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Award Winning TQM Implementation: A Worthwhile Goal for the Fire Service
"The Grand Island Fire Department (GIFD) made the decision to transform the organization into one that is customer oriented, mission driven and employee empowered. The problem was that a recently submitted strategic plan did not address further improvement of the organizational quality, culture, and service delivery. The purpose of this research was to identify methods and strategies to assist with improving these areas of the Department. Evaluative research was utilized, and the specific research questions asked were: 1) What quality management practices are currently in place for the GIFD? 2) What value may exist with implementation of Total Quality Management (TQM) practices for this organization? 3) What methods or strategies are available for implementing TQM? 4) How do the members of the GIFD feel about delivering quality services? Procedures used for this study included a literary review, an interview with a representative from an organization recently awarded a State of Nebraska Quality Award, and a survey conducted of Department members. Major findings of the study produced an understanding of TQM benefits, and that several necessary components are now in place for adoption. A suggested method for implementation is to follow the outlined criteria from an organization sponsoring a quality award; all 50 States now offer these. The GIFD members do not perceive a commitment to delivering quality services from the chief officers, but believes that the Department can become a recognized leader as a quality service provider."
National Fire Academy
Nelson, Larry
1999-12
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Anxiety Over 911 Transports
"The problem was the resistance of personnel in the Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service Department to the implementation of a plan to begin the transport of basic life support patients. The purpose of this project was to identify those methods and procedures that can be utilized by the Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service to effectively overcome resistance to transporting all 911 patients and to determine to what extent these procedures are currently utilized by supervisory and managerial personnel within the Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service. The study employed the descriptive research methodology. The research questions to be answered were: 1. What are the underlying factors which lead individuals to resist change? 2. What procedures and practices are known to effectively identify and reduce individual resistance to change? 3. Are these procedures and practices currently being utilized by supervisory and management personnel within the Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service Department to identify and overcome resistance to change? The author surveyed one hundred thirty paramedics within the Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service Department and researched many journals and reports. The findings of the research suggested that change is essential for progress to take place but is frequently resisted by individuals. Individuals resist those changes that are perceived to present a threat due to habit, security, economic factors, fears of the unknown and selective information processing. The findings also identified that in order to reduce resistance to change tactics such as education, communication, participation, facilitation and support can be viewed as means of reducing irrational or unfounded resistance to change."
National Fire Academy
Carroll, Stephen C.
1999-12
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Domestic Terrorism and Its Affect on the Fire Service
"Over the years, the fire service has become expert at mitigating major emergencies caused by accidental and intentional fire setting, and by acts of nature. Today, fire service agencies in the United States are faced with a new, more difficult challenge. This new challenge is that of domestic terrorism. The problem is that most fire service agencies in the United States have done little to prepare for acts of domestic terrorism. The purpose of this research was to gather and present information on Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) currently being used to perpetrate terrorist acts in world today, and to provide information that will assist fire service agencies prepare for these terrorist incidents when they occur in their communities. An action research method was used to address the following questions: 1. What is domestic terrorism? 2. What are weapons of mass destruction? 3. What should a local fire service agency do to prepare for a domestic terrorist act? The procedures used to complete this research included a review of literature describing recent international and domestic acts of terrorism, and of operating guidelines developed by government agencies to be used during acts of domestic terrorism. The results of this research clearly identified the need for the Portland Bureau of Fire, Rescue and Emergency Services (BFRES) to develop a plan to coordinate local, state, federal and private sector resources to respond effectively to terrorist acts."
National Fire Academy
Wilson, Ed
1999-12
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Procedure for Evaluation of Fire Station Locations and Deployment
"The placement of fire stations and equipment has a dramatic impact on the effectiveness and efficiency of services provided by the fire department. The problem addressed by this project was, as the City of West Covina has grown and changed, the fire department needed a consistent and repeatable method to evaluate the response capability and protection levels provided. The purpose of this research project was to develop a procedure for ongoing evaluation of fire station locations and equipment deployment. Historical and action research methods were employed to answer the following questions: 1. What is the current accepted standard utilized by the fire service to determine urban fire station locations? 2. What are the informational requirements to accomplish an effective fire station location and deployment analysis? The procedures used in this study included a review of alarm records, City of West Covina documents and literature written by Fire Service and Geographic Information System professionals. Digital maps provided distance measurements. Computer hardware and software were used for data manipulation, calculations and graphic presentation of data. The results of this study produced a draft standard operating procedure for the ongoing evaluation of fire station locations and deployment. In addition a limited sample study was undertaken. Tables and maps were produced to help evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the first-due district of a single fire station in the City of West Covina."
