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Last year on this date at approximately 6:05 PM Central Standard Time, the I-35W Bridge connecting downtown Minneapolis collapsed and plunged into the Mississippi River, killing 13 people. There are several memorials planned throughout the Minneapolis area to commemorate the anniversary.
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This has been a very tough year for battling wildfires in the Western United States, particularly in California. The last battle is near Yosemite National Park and is threatening both homes in the area and the park itself. The wildfires near Yosemite National Park are particularly challenging given the rough terrain and landscape [...]

Greetings,
Happy Independence Day!
As you know, this day marks the birthday of the United States as an independent nation and I would like to thank those throughout Public Safety, particularly our military personnel serving abroad, for keeping this great Nation Free and Safe.
Take care and stay safe.
Joe Pascarella

Joy, you highlighted an important issue that intersects the domains of public health and public safety with your comments to Joe on the MRSA super bug. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) this bacterium may be responsible for more annual deaths in the U.S. than AIDS.
I believe that a widespread outbreak with numerous [...]

In a stunning twist of events, Dr. Charles Hirsch, the New York City Chief Medical Examiner concluded that New York City Detective James Zadroga did not die as a result of working at the World Trade Center during the rescue and recovery effort.
Detective Zadroga had toiled at the World Trade Center during the [...]

The White House today updated the National Strategy for Homeland Security. This was the first update to the strategy since the original report was published in 2002. Unsurprisingly, one of the report’s major findings was that Al Qaeda remains the nation’s number one domestic threat. One surprise was the concern over the [...]

Illegal immigration and the flow of illegal immigrants through a very porous United States has increasingly becoming a Public Safety issue. The latest plan by the Federal government is to build a 70 mile long wall that is 16 feet high in southern Texas. This plan is one of many, some involving [...]

Greetings and I hope all is well.
The significance of today’s date is etched in the collective memory of just about everyone in the United States and conjures up just about every available emotion and feeling.
In Public Safety, after emotionally grappling with the sheer enormity of losses of life that day in but a [...]

One of the components of public safety that is becoming more prevalent is health care and the role of health care in public safety first and second response. What is occurring at health care facilities during emergencies is becoming more transparent and even more so during intense emergencies. Health care and the role [...]

The Central Intelligence Agency issued an internal report that identified agency failures in the prevention of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. The report was completed in 2005, however it was not released until last week. The report concurs with many of the conclusions of the 911 Commission report; thatSafety agencies on the [...]