Officials with the FBI and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service believe the same person has sent nearly 400 letters containing nontoxic white powder across the U.S. and abroad from ...
By Ben Fox The Associated Press GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — The U.S. has finally started the prosecution of five Guantanamo Bay prisoners charged in the Sept. 11 ...
Dollar value of each point awarded workers for type, severity of their illnesses was just recently set at $7.36; 'We didn't get what they told us we were going to get' ...
Volunteers helped first responders practice their response to a mock radiological disaster ...
By EMS1 StaffBRISTOL, Tenn. — More than a quarter of EMTs say they do not have the proper equipment needed to respond to an MCI involving chemical, biological, radiological, ...
By Lucas K. Murray Gloucester County TimesPAULSBORO, N.J. — The old adage goes "learn from your mistakes."In reports following the 9/11 attacks, authorities ...
By Tim Eaton Austin American-StatesmanFORT HOOD, Texas — Army Spc. Francisco De la Serna doesn't think he's a hero, but the president does — and so do the people who ...
By Monifa Thomas The Chicago Sun-TimesCHICAGO — Spec. Christen Rowland has been a medic for the Illinois Army National Guard for two years, and she works for a private ...
By Audrey Hudson The Washington TimesWASHINGTON — Code magenta? Fuchsia alert? Throw out the Crayola box?The Department of Homeland Security is preparing to restructure the ...
Device that identifies chemical substances helps responders in HAZMAT scenarios ...
Course at the U.S. Military Academy goes beyond tactics and into the theory and history of terrorism worldwide ...
The Associated PressNEW YORK — It was an emergency drill, yet the scene of hundreds of firefighters, police officers and other first responders hustling around the World ...
By Gary Carmack The Pulaski County DailyReaders will probably surmise (correctly) from the title that this article is due to the recent event at the Pulaski County Jail. I thought ...
By Kathleen Hom The Washington PostWASHINGTON — Imagine being a first responder heading toward a major explosion or chemical spill with memories of Sept. 11 flooding your ...
Fugate former director of emergency management ...
By Howard Pankratz The Denver PostLITTLETON, Colo. — An ill student and the subsequent discovery of a white powder in his locker Monday morning prompted Littleton fire ...
Responders apprehensive over fears of diminishing federal support ...
By Devlin Barrett The Associated Press AP File Photo A tattered flag from Sept. 11, 2001 is brought to the stage ahead of the 9/11 memorial at Zucotti Park, adjacent to ground zero ...
By Les Blumenthal The News TribuneTACOMA, Wash. — Since the 2001 terrorist attacks, millions of dollars in homeland security grants have flowed to Washington state and its ...
By Jennifer K. Rumple Contra Costa TimesOAKLAND, Calif. — Seven years later, the horrific events of 9/11 still conjure up feelings of disbelief, fear and helplessness. But ...
