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| Sep 06, 2005 11:53 pm |
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re: Katrina - - If ever there were a need for innovation |
Ron Amundson
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Turf wars are rampant.
Here is another one.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/09/04/katrina.sick.redtape.ap/index.html
Even DHS sponsorship means nothing... I think some heads will roll as a result, but unfortunately a lot of folks are suffering and dieing to keep some bureaucrats job safe. Also the governers position of keeping the feds out all last week border on insanity as well.
Now, order is needed for sure. Having untrained volunteers in a disaster zone creates big problems, and can divert resources. Here is a good example of a conspiracy theorist who should not have been there.
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/pages/weekly_008_fema_detainment_camp.html
Turf wars exist everywhere. I used to do a lot of work with the country's EOC. I was told that the city where I live was hostile to any outside assistance, so in the event of activation, my base of operations to interface with the county must be located outside the city limits. Hmmm, does that make sense? probably not, but playing politics during an emergency makes a lot less.
The key imho is preplanning. As one of my fellow volunteers stated. The best way to get through the roadblock is not by having a badge, or letter of authorization. It is knowing the officer manning the road block, as you have worked with him before during drills. Then again since FEMA got aquired by DHS, money for drills went out the window.
ICS was proven time and time again to work pretty well. When NIMS entered the game, so did a lot of stupidity. Here is a good one. What type of org doesn't know the 10 codes??? so instead DHS wants changes to plain language. Perhaps for cluless bureaucrats who have too much time on their hands? What a waste. Next they will want to change messaging protocol and acronyms. Fiddling while Rome burns seems to be the norm.
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