Mon, 21 July 2008 Welcome to Mitigation Journal - The All Hazards Podcast Call the voicemail line at 585-672-7844 or email me mitigationjournal@gmail.com Check out the Mitigation Journal blog at mitigationjournal.blogspot.com for all the latest news updates and blog postings! This Week On Mitigation Journal: A chlorine leak at a water treatment plan in Orleans County (west of Rochester, NY) causes exposure and multi-agency response. Hazardous Materials Teams from Monroe County and Kodak responded to a chlorine leak inside a water treatment building in Holley, NY. One worker was overcome and a few responders were treated for heat related issues. Not a terrorist event, this chlorine leak reminds us of the man-made hazards that every community faces. Summertime School Buses: Just 'cause schools out for summer we can't forget about special rescue situations involving special needs transportation school buses. We'll talk about various features of the bus, patient care, evacuation, and search and rescue issues. Special Needs Populations: How do you identify who will need extra help in time of crisis? This section will highlight "at risk" populations and how to identify them based on the National Council on Disability. Preparing to Shelter in Place: Good info from Redefining Readyness - how to start your shelter at home plans...for civilians and responders...getting ready to protect your family and help your community by being ready! Don't forget to visit my friends at the Medic Cast! www.mediccast.com Comments[0] |
Mon, 14 July 2008 **RSS Feed issues should be resolved** If you're having trouble updating Mitigation Journal it may be due to an RSS Feed issue that I caused. With the help of Jamie Davis from the Mediccast Podcast, we are (should be) back to normal...Thanks, Jamie! This week on Mitigation Journal: What is the roll of home health agencies in the setting of a pandemic, disaster, or terrorism event. Its time we look at home health care and other untapped resources in our community. What is the cost of NOT preparing? We know about preplanning and how training and preparation makes up better for crisis situations. But how do you convince businesses that they need to prepare also? We'll take a look at one potential for getting business in your community "on-board". Points of Distribution: What will work best? Should be bring mass numbers of citizens into one location for medication delivery? Should we have them drive up in a car...with the entire family...in order to get medications? Getting medications and good information to the public may be the key to managing a biological event. To pull this off, we have to think outside the box and question our plans. Comments[1] |
Sat, 12 July 2008 I'm having an issue between Feedburner, Libsyn and iTunes causing the Mitigation Journal RSS feed not to update in iTunes. You may get an error message telling you that there is a problem with the feed and that it cannot be found on the server. I'm working on the problem. You can still get all the content directly from Libsyn at mitigationjournal.libsyn.com Category: Educational -- posted at: 7:14 PM Comments[0] |
Sun, 6 July 2008 Welcome to Mitigation Journal - The All Hazards Podcast Just In Time for National Preparedness Month! This we're continuing to offer a free copy of the Home Emergency Pocket Guide from Informed Publishing. Just send me an email mitigationjournal@gmail.com and I'll send you a copy...free. This is a combined effort of Mitigation Journal and Informed Publishing. Visit the Mitigation Journal Blog at www.mitigationjournal.blogspot.com I've posted some pictures from the MCC Paramedic graduation...more articles will be up soon, so check for updates to the posts and news clips! Contact Mitigation Journal: Got a question? Have suggestions? Want to share a tip or recommend a topic? Send me an email or leave a voicemail: Email mitigationjournal@gmail.com Voice Mail 585-672-7844 This week: Mitigation Journal Listener makes the case for taking homemade chemical bombs seriously. I've recieved an email from MJ listener Jason telling me about his run-in with a car full of homemade chemical bombs. Check out the MJ blog posting Homemade Chemical Bombs: A Legitimate Threat to Responders at http://mitigationjournal.blogspot.com/2006/08/homemade-chemical-bombs-legitimate.html Redefining First Responders and looking at the roll of non traditional responders in case of pandemic. What will be more effective...vaccine, PPE, education, or training? More Beds Needed...not in Rochester, NY. Surge Capacity? We don't need no surge capacity. When will we learn? Comments[0] |
Mon, 30 June 2008 Welcome to Mitigation Journal! We're continuing to give away copies of the Home Emergency Pocket Guide compliments of Informed Publishing. To get your copy send me an email with your name and address...mitigationjournal@gmail.com For more information about this important guide, tune into Mitigation Journal podcast episode #65. You can read my review in the Mitigation Journal Blog at www.mitigationjournal.blogspot.com or you can visit www.informedguides.com. Subscribe to Mitigation Journal! You can get the latest from the all-hazards podcast automatically by subscribing to our RSS feed. Just go to iTunes, choose the podcast section and in the search box type in Mitigation Journal. You can also leave a review of the show in the comments section. Remember to check out the Mitigation Journal Blog for updates as well www.mitigationjournal.blogspot.com This week on Mitigation Journal: The 16th Paramedic class graduates from Monroe Community College DHS notifies 7000 sites they are targets for terrorist attack NYS EMS Conference is only a few months away! The annual Vital Signs EMS conference will be held October 2-5, 2008 in Buffalo, NY. Mitigation Journal will be there covering the conference with daily updates and interviews as well as product reviews of all the latest and greatest products in emergency service. Check out vitalsignsconference.com for more information. Special Interview with Informed COO Michael Coffin. We'll talk about the Home Emergency Pocket Guide and how you can be better prepared for any crisis. And thanks to Informed Publishing, we have copies of the Home Emergency Pocket Guide to give away...free. Just send an email with your name and mailing address to me; mitigationjournal@gmail.com to get your copy! Comments[0] |
