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Securitas Magazine

Securitas Magazine (founded 2002) is SEMP’s quarterly disaster management publication offered free to you as a public service. It focuses on community-based disaster management challenges and experiences. All Securitas Magazine issues are archived online for easy retrieval.

Securitas Magazine Archive
Oct/Nov/Dec 2009 - Volume 8, Issue 3 Swine Flu Vaccine Clinic: View from Kansas \| Vaccine Information Statements \| Mass Swine Flu Vaccination at Schools? \| Vaccine Injury Financing in USA \| What Really Ailed JFK: Part II \| Shahnameh Comic Books? \| Letter to the Editor
Apr/May/Jun/Jul/Aug/Sept 2009 - Volume 8, Issue 2 Lyuba: Baby Mammoth Unearthed \| Rise and Fall of the Magnificent Ice Age Mammoths \| What Really Ailed JFK: Part I \| Dr. Janet Travell’s Rendezvous with JFK
Jan/Feb/Mar 2009 - Volume 8, Issue 1 View of IAEM Annual Conference \| Nick Crossley: Professional Journey of a Senior Emergency Manager \| Kane County (IL) Medical Reserve Corps’ Fall Triage Exercise \| Adam Crowe: Early Professional Journey of an Emergency Manager
Oct/Nov/Dec 2008 - Volume 7, Issue 4 Changing Models of Local Emergency Management \| Operation ILLWIND: Successful Full-Scale \| Hurricane Ike Scours Part of Texas Coastline \| FEMA’s Role in San Francisco’s Geary Theater Reconstruction \| FEMA’s Blue Roof Program
Jul/Aug/Sep 2008 - Volume 7, Issue 3 Operation Problem Child: Full-Scale Medication Distribution Exercise \| 2008 Illinois Public Health Emergency Preparedness Summit \| General Honore Effloresces on America’s (Thin) Culture of Preparedness \| New USS New York Amphibious Assault Ship to Commemorate the Victims of 9/11 \| Medical Surge Systems Development to Respond to a Catastrophic US Health Event \| Domestic Dirty Bomb Prevention: Federal Government Performance Wanting
Apr/May/Jun 2008 - Volume 7, Issue 2 The Portentous 2008-2009 Presidential Transition \| Illinois Statewide Disaster Hotline Exercise \| CDC’s Cities Readiness Initiative \| Emmett J. Scott’s "The American Negro in The World War" \| What is UASI?
Jan/Feb/Mar 2008 - Volume 7, Issue 1 Lost Island of Atlantis: How We Know About It \| US Department of Homeland Security Chooses Five New Centers for Excellence\| FEMA and Red Cross Work Out their Differences \| Growing Potatoes, Wheat, and Cabbages in Space
Oct/Nov/Dec 2007 - Volume 6, Issue 4 Catastrophe Scenario: A Swiss Perspective on Catastrophes \| History of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the International Museum of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, Geneva, Switzerland \| Naomi Klein’s Red Diapers \| Switzerland’s Allalin Glacier Avalanche-Mattmark Dam Construction Disaster, 1965
Jul/Aug/Sep 2007 - Volume 6, Issue 3 Philosophy of Emergency Preparedness Management \| New Kane County (IL) Health Department Director \| History of Search Theory \| Language of Search Theory \| Are Land SAR Procedures Compatible with Search Theory? \| Department of Defense Support of Civil SAR \| National Search and Rescue Committee
