SubscribeLocal agencies ask for help fighting terrorism
November 8, 2007
Local law enforcement agencies are working to prevent individuals in their communities from acting on extremist views but are calling for additional federal resources to help combat the threat of terrorism, a Senate panel was told Tuesday.
Recent attacks and thwarted plots against European and U.S. cities indicate a rise in homegrown terrorism, where individuals identify with violent extremism and plot to attack their home countries from within, members of several large-city police departments told the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee. (LA Times)
Local First-Responders Learn From Minnesota Bridge Disaster
November 8, 2007
Some local emergency responders got a lesson in preparedness on Monday night directly from crews who responded to the Minneapolis bridge collapse three months ago.
First-responders shared their stories with about 50 Illinois and Wisconsin EMS professionals in Baraboo on Monday night, WISC-TV reported.
“You don’t train to go through a 100-foot embankment, going in waist- or chest-deep of water, and extricate people,” said first-responder Jeff Lanenberg. “That’s stuff you can’t dream up in the movies half the time, but we did it that day.” (WISC TV)