National Fire Academy
Johnson, Jerald L.
1999-12
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Development of an Employee Evaluation and Appraisal System for the Waterbury Fire Department
"The Waterbury Fire Department does not systematically conduct formal employee evaluations and appraisals. This research project examined the need for a formal employee evaluation system and the problems that the Waterbury Fire Department would need to overcome in developing such a system. The purpose of this research project was to examine the need for a formal employee appraisal and evaluation system in the Waterbury Fire Department. In doing so, the author examined the purposes an employee appraisal and evaluation system might serve the Waterbury Fire Department. If determined that an employee appraisal and evaluation system was required, how might the Waterbury Fire Department develop such a system and what obstacles would the department need to overcome in instituting such a system? In the process of examining employee appraisal and evaluation systems, the author surveyed career fire departments in Connecticut and throughout the northeastern states to examine how other departments were using employee evaluation systems. This research project employed historical, descriptive, and evaluative research methodologies. The author reviewed texts and other research that had specifically examined fire service employee appraisal systems. Internal surveys were conducted that examined what the history of appraisals had been with the employees of the Waterbury Fire Department and what the future use of an appraisal system might be. Interviews were conducted with the City of Waterbury Personnel Department and with the Union to discuss how such a system might be used and what problems they felt would need to be addressed in developing the system."
National Fire Academy
Klauber, George
1999-12
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Reluctance to Accept Division Chief Staff Positions
"This research project analyzed and evaluated the problem of the reluctance of fire officers to accept division chief positions. The purpose of this research was to assess the attitudes and reasons fire officers on the Hialeah Fire Department are reluctant to accept division chief positions. This research incorporated descriptive and evaluative research methods to (a) determine what incentives are currently in place to attract fire officers to the division chief positions, (b) determine why fire officers are reluctant to accept division chief positions, and (c) determine what measures will increase the appeal of the division chief positions for fire officers. The procedures used for this research project included a review of published articles, a personal interview, and a survey. The survey population was the fire officers on the Hialeah Fire Department. The results revealed the incentives for the division chief positions, some of the reasons for the reluctance to accept the positions, and various measures to increase the acceptability of the division chief positions. The reluctance of fire personnel to apply for and accept staff positions has nationwide implications according to the research. The recommendations focused on three areas. Hialeah Fire needs to identify and train the thirty-six percent of the fire officers willing to accept the position. The creation of an awareness and education program to educate the personnel on the importance of each division. The development and distribution of a management benefit."
National Fire Academy
McCann, Michael
1999-12
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Improving Response Times Through Increasing Existing Resource Effectiveness
"The problem identified for this applied research project was an external audit that showed that the Rural/Metro Fire Department (Pima County) response times were greater than towns of similar size. The purpose of the project was to gather information to evaluate existing processes and technology, and to determine whether changes or improvements could be made to improve the response times. This research utilized the evaluative research methodology to answer the following questions: 1. What are the processes from the 911 call receipt to an emergency vehicle arriving on the scene? 2. Is there a national standard for response time? 3. How does Medical Priority Dispatch System (MPDS) affect response times? 4. Are there changes in processes or enhancements in technology that could improve response times? The procedure used a literature review to gather information on various aspects of response times. A table was constructed from the information gathered. This was used to evaluate the existing processes of the events from 911 call receipt to the emergency vehicle arriving on the scene. The major findings of this research indicated that there were several processes that could be modified to significantly reduce response times. Improvements include changing the types of page tones required to dispatch units, review of the MPDS program, installation of mobile data units into the fire apparatus, and installation of traffic preemption devices."
National Fire Academy
Pendleton, Christopher D.