Apr/May/Jun 2007 - Volume 6, Issue 2 Kane County Aggregated Volunteer Exercise \| National MRC Conference Report \| County LEPC Origin and Functions \| The Mystery of the Tunguska Fireball \| Bergenfield (NJ) Gas Explosion
Jan/Feb/Mar 2007 - Volume 6, Issue 1 Fifty School Nurses Participate in Mock Anthrax Medication Distribution Exercise \| Eight-Inch Gas Pipeline Intrusion \| Basic Weather Spotter Class Full: Stormy Weather Season Approaches \| Preventing Hepatitis A Outbreak \| Illinois Fox River Red Cross Acquires Ham Radio System
Nov/Dec 2006 - Volume 5, Issue 6 Emergency Preparedness “Poker Run” \| “Psychological First Aid” Course National Medical Reserve Corps \| Great 1888 New York City Blizzard \| Tuberculosis Epidemic in New York City in 1900
Sept/Oct 2006 - Volume 5, Issue 5 Rescue Riders join Kane County (IL) Health MRC \| Kane County (IL) Medical Reserve Corps Grows \| Naperville (IL) New EOC and CERT program \| ICEP’s “On Our Watch IV” Emergency Preparedness Conference \| Illinois Bioterrorism Summit 2006
Jul/Aug 2006 - Volume 5, Issue 4 Humane Society Experience with Katrina Animal Disaster Response \| US Congress Advances Animal Disaster Legislation \| Am Vet Med Assoc Advances Animal Disaster Planning \| Sample County-Level Animal Disaster Plan: Kitsap County, WA \| AVMA on Why Pets Aren’t Allowed in Human Shelters \| CDC on Minimizing Disease in Pet Shelters
May/Jun 2006 - Volume 5, Issue 3 IAFC Advances Mutual Aid and EMAC \| “Morituri” Book Review \| Alan Greenspan on the Economics of Oil \| EL Quarantelli on Trans-System Social Ruptures
Mar/Apr 2006 - Volume 5, Issue 2 Naperville (IL) Police Chief Completes NPS Master’s Homeland Security Program \| Kane County’s (IL) New Model of Mass Prophylaxis Dispensing during Epidemic \| Greater New Orleans Area Hospitals Struggle Mightily Following Katrina \| Joint Commission’s Rapid Assessment of Katrina Hospital Infrastructure Damage \| Where Have All the Tuberculosis Patients Gone?
Jan/Feb 2006 - Volume 5, Issue 1 California’s Catastrophic 2003 Mega Fire “Cedar” \| Recasting WMD Exercises: The San Jose Experience \| Taming the “Great Stink” of London: A Public Works Miracle \| Story D. Update SEMP Community Indicator Project \| The Dictionary of Homeland Security and Defense Now Available!
Nov/Dec 2005 - Volume 4, Issue 6 Killer Lakes of Cameroon. \| How Toxic Carbon Dioxide Cloud Killed 1,700 Cameroonians. \| Mandatory Public Health Directives during Epidemics: The Problematic Toronto SARS Experience \| On the Road to Homeland Security. \| Community Indicator Development Task Force Update. \|The Dictionary of Homeland Security and Defense. \| In Memoriam: David Meyers.
Sept/Oct 2005 - Volume 4, Issue 5 Naperville Does FEMA’s Integrated Emergency Management Course. \| FEMA Course: Suburban Community Hospital Perspective. \| RWJF’s John Lumpkin and the Katrina Catastrophe. \| “America’s Forgotten Pandemic” Book Review.
