Tag result for article published on Fri November 02 2012 6:53 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: cyber attack, cybersecurity, DHS, Hurricane Sandy, Hurricane Sandy New Jersey, Hurricane Sandy New York
Food is in short supply for many East Coast residents, along with power and water following Superstorm Sandy. Long lines formed as food was handed out in Manhattan’s Alphabet City on Thursday. Reports that crowds broke into grocery stores and took food. Pastor Richard Del Rio claims that relief is coming from outside the city, [...]
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Posted in Disaster Report
Tag result for article published on Wed April 04 2012 3:38 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: California Highway Patrol, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, Outbound Enforcement Team, Port of Los Angeles
A car rental company reported a suspicious incident to authorities when a GPS device in a rented 2010 Ferrari showed that the vehicle was at the Port of Los Angeles harbor. After opening the shipping container with the GPS-equipped Ferrari, U.S. Customs and Border Protect Outbound Enforcement Team officers checked other containers with manifests listed [...]
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Posted in Crimes Notebook
Tag result for article published on Fri October 21 2011 9:09 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Department of Homeland Security, DHS, EAS Test, FCC, FEMA, Nationwide Emergency Alert, NOAA, NWS
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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Posted in Preparedness
Tag result for article published on Tue December 21 2010 6:31 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: DHS, food poisoning, hotel, poisoning the food supply, restaurant, Terrorism
A key Intelligence source has confirmed the threat of poisoning in the hospitality industry as “credible.” Department of Homeland Security officials, along with members of the Department of Agriculture and the FDA, have briefed a small group of corporate security officers from the hotel and restaurant industries about the possibility of poisons being used to [...]
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Posted in Terrorism
Tag result for article published on Wed January 06 2010 7:08 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: cargo plane crash, Chicago Executive Airport, Des Plaines River Road, DHS, Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Glenview Fire Department, Lear Jet, learjet, learjet crash, MABAS Division 3, NTSB, Palwaukee, plane crash response, River Road
Search with helicopters, then recovery operations — video of search and recovery operations out of staging area on River Road north of Euclid Avenue. A crash site that was difficult to find. A Lear jet on approach to Chicago Executive Airport (formerly Palwaukee Airport) crashed about 1:30 p.m. The crash site was not discovered until [...]
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Posted in FD Notebook, FIRE BLOG, FIREBLOG B
Tag result for article published on Wed January 06 2010 7:01 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: cargo plane crash, Chicago Executive Airport, DHS, Forest Preserve District of Cook County, ILEAS, Lear Jet, learjet, learjet crash, MABAS, MABAS Division 3, NTSB, Palwaukee, press conference
Press Conference update just after 4:00 p.m. at the River Road staging area for the Lear Jet crash recovery operations. MABAS (Mutual Aid Box Alarm System) CEO Jay Reardon, Village of Glenview Fire Chief Wayne Globerger, and Chicago Executive Airport Manager Dennis Rouleau provide statements and answer questions to Chicago media at press conference update [...]
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Posted in FD Notebook, FIRE BLOG, FIREBLOG B
Tag result for article published on Tue January 05 2010 2:38 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: cargo plane crash, Chicago Executive Airport, DHS, Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Lear Jet, learjet, learjet crash, MABAS Division 3, NTSB, Palwaukee
Authorities say a Royal Air cargo jet that was cleared for landing crashed in a forest preserve near Chicago Executive Airport in Wheeling around 2 p.m. Tuesday. It’s not immediately clear how many people were aboard and if there were injuries. UPDATE JAN 07 2010 3:45 PM: The pilot of the Royal Air Freight Learjet [...]
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Posted in FIRE BLOG
Tag result for article published on Mon December 28 2009 11:34 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: bomb scare, DHS, security lapse
Video of Janet Napolitano interview with CNN’s Candy Crowley. Be sure to view the comments reacting to this video … AND add comments at the bottom of this article here or on YouTube … Transcript on Department of Homeland Security on Janet Napolitano’s response …
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Posted in Absurd?, Terrorism