A Thai soccer team and their coach have been trapped in a flooded cave in northern Thailand, the 416 Wildfire continues to grow and other news.
By Dr. Michael Pittaro
Continuing to care for the nation’s aging prison population is costly and requires increased healthcare, resources and officer training. Learn why legislation that releases elderly inmates who pose little threat to society is a better solution.
Small scale incidents highlight the need for community resilience support systems.
Emergency and disaster management briefing for June 22, 2018: More than 30 children and several adults fell ill at a 4-H camp in Lake Placid, Florida; a former sales rep for Purdue Pharma alleges the company continued its misleading sales tactics for opioids after 2007 ruling; disaster declarations are issued for six counties in Texas that were inundated by floodwaters – and other news.
By Erik Kleinsmith
Citizens have long been warned of Big Brother, but are concerns over privacy and surveillance better directed at Little Brother? Learn how to protect your personal information from the non-governmental entities that are collecting it.
While it may seem that all we need to do is map out the station location and measure the percentage of the city that the station 4 and 8 minute zones would cover, there are many more issues that are intertwined with the number and location of stations. Some of the issues that are intertwined are budget, staffing, apparatus, and hazard analysis.
Emergency and disaster management briefing for June 20, 2018: Del Monte issues a voluntary recall for veggie trays that may be linked to people sickened by the Cyclospora parasite, American Airlines is struggling to restore normal operations following two computer glitches, the Trail Mountain Fire in Utah grows to over 14,680 acres amid bug-killed trees &ndash other news.
A bill has been proposed in California to train former inmates in Emergency Medical Services. Despite the recruitment problems EMS has been seeing, EMS would not be a good profession for those released from prison.
Reflecting upon my friend’s story (and stories similar to hers) I am reminded of how complex issues such as immigration reform can easily be reduced to sound bites calling for blunt enforcement of border security law as it is written.