Jul/Aug 2005 - Volume 4, Issue 4 Illinois Bioterrorism Summit 2005 \| CDC Disease Detective \| Incident Command System \| Update on Advocate-Good Samaritan’s Hospital
May/Jun 2005 - Volume 4, Issue 3 American Red Cross’ Traditional and Non-Traditional Community Partners \| Remembering the 1985 Hijacking of TWA Flight 847 \| US Marines 1983 Beirut Barracks Bombing \| Clearfield, Utah’s Successful Emergency Mass Medical Care for Meningitis Prophylaxis \| Lawsuit Preparedness Following SNS Deployment in a Public Health Emergency
Mar/Apr 2005 - Volume 4, Issue 2 Community Indicator Project Update \| ComEd and Emergency Preparedness \| Hospital Smallpox Vaccine Preparedness \| Law Enforcement Accreditation \| Naperville and FEMA
Jan/Feb 2005 - Volume 4, Issue 1 Chicago’s Eastland Disaster and IMSA \| Graduate Homeland Security Education: Student Perspective (Naperville IL Police Chief David Dial) \| Graduate Homeland Security Education: Director Perspective (Naval Postgraduate School Dr. Chris Bellavita) \| 911 Center: Operations (Naperville Police Captain Robert Marshall) \| 911 Center: Accreditation (Naperville Police Communications Mgr Ed Leabe)
Oct/Nov/Dec 2004 - Volume 3, Issue 6 Fire Chief Bruegman Accreditation Interview \| Fire Chief Mullen Accreditation Interview \| The Eagle and the Lion Book Review \| Update on Indicator Group \| Robert Wood Johnson Hospital’s Baldrige Award
Aug/Sep 2004 - Volume 3, Issue 5 Water Supply Critical Infrastructure \|Impact of Aurora Water Boil Order on Local Renal Dialysis Units \| Naperville Police Chief Dial to Chair 'Indicators for Preparedness' Task Force \| SEMP Goes to Springfield, Illinois
Jun/Jul 2004 - Volume 3, Issue 4 Radiation Safety at Argonne-An Interview with Jean Sloboda \| Public Works: The 4th First-Responder Group \| Book Review: "Cultures of Disaster" by Bankoff
Apr/May 2004 - Volume 3, Issue 3 An Interview with Charles West: Kane County Coroner \| The First 72 Hours: A Community Approach to Disaster Preparedness \| Natural Disaster Mitigation in Drinking Water and Sewerage Systems \| Thoughts on Disaster Drills
Mar 2004 - Volume 3, Issue 2 Aurora's Boil Order: The Local Public Health Perspective: Interview with Michael Isaacson and Cindy Gross \| The First 72 Hours: A Community Approach to Disaster Preparedness. The SEMP Anthology Coming Soon \| The Aurora Boil Order: Code Green at Provena Mercy Center: Interview with Anthony Stull \| Kane County Health Department's New Epidemiologist: Interview with Cindy Gross \| Federal Action Needed to Address Security Challenges at Chemical Facilities
Jan/Feb 2004 - Volume 3, Issue 1 An Interview with Peter J. Smith, Naperville's New Emergency Preparedness Manager \| What's New with SEMP Members? Doug Cummings' New Mystery Novel Deader by the Lake \| SEMP Anthology Update \| 1984 Four Scent Disaster: Release of Methyl Isocyanate Gas in Bhopal, India \| Disaster Case Study: Chemical Tank Explosion in High Risk Area
Nov/Dec 2003 - Volume 2, Issue 6 Anthrax BioQuicky (232 KB) Disaster Drill in Geneva \| Cherry Mine Disaster of 1909 \| New Mexico Tech Explosives Research \| Roller Coaster of Interest \| SEMP Anthology Update \| SEMP Website Info \| SEMP Anthrax BioQuicky
Sep/Oct 2003 - Volume 2, Issue 5 Plague BioQuicky (304 KB) Botulism BioQuicky (314 KB) Next Step for SEMP \| Westray Mine Explosion \| Halifax Explosion of 1917 \| NYC - City of Water \| SEMP Plague BioQuicky \| Book Review: "The Green Book" \| New Domain for SEMP \| SEMP Botulism BioQuicky
