Date: 23-30 August, 2005 Summary: The storm began over the Bahamas, strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico, then weakened before hitting land for the second time on the morning of August 29. The worst damage in New Orleans occurred when the levee system failed, with many failures after the hurricane had moved inland. Eighty per

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15 Jun

A N E M E R G E N C Y C L E A R I N G OF THE AIR

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while ago, just before writing about Bradford’s emergency preparedness plan, there was a BBC news story about a fire that had broken out at nearby Drummonds Mill. High levels of carbon monoxide were released into the air. According to the BBC, about 100 houses were evacuated as a precautionary measure. One hundred firefighters tackled the

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24 Apr

FOR SAFETY’S SAKE… T H I N K A G A I N

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Researchers in the emergency management field call urban emergency plans fantasies, since these rely on public transit, private cars, and even expertise and help that often doesn’t really exist. Up to 56% of urbanites don’t have cars, and often the remedies listed in crisis plans turn out not to exist. In fact, some evacuation orders

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26 Mar

V O L U N T E E R S

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In the movies, when the town is threatened by natural or other events, somebody rounds up all the able bodied people and gets them to spring into action. If it’s a western, women, men, and children load rifles, make barricades, and fire off a few rounds. They barely hold out until the cavalry arrives —

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05 Mar

P H A N T O M H E L P E R S

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The things you’ll need to save lives in an urban emergency are pretty ordinary. This means chain saws, shovels, pick-up trucks, snow ploughs, busses, regular cars, and lots of people to operate this stuff. Whether it’s snow, tree limbs, or debris from broken up homes on the street, you’ll need people and equipment to get

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06 Jul

How to Prepare for Extreme Heat Safety

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The intense heat around the world has been driving us out of our own homes due to lack of a safe and cool space, forest fires, into hospitals for dehydration, pet dehydration and the list can go on. If you are an older adult, a young child, have chronic illnesses, asthma, work in the heat,

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