1999-12
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Preparing the Hobbs Fire Department for Ending Social Security Participation
"This research project reviewed retirement, disability, and survivor benefits available through Social Security and Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA). Because of the possibility of ending Social Security participation by the Hobbs Fire Department, management had the problem of how to adequately prepare its members for this change. The purpose was to gather and organize information concerning benefits that would be lost if Social Security participation ended, and what impact this would have on personnel. PERA benefits were examined to determine what benefits would still be available. This was accomplished using descriptive and evaluative research methods to determine (a) Social Security benefits and requirements for eligibility, (b) PERA benefits and eligibility requirements, (c) if any career fire departments in New Mexico did not participate in Social Security, and (d) opinions of Fire Department employees about Social Security participation. Procedures used included a literature review of materials addressing Social Security and PERA benefits, evaluation of survey materials from the New Mexico Municipal League, and a survey of department personnel. The findings were evaluated and recommendations were made to address the problem of preparing personnel for this change. Research revealed similar benefits were available through both PERA and Social Security. Social Security had benefits that were not available from PERA, and some of the benefits required less contribution time than PERA. PERA retirement benefits were substantially better than Social Security."
National Fire Academy
Henry, Steve
1999-12
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Hiring Certified Firefighters
"The problem identified for this applied research project was that the time and resources necessary to train and certify entry level firefighters was adversely impacting the ability of the training division to deliver advanced training to veteran personnel. It was the purpose of this project to determine the feasibility of requiring basic firefighter certification as an entry level hiring requirement. Evaluative research was the method used to answer the following questions: What are the training requirements to certify entry level personnel as basic firefighters? What are the Lubbock Fire Department's financial and resource costs for training and certifying entry level firefighters? What other paid departments in Texas require firefighter certification as a pre-hire requirement? What state and local resources are available if the Lubbock Fire Department changed its hiring practices to require firefighter certification as a pre-hire requirement? Procedures that were used to complete this research included a literature review of fire service journals, surveys that were sent to all paid fire departments in Texas, and surveys sent to colleges that the Texas Commission on Fire Protection has certified as paid structural fire suppression training facilities. A semi-structured interview was also held with South Plains College in Lubbock, Texas. The results of this research showed that the financial and resource costs to the Lubbock Fire Department were high, and that 73% of the paid fire departments in Texas that responded to the survey required firefighter certification as a pre-hire requirement."
National Fire Academy
Treadwell, Lewis
1999-12
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Mandatory Training and Certification Standards for Fire Service Professionals
"This research project analyzed whether the fire service should have a mandatory versus voluntary standard for training and certification. The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) had been asked by its constituents, the Oregon fire service, to update the standards system currently in place to train and certify fire service professionals in the state. During work on this project, the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training (BPSST) - Fire Advisory Committee recommended that the Oregon fire service establish a set of minimum mandatory standards which would apply to volunteer, career and combination fire agencies. The purpose of the project was to produce an evaluation of mandatory state fire service training and certification standards. This research employed both historical and action research to answer the above questions. The historical research allowed for a thorough review of meeting documents which led to the establishment of mandatory fire service training and certification standards. Action research, combined with a survey, identified states which had mandatory fire service training and certification standards. Action research was also used to identify mandatory training and certification standards in other public safety disciplines. The major finding of this research was that very few states have adopted mandatory fire service training and certification standards. At the opposite end of the spectrum, research found that each state has adopted a minimum standard for those personnel who provide emergency medical care to the public. Additionally, research found that the majority of states have adopted mandatory training and certification standards for law enforcement officers."
National Fire Academy
Gabliks, Eriks J.
1999-12
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Threat Assessment of Hazardous Materials Transportation in Aircraft Cargo Compartments
"The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) has conducted a quantitative threat assessment for the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety (OHMS) to determine the probability that a life-threatening incident would occur as a result of transporting hazardous materials in aircraft cargo compartments. The study team developed a threat assessment model and refined threat scenarios with the help of a panel of experts who contributed potential countermeasures, suggested experimental tests and provided input data for the model. The model calculated the likelihood of life-threatening incidents based on the presence of a package containing various selected "worst likely" hazardous materials, the specific cargo compartment type and the package's given state of compliance (or non-compliance) with current DOT hazardous materials regulations."
