First Responder Survey shows Inadequacies in Training and Readiness.

The Homeland Security Group conducted a four-year survey addressing training, readiness and a variety of challenges faced by First Responders. Respondents of the survey included law enforcement, security, intelligence, emergency management personnel and other members engaged in homeland security and first response duties. The results of this survey show that after the attacks in September 2001, inadequacies remain regarding first responder preparation.

PRLog (Press Release) - April 30, 2008 - The survey focused on three main areas of concentration: Training, Hindrances and whether first responders feel they are adequately protected from a secondary attack. The questions posed during the survey address levels of readiness contrasting criminal vs. terror investigations.

Training

Respondents were asked if they believe their agency has received proper training to determine differences between a criminal vs. terror incident. Of those responding to the survey, 58 percent stated they lack sufficient training. Many respondents indicated they lack sufficient training in WMD-related preparedness. Others described information sharing issues. While this initially appears to fit within the category of hindrances, many indicated that they lack proper training regarding who to share with, how to initiate and maintain communication and what issues specifically require external coordination.

Hindrances

Respondents were asked three questions regarding whether the media, public or their own self-expectations hindered a criminal vs. a terror investigation. Responses indicate that 91 percent consider that the media poses a hindrance; 87 percent believe public expectations hinder an investigation, and 94 percent blame their own personal expectations as an encumbrance.

Preparation for Secondary Attack

Respondents were asked if they believe they are adequately protected from secondary attacks during a possible criminal or terrorist incident. The survey shows that 91 percent of those responding feel they are not protected. Numerous comments by respondents indicated they actually expect a secondary attack during a terrorist incident but they lack training, resources and personnel for such an event.

Homeland Security Group founder, Anthony M. Davis began this survey four years ago intending to measure the readiness level of first responders. “I hoped to find some successes throughout the survey that could be translated to agencies nationwide”, he said. “Yet, throughout the measurement period, the numbers remained constant. While we’ve been very busy as a nation, we may not have been overly successful in preparing and protecting our personnel. There’s plenty of work to be done still.”

Mr. Anthony M. Davis began publishing the Homeland Security Report as a free service to law enforcement, intelligence, security and emergency management personnel in October 2001. Each report is an open source view of homeland security issues and provides select officer safety information. Based on the ongoing results of the survey and discussions with first responders worldwide, Anthony M. Davis began authoring “Terrorism and the Maritime Transportation System.”

According to Mr. Davis, “This book is not so much about terrorism. It is intended as a guide to provide first responders a view of the perspective need for readiness in the face of a potential attack.”The expected availability of the new text, “Terrorism and the Maritime Transportation System” is in May 2008.

More information on the Homeland Security Group is available at http://www.homelandsecuritygroup.info

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…the writers say “we can’t name names, but they really, really do exist!”

How convenient… I’ve always been enamoured with the “anonymous sources” tag. Does anyone remember the snake in the childhood movie The Jungle Book and his sing song “Trust in Me”???

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Bridget did a great job summarizing the creation of the permanent underclass!

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This is why I love my blogging friends that stop in to leave a comment. You say things that I think, but just do not express as beautifully as you do.

The people who claim that the United States cannot survive without illegal aliens to do the work that Americans won’t do are no different that the people who didn’t think our nation could survive without slavery. How did that work out?

@*(& straight - not well. Let’s import a permanent underclass! To ensure that these immigrant children won’t make good, we’ll make sure that they can never learn English (bi-lingual education, anyone?), discourage “assimilation,” and offer out treats like “in-state tuition for illegal immigrants” to tantalise them with the idea that their kids, too, can go to an excellent American university. Reality: in a generation, we will have a caste system.

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Wait, that’s not the same? Why not? Oh… wait. Because 95% of illegals would vote Democrat. They want their welfare bennies, and they want them now. “Coming to America to seek a better life” means coming here with hands outstretched, drugs in pocket, and illegitimate children running amok.

Get a visa, get a clue, and get some family values. Then we’ll talk about how “fearful” you are.

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