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Podcast #62: Dirty Bomb Exercise Ultimate Test for Urban Search and Rescue Teams
In this episode (#62) of All Hazards we talk with Orange County Fire Captain Richard Ventura. He’s a member of the California Urban Search & Rescue Task Force 5 and is the director of the Southern Wind RDD US&R Full Scale Exercise. That’s the topic of...
More than 300,000 Tons of Debris from Woolsey and Hill Fires Removed by State Contractors
State contractors have removed more than 300,000 tons of debris generated by the Woolsey and Hill fires from private properties in Los Angeles and Ventura counties since debris removal operations began on February 6, officials with the Debris Removal Operations Center...
$60 Million in Security Grants Available To Nonprofits
The Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency announced the Fiscal Year 2019 Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) in the amount of $60,000,000, available nationwide to nonprofits. Of this amount, $50,000,000 is available to nonprofits...
Nearly 625 Properties Cleared of Woolsey, Hill Fire Debris
State contractors have removed debris generated by the Woolsey and Hill fires from 623 properties in Los Angeles and Ventura counties whose owners are participating in the state’s Consolidated Debris Removal Program, officials with the Debris Removal Operations Center...
Nearly 65 Percent of Properties Eligible for State Debris Removal Program Cleared of Woolsey, Hill Fire Debris
State contractors have removed debris generated by the Woolsey and Hill fires from nearly 65 percent of the properties affected by the Woolsey and Hill fires that are currently eligible to participate in the state’s Consolidated Debris Removal Program, officials with...