United States. Department of Transportation; John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
1999-12
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Abandoned Cold Storage Warehouse Multi-Firefighter Fatality Fire: Worcester, Massachusetts
"The U.S. [United States] Fire Administration develops reports on selected major fires throughout the country. The fires usually involve multiple deaths or a large loss of property. But the primary criterion for deciding to do a report is whether it will result in significant 'lessons learned.' In some cases these lessons bring to light new knowledge about fire-the effect of building construction or contents, human behavior in fire, etc. In other cases, the lessons are not new but are serious enough to highlight once again, with yet another fire tragedy report. In some cases, special reports are developed to discuss events, drills, or new technologies which are of interest to the fire service. [...] This body of work provides detailed information on the nature of the fire problem for policymakers who must decide on allocations of resources between fire and other pressing problems, and within the fire service to improve codes and code enforcement, training, public fire education, building technology, and other related areas. [...] On Friday, December 3, 1999, at 1813 hours, the Worcester, Massachusetts Fire Department dispatched Box 1438 for 266 Franklin Street, the Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. A motorist had spotted smoke coming from the roof while driving on an adjacent elevated highway. The original building was constructed in 1906, contained another 43,000 square feet. Both were 6 stories above grade. The building was known to be abandoned for over 10 years. Due to these and other factors, the responding District Chief ordered a second alarm within 4 minutes of the initial dispatch."
United States Fire Administration
Anderson, John R.
1999-12
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Highlights of the 1998 National Youth Gang Survey
"The 1998 National Youth Gang Survey is the fourth annual gang survey conducted by the National Youth Gang Center (NYGC) since 1995. The 1998 survey uses the same survey sample as the 1997 and 1996 surveys, permitting comparative and trend analysis. [...] For the National Youth Gang Surveys, a youth gang is defined as a 'group of youths or young adults in [the respondent's] jurisdiction that [the respondent] or other responsible persons in [the respondent's] agency or community are willing to identify or classify as a 'gang.'' Motorcycle gangs, hate or ideology groups, prison gangs, and exclusively adult gangs were excluded from the survey. [...] Of 3,018 recipients, 2,668 (88 percent) responded to the 1998 survey. Forty-eight percent of respondents reported active youth gangs in their jurisdictions in 1998, compared with 51 percent in 1997 and 53 percent in 1996. An estimated 4,464 jurisdictions in the United States experienced gang activity in 1998, compared with an estimated 4,712 jurisdictions in 1997 and 4,824 jurisdictions in 1996."
United States. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Moore, John P.; Cook, Ivan L.
1999-12
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Understanding Oil Spills and Oil Spill Response
"The purpose of this brochure is to provide information about oil spills. It outlines what oil spills are, their potential effects on the environment, how they are cleaned up, and how various agencies prepare for spills before they happen. Details about several oil spills and the resulting cleanup operations are provided to offer examples of the complexities involved in oil spill cleanup activities."
United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Emergency and Remedial Response
1999-12
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Osama Bin Laden: A Case Study
"This document provides an open-source examination of the threat posed by Osama bin Laden, his al Qaeda organization, and allied terrorist organizations. It includes a summary of the relevant history, the lessons learned from the 1998 African embassy bombings and from the follow-on cruise-missile strikes, the threat of future attacks using weapons of mass destruction, and a set of observations, conclusions and recommendations."
Sandia National Laboratories
1999-12
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DoD and Consequence Management: Mitigating the Effects of Chemical and Biological Attack
The threat of chemical and biological weapons attack against U.S. forces and population centers, as well as those of our allies, is real and growing. Mitigating the effects of such an attack--consequence management--is an essential part of responding to the threat. Many state and local governments have improved their capabilities to deal with this challenge. While progress is being made at the federal level, several departments and agencies, including the Department of Defense (DoD), are struggling to develop and coordinate effective responses. DoD organization, planning, and funding for consequence management fail to reflect the complexity of today's security environment, including: the potential for asymmetric warfare, the vulnerability of military facilities at home and abroad, and the indiscriminate character of chemical and biological weapons when used against military facilities near civilian population centers. Within DoD, effective consequence management is constrained by the presence of arbitrary conceptual and organizational divisions that inadequately define the response according to the nature, location, and target of the attack. The lack of an integrated DoD approach to many similar and overlapping consequence management activities involving the same resources and units contributes to poorly-defined mission requirements, organizational confusion, and inefficient resource allocation. These problems lead to unrealistic planning assumptions regarding the ability of DoD to conduct overseas operations in case of a major chemical or biological attack in the United States.
