News & Information

All of our press releases, reports, newsletters, and OSDBs are available here.

Press Releases

Reports

  • 2009 NTNS Research Brief - Emergency Management
    Type: 
    Reports
    01/26/2010

    In 2009, RDPC conducted its second National Training Needs Survey. The survey targeted a random sample of individuals from eight disciplines representative of the rural emergency response community: Emergency Management Agency Personnel (EMAP); Emergency Medical Services (EMS); Fire Services (FS); Governmental Administrative (GA); Healthcare/Public Health (HCPH); Law Enforcement (LE); Public Safety Communications (PSC); and Public Works/Public Utilities (PWPU).

    2009 NTNS Research Brief - Emergency Management.pdf
  • 2009 NTNS Research Brief - Interdisciplinary
    Type: 
    Reports
    01/26/2010

    In 2009, RDPC conducted its second National Training Needs Survey. The survey targeted a random sample of individuals from eight disciplines representative of the rural emergency response community: Emergency Management Agency Personnel (EMAP); Emergency Medical Services (EMS); Fire Services (FS); Governmental Administrative (GA); Healthcare/Public Health (HCPH); Law Enforcement (LE); Public Safety Communications (PSC); and Public Works/Public Utilities (PWPU).

    2009 NTNS Research Brief - Interdisciplinary.pdf
  • 2009 NTNS Research Brief - EMS
    Type: 
    Reports
    01/26/2010

    In 2009, RDPC conducted its second National Training Needs Survey. The survey targeted a random sample of individuals from eight disciplines representative of the rural emergency response community: Emergency Management Agency Personnel (EMAP); Emergency Medical Services (EMS); Fire Services (FS); Governmental Administrative (GA); Healthcare/Public Health (HCPH); Law Enforcement (LE); Public Safety Communications (PSC); and Public Works/Public Utilities (PWPU).

    2009 NTNS Research Brief - EMS.pdf

Newsletters

OSDBs

  • Security High at Nuclear Plants
    Type: 
    OSDBs
    03/10/2010

    According to Commissioner Dale Klein of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), nuclear plants in the United States are well protected against potential terrorist attacks.

    3_10_10_OSDB.pdf
  • HSFA Launches National Terrorism Prevention Database
    Type: 
    OSDBs
    03/08/2010

    The Homeland Security Foundation of America (HSFA), which is based in Atlanta, Georgia, has recently launched RubyWATCH, a national terrorism and crime prevention database that also functions as a tip line for citizens.

    RubyWATCH is a Web-based program that is built on technology developed for HSFA's Strategic Terrorism Analysis Network (project STAN), which uses artificial intelligence to “simulate patterns of behavior and tactics of terrorists.”

    3_8_10_OSDB.pdf
  • Solar Storms: Could They Be the Next Natural Disaster?
    Type: 
    OSDBs
    03/05/2010

    Government officials participated in a tabletop exercise that determined that a massive solar storm could occur in the near future and leave millions of people around the world without necessary utilities, such as electricity and water.

    Solar storms occur due to an eruption or explosion on the surface of the sun that sends radiation or electrically charged particles toward Earth. Minor solar storms occur regularly and can interfere with radio signals. Major solar storms only occur every few decades and can release the energy of a billion hydrogen bombs.

    3_5_10_OSDB.pdf