The Village of Palatine’s Medical Reserve Corps (PMRC), was recently awarded a $4,000 grant from the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) to enhance and support their ongoing program and team activities. This is the third consecutive year the PMRC has been awarded this grant. The PMRC is a community-based, volunteer organization [...]
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Village of Palatine’s Medical Reserve Corps Awarded $4K Grant From National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
Published Friday March 29 2013 1:23 pm.
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Chicago NATO UAV Drone Over Elgin a Fake? HOAX Killer Provides Rationale with Perspective Analysis
Published Thursday May 17 2012 9:51 am.
HOAXKiller1: “This video has been getting attention around the web, and is causing people to have mixed reactions. Little do they realize the video is fake and their reactions are unwarranted. ” [The video has been taken down due to a copyright claim by Ted Hueckstaedt] A YouTube channel known for exposing hoaxes on videos [...]
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NATO Drone Chicago: MQ-1 Predator or MQ-9 Reaper Over Elgin?
Published Wednesday May 16 2012 9:09 pm.
VIDEO: A drone spotted in the Elgin area on Saturday, May 12, 2012. A man with a video camera at a soccer field in Elgin, Illinois has claimed to have captured on May 12, 2012 what appears to be a drone Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) that he says was flying toward Chicago the weekend before [...]
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Video Surveillance Drone? Apparent Drone Sighted Over Elgin Headed Toward Chicago Week Before NATO Summit
Published Wednesday May 16 2012 3:34 pm.
VIDEO: A drone UAV spotted in the Elgin area on Saturday, May 12, 2012. A man with a video camera at a soccer field in Elgin, Illinois has captured on May 12, 2012 what appears to be a drone unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that he reports was flying toward Chicago the weekend before the NATO [...]
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Village of Arlington Heights Sirens Inadvertently Activated Monday Afternoon
Published Monday October 31 2011 5:04 pm.
The Village of Arlington Heights notified citizens of an inadvertent activation of the emergency sirens today. At approximately 2:45 p.m. on October 31, the emergency sirens in Arlington Heights were inadvertently activated by Northwest Central Dispatch Systems. At the time the sirens were activated, there was no emergency situation. The Village of Arlington Heights stated [...]
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Area Participating in First Nationwide Emergency Alert Test November 9th, 2011
Published Friday October 21 2011 9:09 am.
For the first time ever, the federal government will launch a nationwide test of the emergency alert broadcast system Wednesday, November 9th, 2011. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will conduct the first nationwide test of the [...]
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No Airplane Crash at O’Hare During Day Saturday; There Was a Disaster Drill
Published Saturday September 17 2011 8:44 pm.
Chicago firefighters and some suburban firefighters participated in a drill during the day on Saturday at O’Hare International Airport. Elk Grove Village Fire Department participated in the drill, and about 100 volunteers acted as victims in the disaster drill, which included a scenario of a fire aboard and aircraft. More than 20 federal, local and [...]
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SECURITY VIDEO: Grocery Store Customers at Lunardi’s Markets in San Bruno, California React to Gas Pipeline Explosion
Published Monday September 13 2010 4:37 pm.
Surveillance cameras inside Lunardi’s Markets capture customers’ reactions to last week’s massive gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno, California. (Sept. 13) Multiple camera views from security video that shows customers’ reactions at a grocery store near a tremendous gas explosion destroyed a neighborhood in San Bruno, California — a suburb of San Francisco. The death [...]
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This Is a Drill: Cyber Shockwave Attack, Up to 20 Million Cellphones Fail
Published Tuesday February 16 2010 2:48 pm.
Raw video during CYBER SHOCKWAVE. Former high-level government officials participated in “Cyber ShockWave.” The event featured a full-day simulation of an attack on the U.S.’s mobile and Internet-based communications infrastructure.
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Police Alerted to Terrorist Intelligence & Endorse Anti-Terror Watch, Chicago Bears Adjust Security
Published Monday October 05 2009 12:55 am.
The Chicago Bears adjusted the list of items not allowed Bears games at Soldier Field. The adjustments are implemented about two weeks after two bulletins were sent to police departments on Monday, September 21, 2009 on concerns regarding terrorist’s desires to attack [...]
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Preparedness
Published Monday April 21 2008 12:30 pm.
Preparedness is the management of personal, home and business practices that involve being ready for specific or unexpected emergencies, disasters, events or other situations. Preparedness involves minimizing risk (Risk Management) and minimizing actual damage when unavoidable situations occur (Disaster Recovery). Preparedness in a personal and family domain involves storage of water, food and supplies that [...]
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Survivalist: James Wesley Rawles Biography Deleted from Wikipedia, Text Available
Published Monday April 21 2008 11:59 am.
A biography of James Wesley Rawles, a survivalist, has been deleted from Wikipedia for lack of notability and outside sources …
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