ADVISORY/Experts Available To Discuss Tests for U.S. Response to Bioterrorism, Dirty Bomb.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE) TOPIC: A five-day drill, beginning Monday, will test how local, state and federal authorities respond to a fake "dirty bomb" in Seattle and a phony bioterrorism threat in Chicago, according to an article by The Associated Press. The scenarios were developed by the Department of Homeland Security Noun 1. Department of Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States and will involve more than 8,500 people from 100 local, state and federal agencies, the American Red Cross American Red Cross: see Red Cross. and the Canadian government. In Seattle, participants must respond to more than 100 faked casualties from the bomb blast as well as radiation testing. In Chicago, officials will deal with "patients" who arrive at hospitals with flu-like symptoms resulting from a fictitious bioterrorist attack. Furthermore, the cases will "spread" to Canada, which will prompt coordination between officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), agency of the U.S. Public Health Service since 1973, with headquarters in Atlanta; it was established in 1946 as the Communicable Disease Center. . EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: As Vice Chairman and Founder of E Team, Inc., Matt Walton was responsible for the development of the industry's first Internet-based emergency management software. He possesses more than 20 years of management experience and is actively involved in company evangelism and business development. Mr. Walton was responsible for the transition of E Team's software from military to commercial use through a public/private partnership with the City of Los Angeles
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , where it was used for the city's response to September 11th, and the 2002 Winter Olympics. PR: Annie Baker, 650-359-9005, abaker@eteam.com Dr. Marsha Anderson, of The Children's Hospital, is an expert regarding bioterrorism, vaccines and infectious disease. 303-861-8888 Michael Fagel, of Aurora Safety Services in Aurora, Ill., spent 90 days at ground zero as liaison to the FDNY FDNY Fire Department New York (New York City, NY, USA) FDNY Fort Drum, New York (US Army) doing safety duties for the entire rescue-recovery operations. He has experience as an emergency manager, serving on the Certification Commission for Emergency Managers. He can discuss safety and awareness regarding weapons of mass destruction Weapons that are capable of a high order of destruction and/or of being used in such a manner as to destroy large numbers of people. Weapons of mass destruction can be high explosives or nuclear, biological, chemical, and radiological weapons, but exclude the means of transporting or , chemical and biological weapons. He trained over 2,100 New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. Firefighters and officers in Emergency Response to Terrorism at their academy. 630-897-0551 ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/. |
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