Each integrated mobile sensor tower houses cameras, radars, wireless data access points, communications and computer equipment, and a tower security system.
EPTS is an information-technology solution that facilitates the triage, treatment, and transport of victims during mass-casualty incidents, and also is used for tracking vital assets.
This page serves as a repository of pandemic influenza plans and policies from all levels of government and is intended to help jurisdictions prepare for, respond to, and recover from an influenza pandemic or other public health emergency.
The goal of the program is to provide graduates with the knowledge and tools needed to become successful emergency managers in the public and private sectors of the Northeast Region of the United States.
The vaccine could be used in the event the current H5N1 avian virus were to develop the capability to efficiently spread from human to human, probably resulting in the rapid spread of the disease across the globe.
The North Dakota Department of Health, in conjunction with North Dakota's local public health units, will be conducting exercises across the state throughout late April & in May. All of the exercises planned will focus on planning for pandemic influenza.
Government officials already have ordered seven buses for fire departments in the Washington, D.C., area, and unveiled the vehicles in grand fashion at the Capitol building during a major press conference on 29 March.
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the invention of Dräger Pulmotor®, a machine to enable breathing, & which - along with the creation of the "soda lime cartridge" used for scrubbing toxic air within a breathing device - made Dräger's name famous.
The collaborative employee screening plan builds upon the layered approach already in place at the nation's airports, which includes perpetual vetting of employees against watch lists, badge and keypad-protected entry points, and TSA employee screening.