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Issue 1 2009, Past issues / 7 February 2009 /
The need today is share everything or do without! Governments are making significant cuts in every area and the task before every emergency response agency is to do your job without any extra funds. That sounds easy! Failure is an option for any organisation, but if you work within your mission statements, share resources with outside agencies that have a common goal with your own, and gain involvement from everyone, then you have a chance of survival.
The purpose of this article is to introduce you to a training situation between government agencies that has resulted in success on more than one occasion. I would like to tell you how relationships built on honour and integrity allow for the firefighters to save a life. (more…)
Issue 2 2008, Past issues / 28 March 2008 /
Four years ago the European Commission set up an initiative to increase security for European citizens. It started with a Preparatory Action for Security Research (PASR), with E45 million of research funding over a three year period. This was driven by the Directorate General of Enterprise. In addition to this, the 6th Framework Program continued to cover detailed topics on parts of the security chain, with the 7th Framework Program starting in 2007. This included E1.4 billion of funding for mission oriented security research over 7 years. Meanwhile the Directorate General for Justice, Law and Security set up the European Program for Critical Infrastructure Protection (EPCIP), with a further E180 million.
Diehl BGT Defence, together with 20 partners from 9 nations, proposed and led the PASR project PATIN. The project covers the protection of air transportation and critical infrastructure, and aims to build a community with special knowledge concerning the security of air transportation. The focus is on new technologies, processes and security solutions, to be used in the future, to ensure the free mobility of European citizens. (more…)
Issue 3 2006, Past issues / 11 September 2006 /
Toronto Pearson International Airport has been undergoing a metamorphosis over the past ten years, changing from a publicly funded and operated facility, to a privately funded and operated, state-of-the-art complex. Deane Johanis assesses the development of an emergency management program at an airport being built around an existing airport – one that has seen a 33 per cent passenger increase during a tumultuous period in terms of major emergencies.
Some of the more notable elements of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority’s (GTAA) Airport Development Program, in keeping with its mission statement “to create an airport system that contributes aggressively to the region’s economic development”, were in the pre-amble work to the new Terminal 1 building, which features a multi-level garage and an inter-modal elevated rail transit link. (more…)
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