National Defense University. Institute for National Strategic Studies
Hersman, Rebecca K. C.; Carus, W. Seth
1999-12
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Medical Products for Supporting Military Readiness: Vaccines and Drugs (Go Book)
"This book provides a summary of vaccines and drugs that are available from the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) to support operational readiness by protecting U.S. forces against infectious disease, biological, or chemical warfare threats. This represents the first such published listing of licensed products, as well as materials potentially available under contingency protocols. While not a comprehensive reference to all medical products available in the supply system, the document references selected materials managed by the USAMRMC to support the military as it prepares for contingencies. It is named the "Go Book" as it provides information to facilitate planning by the CINCs' and other military staffs as they prepare to go to war. This document is therefore a planning guide, not a guide to the clinical use of the products listed. The book opens with a map of the CINC Areas of Responsibility, and a summary chart of the Medical Threat Facing a Force Projection Army produced by the AMEDD Center and School. An alphabetical list of the medical threats provides the reader with an index of the accompanying products available as countermeasures. Available products are those that are either approved or licensed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), or have a contingency use protocol prepared for filing with the FDA. Each product has an information paper explaining the status of the product; the page number of these papers is provided in the table."
United States. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command
1999-12
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Curbing Police Brutality: What Works? A Reanalysis of Citizen Complaints at the Organizational Level, Final Report
From the Abstract: "This project reanalyzes the data collected by Pate and Fridell (1993) on citizen complaints against police use of excessive force. The current report includes two empirical studies on the citizen complaints about police brutality in two mutually excluding areas: the police use of excessive physical force and the police use of all other non-physical forces, such as abuse of authority and verbal abuse. It attempts to establish the baseline correlation of citizen complaint rates with various police organizational factors, and to identify the causal effect of police brutality. Using Tobit regression technique, the research tested a series of hypotheses deduced from theories advanced by Wilson (1968) and Lundman (1980) with a number of control variables. It is found that organizational behavior and organizational characteristics are important covariates of the citizen complaints against police use of excessive physical force and police abuse of power. The police administration can influence its officer's behavior by strengthening the in-service training, paying attention to the education achievements of its officers, and actively provide best training for qualified new police in the force."
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (U.S.)
Cao, Liqun
1999-11-30
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1997 National Youth Gang Survey: Summary
"The largest and most comprehensive national gang survey to date, the 1997 National Youth Gang Survey, conducted by the National Youth Gang Center, contacted nearly 5,000 law enforcement agencies across the country. To allow for both comparative and trend analysis, the 1997 survey used the same sample as the 1996 survey. Survey results indicate that the percentage of jurisdictions reporting active youth gangs decreased from the previous year, from 53 percent in 1996 to 51 percent in 1997. Some 816,000 gang members were active in some 30,500 youth gangs in 1997, a modest decrease from the previous year's figures of 846,000 and 31,000, respectively. Despite these declines, however, there are still serious problems to be addressed. For example, every city with a population of 250,000 or greater reported the presence of youth gangs. In addition, the number of gang members increased in small cities and rural counties, as youth gangs continued to spread beyond the confines of the Nation's major cities."
United States. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
National Youth Gang Center (U.S.)
1999-12
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Department of Defense Directive 5205.2: DoD Operations Security (OPSEC) Program, November 29, 1999
"This Directive establishes the DoD operations security (OPSEC) program, provides policy, and assigns responsibilities."
United States. Department of Defense
1999-11-29
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Cybernotes: November 24, 1999
The document includes a table summarizing software vulnerabilities identified between November 4 and November 18, 1999. The table provides the hardware/operating system, equipment/software name, potential vulnerability/impact, identified patches/workarounds/alerts, common name of the vulnerability, potential risk, and an indication of whether attacks have utilized this vulnerability or an exploit script is known to exist. Software versions are identified if known. This information is presented only as a summary; complete details are available from the source of the patch/workaround/alert, indicated in the footnote or linked site. Please note that even if the method of attack has not been utilized or an exploit script is not currently widely available on the Internet, a potential vulnerability has been identified. Updates from previous issues of Cybernotes are listed in bold. Cybernotes is published every two weeks by the National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC). Its mission is to support security and information system professionals with timely information on cyber vulnerabilities, hacker exploit scripts, hacker trends, virus information, and other critical infrastructure-related best practices.
