"Emergency Management"
Increasingly Complex Homeland Security Issues Require Apolitical Approach by National Leaders
November 15, 2012LEXINGTON, Ky., November 13, 2013 – The National Homeland Security Consortium (NHSC) is calling on leaders at all levels of government and the private sector to come together to address the increasingly complex and interdependent issues facing the nation. “With the 2012 elections behind us, now is the time for apolitical, non-partisan collaboration to advance national safety and security goals,” said John Madden, director, Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. Madden is one of the tri-chairs for the NHSC, a voluntary group of 22 national associations formed in 2002 in an effort to collaboratively address homeland security issues.
Read full articleHomeland Workers Made $900,000 in Overtime in Six Years
October 11, 2012During the past six years, employees in the state Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management have collected more than $900,000 in overtime pay, filling in at an emergency call center in the state Capitol’s basement.
Read full articleMorgan County EMCD Catches Prank Caller Using the Cassidian Communications Aurora MIS Solution
October 11, 2011The Morgan County, Ala., Emergency Management Communication District (MCEMCD) recently utilized the Aurora® management information system (MIS) solution from emergency communications leader Cassidian Communications, an EADS North America company, to correctly identify the source of a series of prank 9-1-1 calls.
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