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September 25, 2008
Week 22
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September is National Preparedness Month
More than 1,200 organizations have pledged their support and joined the 2008 National Preparedness Month Coalition. Sponsored by the department's Ready Campaign, National Preparedness Month helps to raise awareness and promote action by Americans, businesses, and communities on emergency preparedness.

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Where there's smoke, there's wildfire

By Doug Page, Homeland1 Contributor
On June 20, a massive dry, low-pressure weather system moved over California and resulted in over 6,000 lightning strikes, sparking more than 2,000 fires across 26 heavily wooded northern and central California counties.

Finding accurate, up-to-date information during such calamities is always difficult, not only for civilians but also for responding emergency agencies ... Full Story

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The evolution of fatality management

By Dennis McGowan, Homeland1 Contributor
Over the past few decades, there has been a refinement of the processes and requirements included under the contemporary definition of responsible fatality management.

Changes in science and shifting social imperatives now allow, even demand, more sophisticated approaches to the recovery, identification and disposition of the remains of those killed in disasters ... Full Story

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Boston's MBTA loses bid to
expand security grants
Fire, chemical spill prompts evacuations

A battery explosion and fire at a factory in Stonington, Conn. forced the evacuation of about three square miles, Tues. (AP Photo/Jack Sauer) Full Story

BOSTON — The federal government has rejected a request by the MBTA and other big-city transit agencies to use antiterrorism grants to install systems that detect chemical threats in subway stations.

Federal guidelines now exclude the systems under the belief that they would not warn passengers quickly enough ... Full Story


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