The Suicide Vest, as defined in the Cambridge Dictionary defines it: “a piece of clothing worn on the upper body with a bomb or bombs attached to it, used to cause an explosion that will kill the person wearing it as well as others:” Has been a popular and effective weapon of the…
New Homeland Security Secretary
According to the DHS press release yesterday, Kristjen M. Nielsen has been sworn in as the sixth secretary in the young agencies history. Nielsen, a close colleague of Kelly’s, previously served…
Gunshot Alarm as a solution to Possible Active Shooters
Wayne Crenshaw recently wrote an article for Emergency Management magazine. The article was about a new system to help alert people to a possible active shooter situation: “Military engineers at…
Why Universities will Continue to be Targets
This blog is dedicated to help you be as prepared as you can be for the world. One of the issues that drives people me insane is the fact that…
FEMA’s New ‘Disaster Deductible’ Shifts Responsibility to States
Over at Emergency Management Magazine, there was an interesting article about how FEMA is floating the idea of that would “give states a financial incentive to better prepare for storms,…
Can “See Something, Say Something” truly deter a terror attack?
One of the most trotted out phrases used after an Incident such as Orlando, San Bernadino, Boston Marathon Bombing, Chattanooga and Fort Hood is “If you see something, say something.”…
The Homeland Security Enterprise
Good Monday to you all, One of the questions that comes up is “What is homeland security?” According to the 2010 Quadrennial Homeland Security Report (QHSR) remarks that the term…
Fundamentals of Emergency Management
This is an continuation of the “Think Piece” B. Wayne Blancard wrote a for an Emergency Management Round table Meeting on March 2007 for the FEMA Emergency Management Institute (EMI).…
What is Emergency Management?
. Wayne Blancard wrote a “Think Piece” for an Emergency Management Round table Meeting on March 2007 for the FEMA Emergency Management Institute (EMI). In particular I found how the…