Managing Volunteer Resources: Homeland Defense & Terror News at Officer.com

Managing Volunteer Resources: Homeland Defense & Terror News at Officer.com: "As has been shown again after the attacks of September 11 and Hurricane Katrina, there is never a shortage of help after a disaster, but often an overabundance of volunteer help and donated resources. The effective and efficient managing of these volunteer resources is important to avoid a second disaster. While the vast majority of people who respond are actual members of a recognized organization, there are those who show up who are neither legitimate volunteers, or who have self-deployed themselves. In other words, freelancers."

Japanese elderly suffer hardest shocks in quake - International Herald Tribune

Japanese elderly suffer hardest shocks in quake - International Herald Tribune: "'The earthquake hurt a lot of old people because we couldn't move fast enough to escape,' Shimizu said Wednesday, sitting between groups of people camped out on the gym floor. 'It's hard for old people after the earthquake is over, too.'

Earthquakes have long been a fact of life in natural disaster-prone Japan, but tremors this week exposed a growing new challenge facing the nation's crisis planners. All 10 of the people killed, and many of the thousands left homeless, were older than 65, reflecting the rising vulnerabilities of one of the world's most rapidly aging societies."

Japanese quake kills 9 - Asia-Pacific - MSNBC.com

Japanese quake kills 9 - Asia-Pacific - MSNBC.com: "KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - A strong earthquake shook Japan’s northwest coast Monday, setting off a fire at the world’s most powerful nuclear power plant and causing a reactor to spill radioactive water into the sea — an accident not reported to the public for hours."

IS-317 Introduction to Community Emergency Response Teams

IS-317 Introduction to Community Emergency Response Teams: "FEMA Independent Study Program:
IS-317 Introduction to Community Emergency Response Teams"

Life - StatesmanJournal.com

Life - StatesmanJournal.com: "Owners interested in learning what it takes to train search-and-rescue dogs can tune into Oregon Public Broadcasting's 'Oregon Field Guide' on July 12 and July 15 to see the skill development in action.

Among the most valuable tool a rescue team has, search-and-rescue dogs can pick up minute traces of human scent in the air and track it."

FEMA trailer debacle worsens amid chemical exposure and closures

FEMA trailer debacle worsens amid chemical exposure and closures: "A recent poll commissioned by the organizers of the 2007 National Hurricane Survival Initiative stated that nearly 90 percent of those who were interviewed along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts have not taken action to fortify their homes in preparation for the hurricane season. However, another threat is emerging from within the makeshift trailer homes supplied by Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and occupied by hundreds of thousands of Hurricane Katrina survivors: Exposure to formaldehyde gas."

San Jose Mercury News - Dozens flee imagined tsunami

San Jose Mercury News - Dozens flee imagined tsunami: "Dozens flee imagined tsunami
The Associated Press
Article Launched: 06/29/2007 04:26:20 PM PDT

SAMOA, Calif.—A simulated tsunami drove three-fourths of the population of this tiny town to high ground within 10 minutes of an emergency siren blast."