Tue, 17 June 2008 Welcome to Mitigation Journal: The All Hazards Podcast! Check out the Mitigation Journal blog at www.mitigationjournal.blogspot.com for all the latest information and postings. Contact us! Email mitigationjournal@gmail.com or call our voice mail line at 585-672-7844. Special offer from Mitigation Journal and Infromed! Informed has teamed up with Mitigation Journal to offer a limited number of the Home Emergency Pocket Guide...free. I'll send a Home Emergency Pocket Guide to the first two Mitigation Journal listeners each week who either send me an email at mitiationjournal@gmail.com or calls the voice mail line at 585-672-7844. Give me your name and address and I'll send out a guide for you courtesy of Infomed (www.informedguides.com) Check out the blog posting review of the Home Emergency Pocket Guide at http://mitigationjournal.blogspot.com/2008/06/great-guide.html This week on Mitigation Journal: The size of fire apparatus, Building a safer ambulance(?), emergency and disaster information services and map, and sheltering in place. Comments[0] |
Sun, 8 June 2008 Thanks for tuning in to Mitigation Journal: The All Hazards Podcast! Visit our blog at www.mitigationjournal.blogspot.com Contact Mitigation Journal: Call the 24 hour voice mail line at 585672-7844 Send an email to mitigationjournal@gmail.com FLA responders use CyanoKit: Check out the dangers of carbon monoxide and cyanide at: http://mitigationjournal.blogspot.com/2007/01/cyanide-deadly-partner-of-carbon.html and related article on blood agents and suicide: http://mitigationjournal.blogspot.com/2008/04/suicide-by-blood-agent.html In search of readiness in the US, Will it ever exist? Check out the blog articles: http://mitigationjournal.blogspot.com/2008/06/in-search-of-preparedness-in-america.html http://mitigationjournal.blogspot.com/2005/11/stop-training-for-terrorist-and-wmd.html http://mitigationjournal.blogspot.com/2006/02/just-remember-it-cant-happen-here_03.html and the importance of vacation...info from Monster.com Comments[0] |
Sun, 1 June 2008 Welcome to Mitigation Journal - The All Hazards Podcast Visit the Mitigation Journal Blog for updated news and commentary at www.mitigationjournal.blogspot.com Contact us...you can email anytime mitigationjournal@gmail.com or call our voice mail line at 585-672-7844 This week: More about fuel costs and impact on preparedness and everyday logistics: how rising fuel costs WILL crumple your emergency plans if you don't start doing something now. Helicopter versus Hospital: Air medical helicopter crashes on hospital rooftop landing pad: landing a helicopter on top of your hospital is flashy, but is it the best way to do it. The crash of a medical helicopter on the rooftop landing pad of a Grand Rapids, Michigan, hospital displays the need for Rule of Outcomes thinking. This crash resulted in patient evacuations, power loss, closure of an emergency department...and the only level one trauma center in the area, along with burning aviation fuel, smoke and contamination potential. Is it time to rethink where we land our helicopters? National Preparedness Month: September, 2008 Get Kit - make a plan - get informed - get involved. Mitigation Journal is a National Preparedness Month Coalition member. This week we'd like to remind everyone that businesses, large and small, are important parts of our community infrastructure...they need to plan for disaster and crisis situations, too! To Live or Die in Disaster: If you're on this list...no treatment for you! An interesting twist to health care resource triage. A group of physicians have published a list of "conditions" that would not be treated in a disaster situation in effort to save resources. Interesting to say the least...more on this for sure! Comments[0] |
Mon, 19 May 2008 Contact us! email mitigationjournal@gmail.com or call the voice mail line at 585 672-7844 Congratulations to the Monroe Community College Paramedic Class of 2008 on successfully completing the New York State skills and written and exam! www.mccparamedics.com Check out all the latest at the Mitigation Journal blog www.mitigationjournal.blogspot.com for my informative postings and news searches! In this edition of Mitigation Journal: Scene safety and off-duty care: This week we'll look at scene safety and how to evaluate each situation. We'll also talk about a few things that may be helpful to keep in mind when we provide assistance while off duty. National Preparedness Month: September 2008: this weeks tip is on how people with special needs can help themselves and rescuers during times of crisis. www.ready.gov Advice for the new paramedic: "what do we need to know"...my two cents worth of advice for those making the change from paramedic student to EMS leader. New from the Medic Cast podcast: Check out the talk on Hot Products from the Medic Cast Live www.mediccast.com Safety Alert from the National Propane Association: Anhydrous Ammonia and Propane Cylinders ... see the Mitigation Journal blog posting for links! Comments[0] |
Sun, 11 May 2008 This week on Mitigation Journal: Special welcome to Jason, listening to us from Fredrick County, MD! A Rochester 9-1-1 operator has been accused of searching data bases including the Terrorism Watch List with 277 names. The searches seemed to have been conducted in January of 2006 and again in October or 2007. Officials believe she intended (or maybe already has) passed information along to "others". Knowing if you or others are on the Terrorist Watch List would be a major piece of intel should you want to carry out an attack...here or anywhere. By the way, the (now ex-) 9-1-1 operator claims discrimination because she is Muslim. I'm going to take this seriously. September is National Preparedness Month! Our Preparedness Tip this week is: Knowing what you childs school emergency plan is vital in cases of emergency or disaster. Do you know what your childs school is going to do in the event of a natural disaster or other crisis? Request a copy of you childs school's emergency plan for these event...keep it and read it. Courage to be Safe - So Everyone Goes Home: What are you prepared to do to prevent line of duty death? Last week on MJ I told you what a tremendous program this was...easily among the most meaningful presentations I've ever seen. This week I talk to Paul Melfi, the New York State Advocate for Courage to be Safe. Paul is a well known fire instructor and a retired Deputy Chief. Paul puts it on the table concerning firefighting safety...listen to him! Check out Courage to be Safe - So Everyone Goes Home at www.everyonegoeshome.com Comments[0] |
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