Resilience / Recovery

DHS to award $33.7 million in local first responder grants
Funds can be used for a host of different products, including IT, thermal imaging, and video surveillance; applications due 29 May
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Minor league baseball passes on DHS Ready Campaign
Over two-thirds of teams are not participating in what William Arkin calls a “sophomoric and wasteful” effort
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Canada emergency response system requires CPR
So says a review of the recent Cyber Storm exercise; poor communications and data access cited as major concerns
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FEMA to miss June hurricane planning deadline
“Unexpected issues” cause delay, and congress is not happy; FEMA to revert to modified Katrina plan
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Virginia Tech attacks mobilize crisis industry
Flush with federal grants, psychologists use the Web to share data, best practices; American School Counselor Association reports a doubling of membership since 9/11
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Experts identify common post-attack response problems
Multi-disciplinary panel of blast-related injury experts takes a close look at common triage, scene security, and communications difficulties; researchers hope to identify best practices
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VivoMetrics upgrades LifeShirt monitoring system
Worn underneath a soldier or firefighter’s equipment, new VivoResponder monitors vital signs such as respiration, ECG, and blood oxygen saturation
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DoE inspector general raps agency's computer management system
Twenty desktop computers containing classified information are missing; another seventy-four lacked proper labeling
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GAO raps Project 25 interoperability grants
Federal government has spent $2.15 billion on expensive but uncompatible radios; a lack of strategic vision
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Mobile evacuation buses make their D.C. debut
Sartin Services introduces a vehicle that can transport twenty-four victims at once
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DoE opens new radiation detection lab
Cytogenetics biodosimetry makes a comeback at Oak Ridge
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DoE tests Isonics's aerosol bio-decontamination system
Company receives $1 million in funding to perfect technology; tests come as Isonics faces delisting from Nasdaq
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Explosions found to cause serious lung problems
Brief high-level concentrations of nitrogen dioxide can cause lung edema; Walter Reed researchers may an experimental breakthrough
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Sources say DHS will be flexible on interoperability grants
With $1 billion soon to be unleashed, DHS says it will support the unfavored 800 MHz band; NTIA argues grants can only be used for technology and equipment
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NYC lags behind in firefighter equipment
Fire department lacks efficient pre-planning and command software; Critical Information Dispatch System offers only 160 characters of text; accurate building maps remain a low priority
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