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Community Safety/Security
Newsletter - August 2007
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PO Box 891993
Temecula, CA
92589-1993
(951) 764-3626
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Welcome
to the August 2007 Issue!
Lots going on this
month! We've been promising you Keeping our Chemical Facilities
Safe for a while now - I'ts finally here! DHS still has not
published the final list of chemicals (Appendix A) and there is still a
dearth of guidance on many items, but you need to get started, and
we're going to provide you as much of the tools as we can. Since
the book is being published electronically, it will be easy to make
updates and provide them to you as DHS provides us with more
information.
Next month (September) is National Preparedness Month! There are
several opportunities for you to help make your community and family
safer, and we're going to help you by giving you some tips from the
Department of Homeland Security. It's also a good time to whip
out your copy of Keeping Our Neighborhoods Safe and make sure that
you've gone over everything with your family.
As I said, lots going on this month! Thanks for sticking with us
to make the world a little safer!
-Stephen
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Recent
and Upcoming Events
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Recent Events
The Los Angeles Chapter of Infragard recently sponsored two
training sessions. The first was a Counter-Terrorism
Awareness Course put on by FBI Supervisory Special Agent Ashour Ebrahim
on August 30, 2007. The second was: "Understanding Terrorism
History and Prevention Strategies: A Three-Hour Training Course" held
August 31, 2007 by the United States Secret Service. Infragard is
a wonderful organization with
Additionally, InfraGard has an opportunity to assist experienced bomb
technicians representing the FBI, LAPD and LASD in a unique way. These
technicians jointly provide up-to-date training to other bomb
technicians not yet exposed to explosive related threats posed by
terrorists.
These training programs are held at the Pitches Honor Ranch in Wayside,
CA. The facilities available to them are not in maximum
condition, specifically the roof of the classroom structure itself. We
would like assist these technicians by donating the $2,700.00 required
to reconstruct the roof. Our goal is to see that both the instructors
and the trainees are protected from the elements while also maximizing
the effectiveness of the learning process. Once completed, the
technicians will invite the individual contributors, or their
designate, to an upcoming live-device training exercise.
Please call FBI SA Reggie Canale-Miles with the amount of your support
so the InfraGard Treasurer can make sure we take in only the amount
required. Reggie will provide you with the proper payee information and
she can be reached at (310) 629-9802.
Upcoming Events
November 6-8 -
Stephen will be speaking (Nov 7) on the new Chemical Facility
Vulnerability Assessment Regulations at the EPA Western Regions'
Emergency Prevention and Preparedness conference -- along with the
mid-year National Association of SARA Title III Program Officials
(NASTTPO). The combined meeting will be held on November 6 - 8 at
the Tuscany Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. NASTTPO will be meeting
on Tuesday, Nov. 6. The combined agenda for NASTTPO with EPA is
on Wednesday, Nov 7. The EPA Western Regions conference will
continue on Thursday, Nov. 8. These meetings are part of the 11th
annual HazMat Explo that will be held Nov. 5 - 8 at the Tuscany.
The website is not up yet, but we'll provide a link for you when it is.
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It's
Finally Here!
Keeping Our Chemical Facilities
Safe is
out! KOCFS
should explain everything you need to know about the new Homeland
Security regulations requiring vulnerability assessments by chemical
facilities. Or at least everything we were able to pry out of
DHS. (We're still waiting on a final Appendix A and answers to
some questions we sent them.) Note that when Appendix A is
finalized, or we get feedback from DHS on comments, we will release
updates to the e-book. What that means is that purchasers who
purchase now will receive free updates as we get more
information. That way, there won't be any chance of the e-book
becoming obsolete. We may in the future release a full, new
version of the e-book, but until that time, updates will be free to all
purchasers. Similarly, if you have any comments, or things that
you want addressed in the book, we are always appreciative of feedback
and will be glad to incorporate those items in the future. We are
offering the e-book for
$9.95 (USD) for the month of September only. On Oct 1, the
price will go up to $14.95 (USD). To order
Keeping Our Chemical Facilities
Safe click here.
What lies ahead?
Time
to get back to working on Keeping
Our Schools Safe. As before, we're looking for folks who
are interested in reviewing it, and always welcome your comments as to what
you would like to see in the final product. Thank you for working
with us to make these things come to fruition.
We're
starting to do more consulting work with cities and businesses.
As our business grows, we want you to know that we are committed to
ensuring that we provide the same level of expertise and service to
which you are accustomed. We work with people who are interested
in making their business, community or jurisdiction safer, and not just
people who are willing to help someone spend grant money. There
are planty of other folks out there who will do that. Thank you
for helping us to make some wonderful things happen!
As
always, if
you are interested in working with us directly to make your community,
business, or agency safer, please contact us at:
info@oursafetowns.com.
See
you next month!
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