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July 21, 2008
Week 17
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Radiation device tested in Ga. Balancing trade, security focus of Texas border conference

Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called for cooperation at the annual Border Governors Conference this week in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) Full Story

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Its code name is "Crawdad," and it involves boats, computers and lots of technology.

Once it's perfected, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will have a new tool against terrorists: boat-mounted radiation detectors to minimize the risk that small boats could be used to smuggle radiological or nuclear materials into the United States ... Full Story

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Mass casualties at a meat packing plant, Part 2


The first half of this two-part article discussed the concepts for handling a mass-casualty incident. This second half describes a 100-person winter MCI and the lessons learned from it.

On Feb. 12, 2004, at around 11:30 am, there was an initial report of a person trapped in a piece of machinery at the Morrell meat packing plant. One fire unit was dispatched to the incident ... Full Story
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'Code D' practice pays off for Tenn. hospital
[Memphis, TN]
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Report: Hospital ERs are unprepared for terror attack

Port security grants available to agencies
[Corpus Christi, TX]

Quake shakes belief in readiness
[Los Angeles, CA]

N.O. disaster center moving out of the 'broom closet'
[New Orleans, LA]

NMSU to become hub for unmanned plane research
[El Paso, TX]

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