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US Airways Flight 1549 and Public Safety
2009 Jan 16 Posted by Joseph Pascarella
Amazingly, there were no fatalities yesterday when the US Airways Flight 1549 was forced to land in the 32 degree waters of the Hudson River yesterday. One of the major reasons, in addition to the heroics of the flight crew, was the immediate and professional first response of the public safety and private sector agencies in New York City.
The timely and professional response of the dozen agencies (including private sector ferry operators and civilians) rescued the passengers from the frigid waters in an organized and cooperative manner.
This operation exemplies the professionalism and capabilities of public safety and private sector safety personnel saving lives and mitigating casualties under intense circumstances. The magitude of resources that were mobilized in a very short time was nothing short of incredible.
Take care and stay safe.
Joe Pascarella
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Sandy Boyd, Ed.D. Says:
Beyond the excellent work of our first responders, another direct link to public safety is the training that allowed the pilot to put the plane down in one piece. What we do now in public safety with interactive sim training was done first with the airline industry. Going back to Al Haines in 1989 with flight 232, he emphatically gave credit to the survival of half the passengers to the hours of training he went through in cockpit simulators.
In order to continue to offer professional and immediate service to the public, we need to offer as close to lifelike training experiences so that when the actual incident occurs, public safety will be better able to make correct, split second decisions.
Be safe.
Sandy Boyd
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:54 pm