Emergency Management
May 16, 2014 by Sukh Grewal
Tornado intensity is classified on the Fujita Scale – named after Dr. Ted Fujita (aka Dr. Tornado) who in 1971 developed a rating methodology.
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Aviation Emergency Management
May 2, 2014 by Veoci Staff Team Contribution
In order to test emergency response plans and the coordination of airport staff with local first responders, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requires all Part 139 certified airports to conduct, every 3 years, emergency exercises that simulate potential real-life incidents.
April 10, 2014 by Ken Moon
When we think of droughts, many Americans think of local water conservation measures such as prohibiting lawn watering and taking fewer showers.
April 3, 2014 by Sukh Grewal
Last week Yale University and the City of New Haven completed a joint four-day Disaster Response training exercise for a "Active Shooter Mass Casualty Incident Drill" in conjunction with FEMA.
March 25, 2014 by Sukh Grewal
Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the gulf coast around the Mississippi-Louisiana border in the early morning hours of August 29, 2005 as a strong Category 3 Hurricane with an unusually large size – hurricane force winds across a path 240 miles wide.
March 19, 2014 by Sukh Grewal
Vilfredo Pareto was an Italian economist and philosopher whose observation that 80% of the land in Italy was owned by 20% of the people eventually became the basis of the "Pareto Principle". T
March 12, 2014 by Sukh Grewal
The tallies are in, and the winner is...Texas! Texas counted three hundred and thirty-four declarations in the sixty years from 1953 to 2013. That's an average of over five disasters per year. The Lone Star state topped both categories: Fire Declarations and Major Disasters. Every state has had at least one disaster declaration with Wyoming at the other end of the spectrum with only nine, roughly one every six years.
Emergency Management Utilities
February 11, 2014 by Ken Moon
Last week we published a post about Atlanta's response to the 2-inch snowstorm that hit the area on January 28, 2014. Here we are two weeks later, staring in the face of a much bigger storm that the National Weather Service is predicting will be of "historic proportions".
February 5, 2014 by Julie Reynolds
Atlanta, GA recently endured a rare snowstorm (Jan. 28, 2014) that left thousands of commuters, school children, and others stranded throughout the city, trapped behind a surge of traffic, accidents, and deserted vehicles.
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