Jul/Aug 2003 - Volume 2, Issue 4 Tularemia BioQuicky (200 KB) SEMP Anthology Underway \| Visit to Disaster Research Center (DRC) \| Book Review: "Mission Improbable: Using Fantasy Documents to Tame Disasters" \| SEMP Tularemia BioQuicky \| Book Review: "The Texas City Disaster, 1947"
May/Jun 2003 - Volume 2, Issue 3 Smallpox BioQuicky (162 KB) VHF Viruses BioQuicky (204 KB) SEMP Goes to Las Vegas \| Fire Chief Bruegman Visits Naperville \| Quarantelli Redux \| Book Review: "Bioterrorism Guidelines for Medical & Public Health Management" \| SEMP BioQuickies Initiatives Launched \| SEMP Smallpox BioQuicky \| SEMP VHF Viruses BioQuicky \| Book Review: "Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82" \| Kaplan Resignation
Apr 2003 - Volume 2, Issue 2 A.C.C.A. Spring Seminar Series Lectures on Bioterrorism including - Diaz: Emergency Response in the Public Health Department \| Larson: Agroterrorism \| O'Leary: Bioterrorism History \| Botos: Bioterrorism in the Food Industry \| Svazas: Biological Effects of Chemical Agents \| Hickey: Emergency Management and Plans for Possible Bioterrorism Incidents \| Chandler: Biochips for Biodefense \| Also: The Contemporary Disaster Review Online Journal
Jan/Feb/Mar 2003 - Volume 2, Issue 1 A.C.C.A. Spring Seminar Series Lecture: Hagen on Smallpox\| RML Smallpox Drill \| Who is Alan Brunacini? \| A.C.C.A. Lecture: Traver on Anthrax \| The Origin of the Incident Command System \| Book Review: "On Top of the World" \| CDH and the Carol Stream Postal Facility Anthrax Scare \| Official Minutes of the 1/24/03 SEMP Task Force Meeting \| Book Review: "American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center"
Nov/Dec 2002 - Volume 1, Issue 6 Silence is Not an Option \| Media Expectations and Hospital Responses During Disasters \| The SEMP Model Ideals, Ideas and Implementation \| What is Preparedness \| Major Incident Media Guidelines \| Manhattan Hospitals Steadily Improve Preparedness \| Crisis Communication Lessons from September 11 \| A Plume of Smoke Over Naperville \| Official Minutes SEMP November 15, 2002 Meeting \| The Emergency Department as a High Reliability Organization \| Bioterrorism Lecture Series at Benedictine \| E-learning with WebCT Technology
Sep/Oct 2002 - Volume 1, Issue 5 Kaplan Appointment \| Giuliani on Leadership \| Richards Joins Semp \| CNN's Candiotti to Speak \| Quarantelli on September 11 \| September 11, 2001: A CEO's Story \| Visit by Wiegand \| SEMP and OEM \| Naperville Municipality Tabletop Exercise
Jul/Aug 2002 - Volume 1, Issue 4 SEMP Maintains Momentum \| Getting to Know Our Frontline Professionals \| Featured Organization: Edward Hospital \| Book Review: "Bioterrorism and the People: How to Vaccinate a City Against Panic" \| Official Minutes SEMP July 12, 2002 Meeting \| SEMP Web site Debut
Jun 2002 - Volume 1, Issue 3 SEMP Continues Onward \| SEMP Embraces Model Building \| Book Review: What is a Disaster? Perspectives on the Question \| Official Minutes SEMP May 24, 2002 Meeting \| Featured Organization: Lisle-Woodridge Fire District \| Featured Speakers: John R. Lumpkin, M.D., M.P.H. and Enrico L. Quarantelli, Ph.D. \| Bioterrorism Summit
May 2002 - Volume 1, Issue 2 SEMP in Full Swing \| Auf der Heide Exposes Disaster Planning Assumptions \| Book Review: Scourge: The Once & Future Threat of Smallpox \| Official Minutes SEMP April 26,2002 Meeting \| Featured Organization: Elmhurst Memorial Hospital \| Demographic Report \| What's Ahead in SEMPland
Apr 2002 - Volume 1, Issue 1 Research Grant to Fund Suburban Emergency Management Project \| Medicine's Response to the Threat of Bioterrorism \| Book Review: Anthrax: The Investigation of a Deadly Outbreak \| Tentative 2002 Meeting Schedule