Tag: drills
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fema, phermones & the return of noble resolve
fema will regain powerfrom washington post: After years of aggressive lobbying by unhappy state governments, the administration chose to restore FEMA’s power to coordinate federal disaster operations. That power was undermined in the administration’s previous plan – used just once, after Katrina – when the secretary of homeland security appointed his own officer to oversee…
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peter power flees from confrontation on 7/7 terror drill
from paul joseph watson: The managing director of the company that eerily, and some charge suspiciously, were running drills identical to the events that unfolded on 7/7 in London had to flee from members of We Are Change UK this week when he was asked to explain who had hired his consultancy firm to run…
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presidio terror & audio spotlights
anti-terror exercises set at presidiofrom monterey herald: The loud booms coming from the Presidio of Monterey on Friday will likely be an anti-terrorism exercise. The exercise is scheduled through the day, and the High Street gate will be closed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., according to officials from the Defense Language Institute and the…
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interpol unleashes ‘black death’ bioterror exercise
from the sop/daily dose of terror: Senior officials from law enforcement and international organizations are taking part in a two-day tabletop exercised hosted by INTERPOL simulating a global bioterrorism attack and its aftermath. Participants in the ‘Black Death’ scenario are faced with a fictional plague attack involving 10 countries to assist them in identifying critical…
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virginia marines take part in mock terrorist drill
from wdbj: Training for the war on Terror, it happens everyday. And, for the past week about 2,000 Marines have been in Central and Southside Virginia doing just that, training. Thursday night some Marines took part in a mock terrorist drill in Martinsville. The scenario involved a terrorist group known as the Rocky Mount Resistance.…
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california bioterror drill at mock concert
from san jose mercury news: How would you like to spend the day inside a crowded stadium, pretending to vomit and be drenched in fake chemical gas? Sound like fun? Wait, there’s more. Well, you won’t get paid. But you will be helping out local firefighters, police officers and paramedics practice for the biggest and…
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october clearinghouse
gary hart warns iran that ‘we provoke provocations’* nist admits total collapse of twin towers unexplainable* thom hartmann’s hypocrisy for israel* anti-gay church ordered to pay $10.9 million for funeral protest* fox news accuses ron paul campaign of using botnets* dod to carry out ‘military missions’ during wmd/pandemic* actor mark ruffalo ‘baffled’ at collapse of…
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mass vaccination drill exceeds expectations
from arizona republic: Chandler Regional Medical Center’s flu shot drill Saturday was a hit with residents and considered a success by officials testing the hospital’s ability to respond to a bioterror or other mass medical emergency. Cars began lining up for the free drive-though vaccinations as early as 6 a.m. even though the start time…
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outside the box #124
here is the latest episode of “outside the box,” hosted by alex ansary.it was originally broadcast by portland community media on october 18, 2007. from alex ansary: Tonight Alex shares some footage that he captured during Topoff 4, which took place in Portland, Phoenix, and Guam. This particular event in Portland features some interesting questions…
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bomb scare disrupts topoff drill
from oregonian: The Topoff dirty-bomb drill turned into a real-life bomb scare this afternoon after a trio of bomb-sniffing dogs alerted authorities to possible explosives on the first floor of the parking garage of the Doubletree Hotel Portland at 1000 NE Multnomah Street. Michael Chertoff, secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, was scheduled…
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putting my bottom on topoff
click here to listen to some live drill action on the portland police scanner… massive terror drill may hardly be noticedfrom oregonian: It’s T-Day. Topoff 4, the largest counterterrorism drill in the history of mankind… Despite the exercise’s big-bang production values, it’s unlikely most Portlanders will notice anything out of the ordinary. Topoff begins with…
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terror exercise is all set to blast portland
from oregonian: The bomb’s in place. The terrorists are ready. The city waits. As of 9 a.m. Tuesday, a lethal cloak of radiation will cover much of downtown Portland. It’s all make-believe, of course. But this week the city will be ground zero for the largest counterterrorism exercise in U.S. history. Homeland Security Secretary Michael…
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1,000 free flu shots to be given in 3 hours for drill
from arizona republic: Chandler health officials are asking residents to roll down their car windows and roll up their sleeves for an emergency terrorism drill that will test the efficiency of mass drive-through vaccinations. The first drill of it’s kind at Chandler Regional Medical Center will involve 100 hospital personnel administering flu vaccines to adults…
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‘universal adversary’ is topoff4’s fake terror group
from daily dose of terror: A terrorist organization known as the Universal Adversary will set off a radiological dispersal device – also known as a dirty bomb – at the Portland International Raceway in two weeks. Shortly after, the group will carry out similar attacks in Phoenix and the U.S. territory of Guam. But do…
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another elaborate bomb drill in oregon
from news-register: Operation October, designed to simulate a countywide multiple explosives incident, will be launched in dramatic fashion. At 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, a call will be received at the Yamhill Communications Agency dispatch center in McMinnville that a bomb has just gone off at the building across from the courthouse where the Yamhill County commissioners…