Cyber Security

Telecommuter Security and the Rules Governing Remote Enemy Access The Age of the Telecommuter collides head-on with the rapidly escalating threat of cyberterrorism. The hackers have motivation, experience, and a tested game plan. Most information-security officers do not. read

Terrorism: The Cyberspace Battleground Yesterday's hackers have become today's cyber criminals, & tomorrow could be cyber terrorists. Technology marches on, providing new opportunities both for human progress and for those fixated on destroying Western civilization and the infidel economy. read

Cyber Attacks: The Need for Resiliency Ability of private businesses & public agencies to resume operations following a major disaster used to be taken for granted. That is no longer the case, particularly since hackers & terrorists discovered the damage that could be caused by modern technolo read

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Funding Strategies

Funding Strategies for EMS Decision Makers The huge increase in responsibilities assigned to EMS managers in recent years requires additional funding, and additional time as well. The latter is hard to come by, but DHS and HHS grants will provide significant new funding resources. read

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Grants

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Announces Round Six of the Fiscal Year 2007 Fire Protection & Safety Grant Program This round awards two grants totaling over $167,000 to the U.S. fire departments/fire prevention organizations selected for the latest awards. read

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Opens Application Period for SAFER (Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response) Grants The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has posted the program guidance for the Fiscal Year 2008 SAFER grants. The application period is open from 27 May 2008 until 27 June 2008. read

Connecticut Fire Department Receives $65K Firefighter Assistance Grant from FEMA The AFG continues to serve as a major effort by FEMA to ensure the nation's firefighters continue to have the basic capability they require to do their jobs, improve community safety and prevent the loss of lives. read

Round 30 of the Fiscal Year 2007 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program Announced The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency has announced the thirtieth round of fiscal year 2007 Assistance to Firefighters Grants, awarding 47 grants totaling over $6 million to fire departments throughout the U.S. read

Department of Homeland Security Announces Application Period for FY 2008 Assistance to Firefighters Grants The DHS Grant Programs started accepting applications for the fiscal year 2008 Assistance to Firefighters Grants on 3 March 2008 and continuing to 4 April 2008. The goal of the FY 2008 program is to ultimately award about $500 million in such grants. read

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Safety Act

New Opportunities for First Responder Agencies DHS's new SAFETY Act Rule makes the liability-protection application process less cumbersome and less expensive-and, at the same time, easier both to understand and to carry out. read

The SAFETY Act and Preparedness The most outrageous and unlikely attacks by terrorists might "reasonably" have been foreseen - according to some U.S. courts. The SAFETY Act provides significant protections for those companies, & government agencies, who want to help defefend our nation. read

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Standards

Proactive Standards Development for Emergency Responders Anything worth doing is worth doing well - and in accordance with established standards not only acceptable to experienced professionals but also recognized by the community at large as both valid and necessary. read

CBRNE Attacks at Sea: Time to Revisit the Maritime SAR International The next terrorist attacks might be against the U.S. system of ports and waterways, where the nation is most vulnerable. read

Asymmetric Warfare: Redefining Standard Terms Chaos and confusion reign not just on the battlefield but also, particularly in recent times, in policy pronouncements, position papers, and the public consciousness. Principal problem is a proliferation of acronyms meaning almost the same thing - but not read

Needed: Revisions to Maritime Response Standard NFPA 1405 tells land-based firefighters how to respond to fires aboard ships in port. But some essential details are missing, and should be included in future (revised) editions. read

First-Responder Accreditation: The Pros and Cons States, cities, and the federal government are moving at flank speed to upgrade their various, and varying, domestic-preparedness and counterterrorism capabilities. But are they moving in lockstep, and headed toward the same goal? No one knows. read

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