NNSA convenes radiation emergency management course in Denmark

Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector:  education_training NNSA convenes radiation emergency management course in Denmark Participants from five countries took part in an international training course convened by the U.S. nuclear materials security agency in Denmark aimed at passing on nuclear emergency management techniques. The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) International…

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Intl. Assn. of Emergency Managers lands half-million-dollar FEMA award

Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector:  disaster_preparedness_emergency_response FEMA intends to award a contract worth just under $500,000 to the International Association of Emergency Managers, headquartered in Falls Church, VA, to evaluate the effectiveness of the National Integration Center’s current Private Sector Preparedness Program. The contract will also ask the emergency managers…

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CO2 exposure in public places increasing danger for emergency responders

Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector:  disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption:  CO2 canister New generation technology that delivers Carbon dioxide (CO2) to soda fountains in restaurants and other commercial applications could be a hidden danger to emergency responders, warned a memo circulated to emergency responders this summer by the Los Angeles Joint Regional…

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Emergency security patch issued by Microsoft to squash Internet Explorer zero day exploit

Microsoft has released an out-of-cycle security update to protect Internet Explorer users against a vulnerability that was being exploited by malicious hackers. View full post on Naked Security – Sophos For more information go to http://www.NationalCyberSecurity.com, http://www. GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.LocatePC.net or http://AmIHackerProof.com View full post on National Cyber Security

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NNSA tests preparedness in radiological emergency response exercise

Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector:  cbrne_detection Image Caption:  RAP exercise Radiological emergency response teams gathered for a terror-attack response exercise in Albuquerque, NM, the week of Sept. 10. Members of the National Nuclear Security Agency’s (NNSA) Radiological Assistance Teams working under the NNSA’s Radiological Assistance Program (RAP) attended intensive training…

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PPM 2000 computer-aided dispatch and MIR3 notification to collaborate on emergency response

Top Priority Sector:  law_enforcement_first_responders Image Caption:  PPM 2000′sDispatchLog PPM 2000, a provider of end-to-end incident management software, announced on August 14 the integration of its computer-aided dispatch component, Perspective DispatchLog, with the Intelligent Notification (IN) platform from MIR3, an innovator of real-time intelligent notification and response technology. Homepage position:  10…

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