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“Is Obama Ready For A Bomb On The Train?”
That’s the provocative question asked by the headline of an ABCNews.com article written by Leonard Marcus, Isaac Ashkenazi, and Barry Dorn from Harvard’s National Preparedness Leadership Initiative...
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Singapore Brings In Bloggers For Briefings Before Disasters To Help Public...
I just read about a good idea that the government of Singapore has had about briefing members of the blogsphere in advance of emergencies. According to an article in Channel News Asia headlined...
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Israel Completes Its Largest Civil Defense Exercise With Citizens Of All Ages...
Just weeks after the release of a Department of Homeland Security report indicating that the U.S. could learn from Israel about citizen preparedness, the Mideast nation last week undertook its largest...
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Today’s “International Day For Disaster Reduction” Focuses On Making...
Today, October 14th, is “International Day For Disaster Reduction.” According to a press release: Today, the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) dedicates its annual International...
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New Book Offers State/Local Homeland Security Models, Asks ‘Would You Pay To...
I was just sent an interesting new book, Safeguarding Homeland Security: Governors And Mayors Speak Out (Springer), edited by Simon Hakim and Erwin A. Blackstone. The book is comprised of individual...
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In D.C. Speech, Israeli Resilience Expert Argues “An Active Public Is A...
As the concept of ‘resilience’ in homeland security gains prominence here in the U.S., the Homeland Security Policy Institute (HSPI) at George Washington University hosted a timely speech by...
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“Preparing For The Next Haiti, With Maps, Texts And Tweets”
Nathan Hodge of Wired.com’s Danger Room blog has a good post, Preparing For The Next Haiti, With Maps, Texts, And Tweets, which discusses the impressive high-tech volunteer response to the earthquake....
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China Holds Special Disaster Preparedness Day Similar To Japan’s — U.S....
On Wednesday, China held its second National Day of Disaster Prevention and Reduction. May 12th is the anniversary of the 8.0-magnitude 2008 earthquake that hit the nation’s Sichuan Province. China...
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Israel Begins Annual Nationwide Civil Defense Drill; “Turning Point 4″ Offers...
Israel yesterday began its 4th annual Turning Point national civil defense drill Sunday. The five-day exercise, developed in response to a concern about the nation’s preparedness, involves the Israeli...
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Citizen Preparedness Apathy A Problem Not Only Here In U.S. — Indifference...
Thanks to the Recovery Diva, Claire Rubin, for sending me an article from the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, “Public Indifference To Civil Defense Drills Highlights Israeli Apathy” about the Mideast...
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On Ex-Pres. Clinton’s Referral, New York City CERT Instructors Being Sent To...
New York City’s Office of Emergency Management (NYC OEM) will be sending NYC OEM Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program Staff, CERT Instructors from the Fire Department, and Department of...
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CERT Graduation Today For 400 Haitian Earthquake Survivors Trained In...
Four hundred Haitian earthquake survivors are graduating today from a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training in disaster preparedness and response. They have been trained by a delegation of...
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NYC CERT Team Leader Writes Journal About Experiences Training Earthquake...
Earlier this month, I wrote about a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) group from New York City that went to Haiti to train earthquake survivors in emergency preparedness and response. CERT team...
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Citizen Tech Mavens Gathering In D.C. For Inaugural International...
There are a couple very exciting disaster preparedness and response events occurring in Washington, D.C. at the end of this week — the CrisisCommons Roundtable and the First International...
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“Disaster Politics: Why Earthquakes Rock Democracies Less”
“On January 12, 2010, Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, was struck by a 7.0-magnitude earthquake that caused widespread destruction and killed approximately 222,000 people. The next month, Chile was hit...
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SwiftRiver: “Making Sense Of The Web During A Crisis”
BBC News has an interesting article “Making Sense Of The Web During A Crisis,” about SwiftRiver, an open source software platform that uses algorithms and crowdsourcing to validate and filter news. It...
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“How CrisisCommons Is Helping The Tech Community Help Others”
I wanted to post an article from Mashable about CrisisCommons and its first CrisisCongress which took place last week. I was lucky to participate in the inaugural Crisis Camp last year and have been...
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U.S. State Department Blog Asks For Public’s Ideas On: “What Are Innovative...
In the wake of the catastrophic flooding in Pakistan, the U.S. State Department’s blog, DipNote, yesterday asked the public for ideas on “What Are Innovative Ways The International Community Can...
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Preparing For Emergencies — Whether It Be Weather, Health, Politics Or...
In the Boston Globe’s Sunday Travel section today, there’s an article about preparing for emergencies, including weather, health, politics and security, while going abroad. The piece notes: Traveling...
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Pakistan Crisis Wiki — Created By Group Of Bloggers — Raising Funds, Serving...
With Pakistan suffering its worst flooding in 80 years, I wanted to bring to your attention a web-based, civilian-created effort to raise money and be an information conduit both inside and outside the...
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New Study Says “Individualistic” Americans May Be Too Optimistic About...
A new study says “individualistic” Americans may be too optimistic about the risk of disasters, including terrorism, as opposed to more “interdependent” cultures such as in Asia. The report argues...
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State Dept. Blog Promotes $10 Text Donations To Pakistan Flood Relief, Asks...
The U.S. State Department’s blog, Dipnote, this weekend is promoting text donations for Pakistan flood relief. It is also asking for public input on this question: How can we encourage the...
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Another Terrible Disaster & Another Inspiring International Response From The...
Another major international disaster and another swift international response from the citizen volunteers of CrisisCommons. CrisisCommons, as has been covered frequently on the blog, is, according to...
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U.S. State Department, Ad Council Release New Fundraising PSAs For Pakistan...
The U.S. State Department and the Ad Council have just released tv and radio public service announcements asking Americans to contribute to Pakistan flood relief. In one of the video PSAs, Secretary of...
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670,000 Japanese Citizens Participated In Their Nation’s Annual Disaster...
Though yesterday’s launch of National Preparedness Month was filled with a lot of great activities taking place throughout the U.S., it also a day that underscores the shortcomings in the nation’s...
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