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C-CERTs Allow Colleges to Take Quick Action During an Emergency

By   /  May 10, 2013  /  Training, Exercise and Drills  /  No Comments

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When disaster strikes on or near a college campus, local first responders don’t always have the staff or resources to help immediately — especially when the campus is as big as a small city. 

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Most Schools Are Ill-Prepared for an Active Shooter Scenario

By   /  April 15, 2013  /  Homeland Security  /  No Comments

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It will take an all-hazards tactic, additional campus safety personnel and a new approach to building design for schools to become more hardened against the threat of an active shooter on campus. But before all of that happens, we will undoubtedly see more events like the one that shook the country on Dec. 14, 2012, [...]

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Responding to severe weather while developing tomorrow’s leaders

By   /  March 11, 2013  /  Emergency Management  /  No Comments

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By Scott Hart, Community Emergency Response Team, Rowlett, Texas Early last April, North Texas was hit by severe thunderstorms and tornadoes. One line of storm cells with tornadoes caused severe damage across at least four counties.

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Strengthening Cybersecurity for the Nation’s Critical Infrastructure

By   /  February 15, 2013  /  Cyber Security  /  No Comments

DHS: Blueprint for a Secure Cyber Future

Critical infrastructure is the backbone of our country’s national and economic security. It includes everything from power plants, chemical facilities and cyber networks, to bridges and highways, stadiums and shopping malls, as well as the federal buildings where millions of Americans work and visit each day.

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“Live burns” to benefit research and firefighter training

By   /  January 30, 2013  /  Training, Exercise and Drills  /  1 Comment

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Fire researchers from theNational Institute of Standards and Technology(NIST) and colleagues from fire service organizations will turn abandoned wood-frame, single-family houses near the site of an old Spartanburg, South Carolina, textile mill into proving and training grounds for new science-driven fire-fighting techniques this week.

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