Emergency Management
The former U.S. fire administrator underscores the need for the agency to be elevated as the leader of the nation’s fire service
The chair of Rockdale County’s Board of Commissioners said Chief McDaniel’s resignation has nothing to do with the September fire
Reviewing the safety considerations, interagency planning and preplanning tools to aid firefighters
Officials say it is lucky that no one died and that there were not more injured than the 72 who required treatment
One rescue worker suffered smoke inhalation
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Nearly all 50 calls that flooded in during 35 minutes came from within a mile of the plant after blast
Fifty-one victims remain in the hospital; three of them are in critical condition
Business and industry cannot be trusted to self-police when it comes to fire safety
West, Texas, mayor said that at least 10 of the 14 killed were first responders
Her attorney said that he has talked with federal officials and is trying to work out how best to proceed
The bombing in Boston stirred those who lost loved ones in Oklahoma City
Tsarnaev is still unable to be interrogated, but is expected to live
The company’s own risk plan said its materials were not a fire or explosion hazard
Plant owner said he will never forget the self sacrifice of first responders
The burst of activity came at the end of a tense day in and around Boston, just after they announced scaling back the hunt
150 buildings cleared by searches after massive blast demolishes neighborhood
One resident said in the small community everyone knows who the volunteer responders are
Police Commissioner: ‘We believe this to be a man who’s come here to kill people’
Radio traffic from West, Texas, shows effort to coordinate large-scale incident response
Despite being far from the fire, photographers are engulfed in the shock
The images were captured by surveillance cameras at a department store
When planning for large events, like a marathon, there are seven steps a fire department must take to improve its chances of an effective response
This refutes earlier reports that there were two unexploded devices found
Cities from Los Angeles to London saw increased security
The blasts wounded more than 140 and killed three, including an 8-year-old boy
The report came from someone associated with a homeland security committee
The world is seeing firefighters once again serving valiantly at the intersection of violence and our daily lives.
At least two people died and dozens were injured after the blasts
Security is stepped up around prominent locations
It is believed that there are tens of thousands of unexploded bombs still in the ground
Training for rehab in large- or medium-size events can prepare the crew for a real emergency
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