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Month: October 2016

Gunshot Alarm as a solution to Possible Active Shooters

by barrettbriefing@gmail.com on October 24, 2016 add a comment

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…

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Why Universities will Continue to be Targets

by barrettbriefing@gmail.com on October 24, 2016 add a comment

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…

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FEMA’s New ‘Disaster Deductible’ Shifts Responsibility to States

by barrettbriefing@gmail.com on October 24, 2016 add a comment

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,…

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Can “See Something, Say Something” truly deter a terror attack?

by barrettbriefing@gmail.com on October 24, 2016 add a comment

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.”…

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The Homeland Security Enterprise

by barrettbriefing@gmail.com on October 24, 2016 add a comment

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…

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Fundamentals of Emergency Management

by barrettbriefing@gmail.com on October 24, 2016 add a comment

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).…

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What is Emergency Management?

by barrettbriefing@gmail.com updated on October 24, 2016 1 Comment

. 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…

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