Author: Michel Bru
Publisher: Four Walls Eight Window
Keywords: kal, flight, mission, true, sakhalin, incident
Number of Pages: 328
Published: 1995-12-29
ISBN-10: 1568580541
ISBN-13: 9781568580548

Offers a startling new explanation of the 1983 crash of Korean Air Flight 007, charging that instead of being shot down by the Soviets, the plane was caught in an air battle between the U.S. and the Soviets. 25,000 first printing. IP.

Author: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Publisher: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Keywords: system, management, incident, national
Number of Pages: 180
Published: 2009-12-31
eBookDB-ID: EBDBNY0010

PREFACEOn February 28, 2003, the President issued Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5 (HSPD–5), “Management of Domestic Incidents,” which directed the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop and administer a National Incident Management System (NIMS). This system provides a consistent nationwide template to enable Federal, State, tribal, and local governments, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and the private sector to work together to prevent, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of incidents, regardless of cause, size, location, o

Authors:George Tita, K. Jack Riley, Greg Ridgeway, Cliffo
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: east, los, angeles, intervention, results, gun, violence, reducing
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2003
ISBN-10: 0833034758
ISBN-13: 9780833034755

Violent crime, especially gun homicide, is concentrated in particular locations and populations, affects cities more than other areas of the United States and is more likely to be committed by and against young males. RAND was asked to assess whether an initiative to reduce gun violence that had been successful in Boston could be adapted for use elsewhere. Researchers selected a 15-square-mile area in East Los Angeles where inter-gang rivalries were prevalent for a similar intervention. The intervention included increased police presence, more stringent enforcement of housing codes for propert

Author: Brian A. Jackson
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: uncertain, terrorist, threat, approaches, balancing, prevention, resiliency, marrying
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2008
ISBN-10: 0833046322
ISBN-13: 9780833046321

The uncertain nature of the terrorist threat is a fundamental challenge in the design of counterterrorism policy. To deal with this uncertainty, the author recommends a capabilities-based, portfolio approach to terrorism prevention planning, drawing examples from aviation security policy. While traditional terrorism-prevention measures seek to prevent all damage by stopping them completely, mitigation and resiliency measures buy a lower, but more certain, payoff: preventing only some of the damage from attacks, but doing so predictably across the many different ways in which threats might beco

Authors:Henry H. Willis, Nicholas G. Castle, Elizabeth M.
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: guidelines, structural, collapse, events, equipment, protective, emergency, responders, volume, personal, protecting
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2006
ISBN-10: 0833039075
ISBN-13: 9780833039071

This monograph serves as a technical source for National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) incident commander guidelines for emergency response immediately following large structural collapse events. It characterizes response activities and expected hazards, and develops guidelines for selecting appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE). The partial or complete collapse of a multistory building creates an array of physical, chemical, and biological hazards. The most significant uncertainties are the composition and magnitude of the hazards present in the postcollapse e

Author: Eric V. Larson Bogdan Savych
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: civilian, deaths, wartime, reactions, public, war, press, misfortunes
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2006
ISBN-10: 0833038974
ISBN-13: 9780833038975

This monograph, part of a larger study of ways to reduce collateral damage undertaken for the U.S. Air Force, analyzes media and public reactions to civilian casualty incidents, whether these incidents affect media reporting or public support for military operations, and, if so, how. It analyzes case studies of incidents of civilian deaths in the February 1991 bombing of the Al Firdos bunker in the Gulf War, the April and May 1999 attacks on the Djakovica convoy and Chinese embassy during the war in Kosovo, the June 2002 attack involving an Afghan wedding party during operations in Afghanistan

Authors:Paul Sorensen, Martin Wachs, Endy Y. Min, Aaron K
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: options, improving, transportation, policy, term, los, angeles, short, moving
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2008
ISBN-10: 0833045555
ISBN-13: 9780833045553

The Los Angeles area has the most severe traffic congestion in the United States. Trends in many of the underlying causal factors suggest that congestion will continue to worsen in the coming years, absent significant policy intervention. Excessive traffic congestion detracts from quality of life, is economically wasteful and environmentally damaging, and exacerbates social-justice concerns. Finding efficient and equitable strategies for mitigating congestion will therefore serve many social goals. The authors recommend strategies for reducing congestion in Los Angeles County that could be imp