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ARE
YOU READY?
Are You Ready? A Guide to Citizen Preparedness, brings
together facts on disaster survival techniques, disaster-specific
information, and how to prepare for and respond to both natural
and man-made disasters. As the most comprehensive guide to personal
emergency preparedness published by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA), Are You Ready? will help individuals
prepare themselves and their families for disasters. Revised
in September 2002, this guide provides a step-by-step outline
on how to prepare a disaster supply kit, emergency planning
for people with disabilities, how to locate and evacuate to
a shelter, and even contingency planning for family pets. Man-made
threats from hazardous materials and terrorism are also treated
in detail. The guide details opportunities for everyone to become
involved in safeguarding neighbors and communities through FEMA’s
Citizen Corps initiative (www.citizencorps.gov),
Community Emergency Response Team training program. Copies are
available through the FEMA Publications warehouse (800, 480-2520),
FEMA publication H-34.
EMPLOYEE
GUIDE TO SYSTEM SECURITY
The National Transit Institute, in cooperation with the FTA
Office of Safety and Security, recently published a pamphlet
entitled Employee Guide to System Security –
Bus Operations Version. This is the first edition in a
series of guides that are being developed specifically for transit
employees. System Security Guides for Bus Maintenance, Light
Rail, Heavy Rail, and Commuter Rail will be available in the
near future. These guides are provided free to transit agencies.
They are intended to be a handy reference tool to increase the
awareness of system security issues among transit employees.
The Employee Guide for System Security summarizes the
knowledge and skills taught in NTI’s System Security
Awareness for Transit Employees training course. If your
employees have completed that training, the guide is a good
way to reinforce the concepts taught on the job. If your agency
has not yet provided the training, the guide can be used to
introduce the concepts that can be expanded on in the training.
To order copies of the guide, simply complete the attached order
form. Please coordinate your order within your agency to avoid
multiple requests. For more information on the guide or on NTI’s
training course, call Coleen Meyer at 732-932-1700, ext. 31,
or E-mail safety@nti.rutgers.edu.
RECENT
PROMOTIONS AND AWARDS
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority recently
promoted the following personnel: Lieutenant Amy Phillips to
Captain, Lieutenant Anthony Tisdale to Captain, Sergeant Leslie
Campbell to Lieutenant, Sergeant Zola Reed to Lieutenant, Of-fice
Derrick Wigglesworth to Sergeant, Officer Donald Proctor to
Sergeant, and Officer Hubert King to Sergeant. Congratulations
to all.
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The
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority gave the oath of
office as Sergeant of Transit Police to the following officers
in a ceremony on March 3, 2003: Thomas (Jake) Jones, Mark Laubenthal,
and Michael Zusman. In addition, Chief John Joyce issued commendations
to the following officers and dispatchers: Kellie Archie, Marlena
Boyce, Dorsey Faught, Frank Manuel, Davida Hawkins, Sean O’Neil,
Aidee Rodriguez, Denise Stanko, Donald Volosyn, Patricia White,
and Steen Dusek. Congratulations to all.
Meetings
5/4-8/03
American Public Transportation Association Bus Conference, Milwaukee,
WI (202, 496-4800)
5/7/03
Substance Abuse Training Session: Regulatory Review and Best
Practices, Beloit, WI, Federal Transit Administration (617,
494-3798; (whalley@volpe.dot.gov)
5/12-15/03
Worldwide War on Terrorism: Continuing Threats, Continuing Lessons,
Tampa, FL, Office of Personnel Eastern Management Development
Center (304, 870-8088; www.leadership.opm.gov/content)
5/14-16/03
Homeland Security Summit and Exposition, Arlington, VA, McGraw-Hill
(800, 240-7645, ext. 7; www.mcgraw-hill.com/homeland)
6/2-6/03
Criminal Intelligence and the War Against Terrorism, Seattle,
WA, American Association of Railroads Opera-tions Center—Rail
Alert Network (www.leiu2003seattle.org)
6/15-18/03
Symposium on Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Threats: A Crisis
Management Challenge, Jyväskylä, Finland (www.vtt.fi/aut/rrn/spt/index1.htm)
6/11-16-03
American Public Transportation Association Annual Meeting, Salt
Lake City, UT (202, 296-4800)
6/22-25/03
Risk Management Seminar, Newport Beach, CA, American Public
Transportation Association (202, 496-4857; www.apta.com)
6/20-7/2/03
Government Symposium on Information Sharing and Homeland Security,
Philadelphia, PA, National Conference Services, Inc. (301, 589-8899,
ext. 224, or 888, 603-8899, ext. 224; Fax: 596-6274; www.ncsievents.com)
7/16-17/03
International Cargo Security Summit: Counter Terrorism Strategies
for the Freight Transportation and Logis-tics Supply Chain,
Chicago, IL, WCBF, Inc. (800, 959-6549, or 312, 466-5774; Fax:
959-6561, or 466-5601; http://www.wcbf.com/security/6002)
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