National Infrastructure Protection Center (U.S.)
1999-11-24
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United States-Mexico Joint Contingency Plan for Preparedness for and Response to Environmental Emergencies Caused by Releases, Spills, Fires, or Explosions of Hazardous Substances in the Inland Border Area
The United States-Mexico Joint Contingency Plan for Preparedness for and Response to Environmental Emergencies Caused by Releases, Spills, Fires, or Explosions of Hazardous Substances in the Inland Border Area (the Inland Plan) provides a mechanism for cooperation between the United States (U.S.) and Mexico in response to a polluting incident that may pose a significant threat to both parties or that affects one party to such an extent as to justify warning the other party or asking for assistance. Based on Article II of Annex II of the La Paz Agreement, the purpose of this Inland Plan is to protect human health and safety and the environment by providing for coordinated joint responses to polluting incidents affecting the inland border area of the U.S. and Mexico. The objectives of this Inland Plan are (1) to provide a bi-national coordination mechanism to assure appropriate and effective cooperative preparedness and response measures between the United States and Mexico for polluting incidents; and (2) to develop systems for notification of a polluting incident within the area covered by the Inland Plan.
United States. Environmental Protection Agency
1999-11-23
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Passenger Train Emergency Preparedness Plan for the San Diego Northern Railway 'Coaster' and Other Carriers Operating on the San Diego Subdivision Mileposts 207.4-267.7
"The function of the SDNR/COASTER Emergency Preparedness Plan is to provide a comprehensive guide for appropriate action. This Plan is the controlling document to be used during any emergency situation that may occur during the course of normal operating conditions. While the overall objective is to ensure compliance with 49 CFR 223 and 239, as required, this Plan may establish additional, more stringent requirements where the need for such is indicated. The primary objectives of this Plan can be summarized as follows: ensure preservation of life, the highest level of services for all customers affected by an emergency, the expeditious restoration of track, service, and equipment while minimizing environmental damage, the protection and preservation of SDNR/COASTER property, and assistance in any subsequent accident investigation process."
United States. Federal Transit Administration
North County Transit District
1999-11-22
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Final Exercise Report: Monticello Nuclear Power Plant [June 22, 1999]
From the Executive Summary: "On June 22, 1999, an exercise was conducted in the plume exposure pathway emergency planning zone (EPZ) around the Monticello Nuclear Power Plant by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Region V. The purpose of the exercise was to access the level of State and local preparedness in responding to a radiological emergency. This exercise was held in accordance with FEMA's policies and guidance concerning the exercise of State and local radiological emergency response plans (RERP) and procedures. [...] The State and local organizations, except where noted in this report, demonstrated knowledge of their emergency response plans and procedures and adequately implemented them. No Deficiencies were identified. Two Areas Requiring Corrective Action (ARCA) were identified as a result of this exercise."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
1999-11-22
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Letter from Dale W. Shipley to Robert M. Gallo Regarding the Biennial Medical Drill Conducted in Columbiana County for the Beaver Valley Power Plant on November 9, 1999
This letter, dated November 22, 1999, from FEMA's Regional Director, Dale W. Shipley, was sent to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chief, Robert M. Gallo, in regards to the Medical Drill conducted in Columbiana County for the Beaver Valley Power Plant on November 9, 1999. Probable mentioned attachment is located here in HSDL: [https://www.hsdl.org/?abstract&did=857937].
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
Shipley, Dale W., 1939-
1999-11-22
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H. Rept. 106-487, Part 1: Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 1999, Report to Accompany H.R. 3244, November 22, 1999
From the Background and Purpose: "H.R. 3244, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 1999, is a bipartisan effort to combat the growing problem of trafficking in persons, a contemporary manifestation of slavery whose victims are predominantly women and children."
