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 Chicago Launches Extensive Video Surveillance System Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC) will implement an advanced citywide intelligent security system as part of Chicago's Operation Virtual Shield Blind PreparationIf a family enters an emergency room with inflamed lesions covering their bodies, accompanied by fevers and debilitating weakness - symptoms of a chemical or biological attack - the admitting hospital should know who to call and how to treat each family member. That wouldn't always happen, however. Almost six years after 9/11 - after spending billions of tax dollars on disaster preparedness - many cities remain unprepared to respond to a biological or chemical attack, according to several leaders in the public health community. A lack of coherent national policy on biological and chemical weapons preparedness has produced a hodgepodge of ineffective initiatives at the local level, according to critics. Yet others say national standards frequently are ineffective at dictating local issues.
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Thank you October 10th thru 11th, 2007 Thanks to those who joined us for the first of a series of Regional Conferences focused on improving Emergency Preparation and Response. This event was held at the award-winning State of Georgia Archives Facility in Atlanta, Georgia. Regional Conference--Atlanta, Georgia State of Georgia Archives, October 10-11 This first of a series of regional conferences focused on work underway in the Southeastern United States on “back office” functions that support emergency response efforts that have to be performed during emergencies and reintegrated into normal operations afterward. Included were such topics as Identity Management, Records Creation and Retention, Procurement and others. The Conference in Atlanta will provided the opportunity for workgroup participants to meet in person, develop relationships with other participants valuable to future collaboration and progress with workgroup activities. Additionally, the conference provided the opportunity for presentations and demonstrations of various solutions, projects and efforts related to the focus of this initiative. One particular focus was to highlight and obtain practical experience in working with a range of information tools and techniques for sharing and distributing information for emergency preparation and during emergency response.
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