The Center for Domestic Preparedness has averaged 58 mobile training events per week in 2008. MTTs offer hometown responders an opportunity to receive the vital training necessary to respond to potential threats, whether accidental or manmade.
Following the recent medical and public health emergency mobilizations in Texas to cope with Hurricanes Dolly, Gustav, & Ike, a number of important preparedness & response issues emerged that have now been developed into a "lessons learned" exercise.
The contract will require a series of on-site training sessions and webinars to prepare hospital personnel for specific pandemic strategies, followed by a desktop exercise (a unique SES product) that will be conducted in all nine regions of the state.
The Foundation of Higher Education (FoHE) develops standards designed to strengthen the disaster/emergency-management and homeland-security profession, and recently granted APUS special accreditation.
Although the uniform & badge represent the professionalism of the officers, it's what's behind the cloth & metal that embodies the spirit of TSA - a focused, intelligent, & dedicated work force that lives the agency's post-9/11 slogan: "Not on my watch."
Since 11 September 2001, DHS has made significant progress in protecting the nation from dangerous people and goods, protecting the nation's critical infrastructure on which American lives and the U.S. economy depend, and much more.
StreetLab Mobile is a portable, user-friendly, handheld device that reliably identifies a broad range of substances in liquid, powder, and solid forms.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Ike, the Texas National Guard is deploying terminals to have emergency communications in place of the terrestrial network for Guard units and other first responders.
"His expertise in developing effective prevention solutions will enhance Prepared Response's emergency preparedness & crisis management offerings for campus & critical infrastructure customers," said Jim Finnell, president & CEO of Prepared Response.
