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Alan McCurry, an emergency management consultant, is the former Chief Operating Officer of the American Red Cross. In this “What Should We Tell The Public?” segment, McCurry draws from his experience as a U.S. Navy nuclear submariner. He says that the more prepared you are in an emergency the more ready you will be to handle […]

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Barry Scanlon, President of James Lee Witt Associates (a part of the Global Options Group) is a former official in the Federal Emergency Management Administration. At FEMA, he was responsible for managing the highly regarded Project Impact program which created public/private sector partnerships to prepare communities for disasters.
In this segment, Scanlon makes the important point drawn from […]

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I am in Washington today and had an opportunity to record a “What Should We Tell The Public?” segment with Wendy Harman, who manages the American Red Cross’ burgeoning social media presence and is a good friend of this blog.
In the first segment, Wendy underscores what an important tool your cell phone or PDA can be in […]

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In my research for this blog and my book, I have found that you can sometimes learn a lot about public preparedness from people who aren’t experts in public preparedness. Historian Matt Dallek does not usually write about preparedness nor even homeland security. However, he wrote a very insightful and helpful article, ”Civic Security”, this past winter in […]

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With the ‘Anthrax Letters’ case back in the news, there has been a lot of discussion of how the public has moved from such a high level of concern about terrorism seven years ago to the present relatively complacent attitude. Therefore, I thought it would be very appropriate to post the “What Should We Tell The […]

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Jan Lane is the Deputy Director of the Homeland Security Policy Institute at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. She is a former senior official at the American Red Cross and is a long-time advocate for as well as expert in civilian preparedness.
In this segment, Jan says citizens need to realize that they will likely […]

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Earlier this month, I visited the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in Northwest Washington, D.C. to hear about plans for September’s National Preparedness Month (which I will be detailing soon on the blog). I also shot a segment for the “What Should We Tell The Public?” series with Erin Streeter, Director […]

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When it comes to engaging and activating their fellow citizens to assist the efforts of local and national law enforcement, few people have had the impact of John Walsh. Walsh is the creator and host of “America’s Most Wanted” which appears Saturday nights on Fox. Now in its 20th year, the show has helped in […]

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I am in Washington, D.C. today and had the opportunity to tape some new “What Should We Tell The Public?” segments. I was very happy to have a chance to speak with Monica Schoch-Spana from the Center for Biosecurity at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Monica is one of the (if not ‘the’) the leading authorities […]

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The next installment of the video series “What Should We Tell The Public” features Time magazine’s Amanda Ripley, author of The Unthinkable. As I mentioned in previous posts,The Unthinkable is a fascinating book that anyone interested in or involved in emergency preparedness — or for that matter anyone who ever thinks about what they would do if faced with […]

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