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Article: Emergency responders: time to get your act together.(news Scan)(Brief Article)
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- Industrial Safety & Hygiene News
- Article date:
- August 1, 2004
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Better planning, training, coordination and management procedures are needed to protect emergency responders at the scene of terrorist attacks and disasters, according to a new study issued by the RAND Corporation and NIOSH.
Because terrorist attacks and major disasters often draw emergency responders from several departments in nearby communities--with different operating procedures, communications systems and response plans--coordinating efforts to protect workers is difficult, the report says.
The study recommends having all emergency responders to an event protected under the overall Incident Command System, the standard management structure used in ...