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Don’t take your safety for granted: Lessons learned from 9/11
September 11 taught us we can't afford to take our safety for granted. Second in a series about 9/11 Given the serious and sensitive nature of the somber events of September 11, 2001, this series of...
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Celebrate National Preparedness Month by Making Sure You’re Ready!
What East Coast Troubles Have Taught us about Disaster Response Recent events, such as Hurricane Irene, the east coast earthquake and this year’s tornadoes in Tuscaloosa and Joplin are critical...
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RJ the Firedog Wants You to Resolve to be Ready in 2012
With wildfires, droughts, historic flooding and several other disasters, 2011 proved to be quite a year for emergency managers. It was also quite a year for me. I rolled in a pile of something and...
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Hurricane Sandy Recap as FEMA & SBA Help Recovery
A significant number of RJW Training System subscribers are located on the east coast. Our hearts go out to each of them. If you would like to donate to relief efforts, consider giving through a...
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Lessons from the Oklahoma Tornado
Our hearts go out to everyone who was affected by the recent tornadoes in the Midwest. Out of respect for the victims, we will not include my usual fire dog-isms in this post. Since a category EF5...
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Part 2 of Summer Safety & Fire Prevention Tips
As we head into the heavy summer fire-season, we agree with FEMA’s assertion that the best fire prevention is fire education. To that end, this blog post is the second in a two-part series that focuses...
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Tornadoes–Severe Weather
Last week, we launched a series about preparing for severe weather. This week, we will focus on one of the most chilling of all severe weather storms—tornadoes. Tornados can cause flash floods,...
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The Red Cross Offers ReadyRating
At the RJWestmore Training System by Universal Fire/Life Safety Services, we frequently work side-by-side, with an iconic disaster relief agency – the Red Cross. Although the agency is always at the...
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El Niño & the Risks of Unpredictable Weather
The early January storms in Southern California brought not only rain and wind, but also a rare tornado warning for Los Angeles and San Diego (which would have likely rained fish tacos!). While the...
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Recent Earthquakes Highlight Need for Disaster Prep
The ring of fire hit hard by recent earthquakes is not the one Johnny Cash sang about. The recent earthquakes in the Ring of Fire focus attention on the importance of earthquake preparedness throughout...
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