United States. Government Printing Office
1999-11-22
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Annual Medical Drill Report: Beaver Valley Power Station [November 9, 1999]
From the Executive Summary: "On November 9, 1999, a medical drill was conducted in the plume exposure pathway emergency planning zone (EPZ) around the Beaver Valley Power Station by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Region V. The purpose of the medical drill was to demonstrate the capabilities of the emergency response organizations in handling a contaminated, injured person. The medical drill was designed to satisfy Salem Hospital's requirement for an emergency drill and the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Guidance Memorandum MS-1, 'Medical Services.' [...] The scenario for the medical drills were developed by personnel from the First Energy Utility Company and coordinated with the State of Ohio. The following objectives, which are part of the 33 standardized objectives contained in FEMA's Exercise Manual (FEMA-REP-14), were evaluated during these [sic] medical drill. 'Objective 5: Emergency Worker Exposure Control.' Demonstrate the capability to continuously monitor and control radiation exposure to emergency workers. 'Objective 20: Medical Services - Transportation.' Demonstrate the adequacy of vehicles, equipment, procedures, and personnel for transporting contaminated, injured, or exposed individuals. 'Objective 21: Medical Services - Facilities.' Demonstrate the adequacy of the equipment, procedures, supplies, and personnel of medical facilities responsible for the treatment of contaminated, injured, or exposed individuals. The State and local organizations, except where noted in this report, demonstrated knowledge of their organizational emergency response plans and procedures and adequately implemented them. There were no Deficiencies identified as a result of this exercise. There were no Areas Requiring Corrective Action (ARCA) identified as a result of this exercise."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
1999-11-21
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1998 Progress Report: Study of Marking, Rendering Inert and Licensing of Explosives Materials
The 1997 Progress Report, available on the Internet at http://www.atf.treas, discussed the first phase of the Study. This progress report covers the second phase of the Study, which concluded in October 1998. This progress report notes significant findings and potentially viable identification and detection technologies. It also reports on the ESG's ongoing initiatives and future plans, relevant to the Study as of that date. Homemade explosives can be manufactured from chemicals found in a wide range of products that are used everyday in the U.S. The easy availability of these potentially explosive chemicals is compounded by the fact that information on making bombs is readily available from a variety of sources, including thousands of sites on the Internet. Based on currently available information, rendering common chemicals inert would impact negatively on their legitimate uses, as is the case with AN fertilizer. Further, at this time, establishing regulations for the purchase of small quantities of precursor chemicals appears to be impractical, given their prevalence in the American home. The ESG believes that industry-based voluntary control and public awareness programs are the most reasonable, immediate means of addressing this problem.
United States. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
1999-11-19
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Executive Order 13142: Amendment to Executive Order 12958--Classified National Security Information
Executive Order 13142 establishes the Information Security Oversight Office
within the National Archives and Records Administration and extends and establishes specific
dates for the time within which all classified information contained
in records more than 25 years old that have been determined to have historical value should be automatically declassified. The Archivist of the United States delegates the implementation
and monitorship functions of this program to the Director of the Information Security Oversight Office.
United States. Office of the Federal Register
Clinton, Bill, 1946-
1999-11-19
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Kosovo: Lessons Learned from Operation 'Allied Force' [November 19, 1999]
From the Document: "This report, originally prepared as a memorandum for Senator William Roth, examines the 'lessons learned' of Operation Allied Force, NATO's effort to make President Milosevic of Yugoslavia yield to its demands over Kosovo. The report analyzes NATO's political and military objectives; examines why Milosevic accepted NATO's terms; and evaluates Russia's role in the conflict. The report also assesses European/Canadian shortcomings in military capabilities made evident by the conflict; reviews the performance of the three new allies and the implications of their performance for possible further enlargement of the alliance; and encapsulates the range of allied viewpoints during the conflict and the political importance of maintaining a unified NATO position. Finally, the report analyzes the implications of the conflict for non-Article V missions for NATO, and the conclusions that potential NATO adversaries might draw from the war. This report may be updated as further information on the conflict becomes available. For additional reading, see CRS Issue Brief 98041, Kosovo and U.S. Policy; Issue Brief 10027, Kosovo: U.S. and Allied Military Operations; and CRS report RL30265, Kosovo: Review and Analysis of Policy Objectives, 1998-June 1999."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Gallis, Paul E.
1999-11-19
