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| |  | 06/24/2009 News Channel 8 talks with Scanlon about Metro Train Crash News Channel 8 talks to Barry Scanlon about what could be done to prepare for incidents on the Metro and rail systems. Scanlon discusses the importance of disaster preparedness in light of the June 22 Metro collision in Washington D.C.
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full story... | 06/12/2009 JLWA's William Lokey's Podcast and Article on Disaster Planning from SecurityMagazine.com This month’s feature in Security Magazine included an article written by James Lee Witt Associates' Program Manager, Bill Lokey. In his article, "Don't Let the Plan Be the Disaster," Lokey addresses the importance of preparedness and having the right resources in the event of a major disaster.
full story... | 05/01/2009 GlobalOptions Group's JLWA Releases Corporate Preparedness Guide Online NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May. 1, 2009-- GlobalOptions Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLOI), a leading provider of domestic and international risk management services and its Management and Preparedness Services consulting division, James Lee Witt Associates have made their Pandemic Business and Family Preparedness Guide available online. The turnkey product can be used to implement some key actions and considerations that should be taken to assist clients as they prepare their employees, students and citizens for potential infection of the H1N1 flu virus.
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| |  | | CURRENT H1N1 FLU INFORMATION According to the U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC), swine flu is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza viruses that causes regular outbreaks in pigs. People do not normally get swine flu, but human infections can and do happen. Swine flu viruses have been reported to spread from person-to-person, but in the past, this transmission was limited. In late March and early April 2008, cases of human infection with swine influenza A (H1N1) viruses were first reported in Southern California and near San Antonio, Texas. Other U.S. states have reported cases of swine flu infection in humans, and cases have been reported internationally, as well.
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 CBS News Disaster Links Resource: One of the most comprehensive Disaster, Crisis and Emergency Resource Guides.
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Renowned hurricane expert Dr. William M. Gray and
Philip J. Klotzbach foresee a somewhat above-average Atlantic basin tropical cyclone seadon in 2009.
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