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Enhancing Community Preparedness
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Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)  Administrator Craig Fugate launched a public challenge last week, inviting members of the public to develop and submit ideas for ways individuals and businesses can help contribute to their own community preparedness before disaster strikes. The challenge, available at www.challenge.gov/fema, is open to anyone who wants to help build the nation's emergency management team.
Providing emergency responders and relief organizations with information and resources to help protect the entire community from threats of all kinds is an important part of community preparedness. To that end, FEMA announced new guidelines on emergency sheltering last week to help emergency responders protect children and people with access and functional needs in the aftermath of a disaster.
Learn more about emergency preparedness, including tips and resources for preparing your family at www.Ready.gov.
Last week, Administrator Fugate also released a statement lamenting the passing of long-time preparedness advocate and blogger John Solomon. John was dedicated to the mission of public preparedness and a firm believer in the power of a prepared and resilient public. To read more about John Solomon and preparedness, visit his blog: In Case of Emergency, Read Blog.
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Disaster Planning Exercises Available from FEMA
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Organizations can now download a free series of "tabletop exercises" from FEMA that simulate disasters and aim to help advance preparedness.
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Incoming Homeland Security Chair Discusses New Priorities
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Representative Peter King (R-NY), incoming chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, highlights his priorities for the next two years.
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The United States Fire Administration (USFA) has received notice of the following firefighter fatalities:
| | Name: James Gumbert
Rank: Firefighter
Age: 63
Gender: Male
Status: Volunteer
Years of Service: 2
Date of Incident: 11/10/2010
Time of Incident: 0245hrs
Date of Death: 11/10/2010
Fire Department: North Irwin Volunteer Fire Department
Address: Second and Broadway AVE, North Irwin, PA 15642
Fire Department Chief: Thomas Harrison
Incident Description: While responding to a residential structure fire, Firefighter Gumbert began experiencing chest pains and was rendered unconscious at the fire station. Some firefighters started CPR to revive him, while the rest responded to the fire scene. Paramedics transported Firefighter Gumbert to Forbes Regional Medical Center in Monroeville where he passed away.
Incident Location: 49 Webster Avenue
Funeral Arrangements: Pending
Memorial Fund Contact and Address: Pending
Tribute is being paid to Firefighter James Gumbert at http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/
Name: Leonard Arthur Murray
Rank: Captain
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Status: Volunteer
Years of Service: 5
Date of Incident: 11/05/2010
Time of Incident: 1830hrs
Date of Death: 11/05/2010
Fire Department: Jackson Township Fire Department
Address: 4831 Helmsburg Road, Nashville, IN 47448-8896
Mailing Address: PO Box 610, Nashville, IN 47448-0610
Fire Department Chief: Glen Elmore
Incident Description: Captain Leonard Arthur Murray was working at the fire station when he was killed. The incident is under investigation.
Incident Location: 4831 Helmsburg Road, Nashville, IN 47448-8896
Funeral Arrangements: Visitation will be held Thursday, November 11, 2010, 1600hrs-2000hrs at the Martinsville Baptist Tabernacle, Martinsville, IN. The funeral will take place on Friday, November 12, 2010 at 1100hrs also at the Martinsville Baptist Tabernacle, Martinsville, IN.
Memorial Fund Contact and Address: Memorial contributions may be made to the Jackson Township Fire Department, PO Box 610, Nashville, IN 47448-0610 or the Martinsville Baptist Tabernacle, Intersection of Burton RD and Highway 37, Martinsville, IN.
Tribute is being paid to Captain Leonard Arthur Murray at http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/
Name: Rick Drake
Rank: Lieutenant
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Status: Volunteer
Years of Service: 3
Date of Incident: 11/01/2010
Time of Incident: 1445hrs
Date of Death: 11/01/2010
Fire Department: German Township Fire Department
Address: PO Box 221, 9428 Main ST, Taylorsville, IN 47280
Fire Department Chief: Christopher West
Fire Department Website: http://home.comcast.net
/~germantwpvolfd/index.htm
Incident Description: Lieutenant Drake suffered a massive heart attack while on station. He and other members of German Township Fire Department had responded earlier to a report of a person having difficulty breathing. After clearing the run and returning to the fire station, Lieutenant Drake began conducting equipment checks. Shortly thereafter, his wife, who was visiting him at the firehouse, called 911 to report he was having severe chest pain. Bartholomew County Sheriff's Department, Columbus Regional Hospital EMS, and German Township Fire Department personnel responded.
As he was being transported to the hospital, Lieutenant Drake suffered cardiac arrest. Resuscitation efforts were initiated, but he was pronounced dead at Columbus Regional Hospital.
Incident Location: 9428 Main ST, Taylorsville, IN 47280
Funeral Arrangements: Viewing: 11/04/2010 from 1500-2000hrs and on 11/05/2010 from 0900-1000hrs, with funeral services to follow on the 5th, at the Garden City Church of Christ, 3245 Jonesville Road, Columbus, IN. Burial will take place at the New Hope Christian Church, 1404 West 400 North, Columbus, IN.
Memorial Fund Contact and Address: Memorial donations may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project (www.woundedwarriorproject.org) in honor of Lieutenant Drake's U.S. Marine Corps service.
Tribute is being paid to Lieutenant Rick Drake at http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/
Name: Gary L. Cummins
Rank: Firefighter
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Status: Volunteer
Years of Service: 41
Date of Incident: 10/31/2010
Time of Incident: 2110hrs
Date of Death: 10/31/2010
Fire Department: Brocton Fire Protection District
Address: 113 East 3rd St., Brocton, IL 61917
Fire Department Chief: Virgil Haynes
Incident Description: Firefighter Cummins died from an apparent heart attack while responding to structure fire. Cummins was driving a piece of apparatus when he suddenly collapsed, causing the apparatus to leave the roadway and come to rest in a ditch.
Incident Location: 1705 East Fourteen Hundred Road, Brocton, IL
Funeral Arrangements: Pending
Memorial Fund Contact and Address: Pending
Tribute is being paid to Firefighter Gary L. Cummins at http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/
Name: Kevin Quinn
Rank: Lieutenant
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Status: Career
Years of Service: 25
Date of Incident: 10/30/2010
Time of Incident: Pending
Date of Death: 10/30/2010
Fire Department: Dayton Fire Department
Address: 300 N Main ST, Dayton, OH 45402-1208
Fire Department Chief: Herbert C. Redden II
Fire Department Website: http://www.cityofdayton.org
/departments/fire/pages/default.aspx
Incident Description: Lieutenant Quinn passed away from a cause still to be determined while on duty at the Montgomery County (OH) Regional Dispatch Center.
Incident Location: 345 West Second Street, Dayton, Ohio 45422
Funeral Arrangements: A viewing will be held on Tuesday, November 2nd from 3:00pm - 8:00pm at the Tobias Funeral Home located at 5471 Far Hills Avenue in Kettering.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Wednesday, November 3rd at 10:00am at Holy Angels Church located at 1322 Brown Street in Dayton.
Memorial Fund Contact and Address: Pending
Tribute is being paid to Lieutenant Kevin Quinn at http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/
Source: USFA
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