Emergency Preparedness News & Articles

• Somalia extremists urge attacks on US shopping malls

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  Video purported to be by rebel group al-Shabab urged Muslims to attack shopping malls in the U.S., Canada, Britain and other Western countries

• Records: Police wanted Guard in Ferguson neighborhood

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  Security planning began long before the grand jury announcement

• 3 dead, 5 officers shot in Denmark

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  Suspected gunman killed by police after shooting attacks had a background in criminal gangs

• Ferguson mayor says he tried in vain to get Guard to town

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  Said Wednesday that he had tried in vain to urge Gov. Jay Nixon to deploy the National Guard in his town as people burned and looted buildings in protest of a grand jury's decision in the Michael Brown case

• Hearings to begin on governor's tactics for Ferguson unrest

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  The bipartisan panel is to first hear testimony from local officials as a prelude to calling upon members of Gov. Jay Nixon's administration in the coming weeks

• SWAT medic creates trauma bag for active shooter situations

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  The bag is designed to be used by a non-medical person during an incident where EMS can’t immediately access the injured due to scene safety restrictions

• Security v. safety: What cops should know about the encryption war

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  Should individuals be permitted to have a lock that no one but the owner may open?

• Ferguson lessons: A model of police, fire, and EMS teamwork

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  If rioting involves businesses being looted and burned, our brothers and sisters in the big red trucks will be summoned — and any FD or EMS response in the hot zone will require a dedicated police presence to protect the responders

• Security app flies drones to your location in emergency

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  After a user has activated a 'dummy switch' they have a certain amount of time before police are automatically notified of their location

• Wash. shooting recordings released: 'We need aid ASAP'

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  As police raced to a high school last week in response to reports of a possible shooter, they faced the daunting task of trying to secure a maze of buildings

• Mo. gov's Ferguson response widely criticized

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  Public records show that Gov. Jay Nixon received thousands of phone calls and hundreds of emails, letters and faxes from people throughout Mo. and the world in the weeks after the Aug. 9 shooting

• FCC votes to push for 911 texting service

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  Current technology and operational procedures must be enhanced in order to ensure messages are received and can be responded to

• The Defender combines camera, surveillance, pepper spray

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  A personal protection system that takes prevention to the next level

• Southern Police Equipment introduces EcoPure Emergency Rescue Respirator

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  EcoPure provides over five minutes of safe, filtered air and is effective against CO, HCL, SO2 and NH3

• Pentagon military surplus gives departments an edge

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  Excess military material comes at virtually no cost to local law enforcement agencies

• New medical kit may have saved Dallas cop shot 3 times

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  It was the first time Dallas police used the medical kit, which includes a tourniquet, special anti-clotting gauze and bandages

• Police-issued tourniquets save lives in Philly

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  5,000 tourniquets have been distributed to patrol officers as part of a new initiative

• Urban Shield 2013: Don’t forget the ‘victims’

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  Behind the scenes with the countless volunteers who make Urban Shield training so valuable — ‘victims’ will never fully know the good they did this weekend

• Urban Shield 2013: First responders declare, ‘We have the watch!’

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  35 elite SWAT teams from as far away as Brazil joined up with fire and EMS responders in the annual exercise organized and executed by Alameda County Sheriff Gregory Ahern and his team

• Officer revives Maine man waiting for ambulance

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  Officer Gil Jameson performed CPR, a requirement at Maine Criminal Justice Academy for situations like this one

• The Jammer keeps doors open in lightweight fashion

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  Sometimes the most routine of jobs can go sideways, and an open door can be the difference between life and death

• Does exercise impair cognitive ability?

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  By Ann Konzal Informa Systems, Inc. The following is sponsored content from Informa Systems, Inc. Informa Systems performed a simple experiment to determine if exercise impairs our cognitive abilit...

• NYPD, Microsoft create crime-fighting system

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  The technology instantaneously mines data from the police department's voluminous records and assembles it in an easy-to-use form

• PoliceOne Roundtable: Expert insights on aftermarket vehicle safety equipment

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  In a recent Police1 survey, experts weighed in on their preferences on the aftermarket equipment that keeps you and your squad car at peak performance

• Grant funds Wash. police training for domestic violence, stalking

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  Every officer is able to attend the training because of additional funds from the grant to pay for the officers’ time

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