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  <title>Time Out -- Out of Time: Flashover and Residential Sprinklers</title> 
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  <title>Sunstorms' Threat to Grid Stirs Debate</title> 
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  <title>Calling 911? Or Did You Just Sit Down? </title> 
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  <title>Wi-Fi Network Could Help Detect Forest Fires</title> 
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  <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 09:56:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Why Was A Huge 'Rogue Earthquake' Not Destructive?</title> 
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  <title>When Disaster Strikes the Nursing Home</title> 
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  <title>Emergency management - keep up on your professional reading</title> 
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  <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 09:57:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Congress Should Reauthorize, Reform National Flood Insurance Program</title> 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 16:26:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Feds: Pipeline companies must keep safety records</title> 
  <description>FireRescue Magazine</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 09:02:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>The National Preparedness Report 2012</title> 
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  <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 11:49:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Weekend Exercise Will Measure USPS Anthrax Response Time</title> 
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  <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 11:44:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Sustainable Practices Create Disaster Resiliency in Portland, OR</title> 
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  <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 09:46:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Greensburg Tornado , Greensburg, KS, May 4th, 2007</title> 
  <description>Library Summary</description>
  <link>http://www.lrc.fema.gov/disasters_othersum_greensburg.html</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 09:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Identifying Vulnerable Older Adults and Legal Options for Increasing Their Protection during All-Hazards Emergencies</title> 
  <description>CDC</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 11:19:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>CPG 201: Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment Guide</title> 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 11:05:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Social media in emergency management - conference proceedings</title> 
  <description>WWW2012 Conference</description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:52:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Feds: Weather patterns, prevention key to limiting severity of 2012 fire season</title> 
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  <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:11:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Can Helmets Cut Tornado Deaths?</title> 
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  <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Tornado sirens an old technology that's still saving lives </title> 
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  <link>http://usat.ly/IioVJE</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Shake Table Simulates Earthquake to Obtain Crucial Data </title> 
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  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:27:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Finding Aide to USFA Oklahoma City Bombing Historical Materials </title> 
  <description>Emergency response support branch</description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:55:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Oklahoma City Bombing, April 19, 1995 </title> 
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  <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:52:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, April 18, 1906 </title> 
  <description>Library Summary</description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:09:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Gaps continue to exist in nursing home emergency preparedness</title> 
  <description>HHS</description>
  <link>http://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-06-09-00270.pdf</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:56:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Fire and Explosion , Texas City, TX, April 16 - 17th, 1947</title> 
  <description>Library Summary</description>
  <link>http://www.lrc.fema.gov/disasters_firesum_texascity.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:52:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>After Deadly Philadelphia Fire, Warehouses Blamed</title> 
  <description>NPR</description>
  <link>http://n.pr/HCeLyo</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:22:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Tornado Warnings May Have Had Desired Effect</title> 
  <description>NPR</description>
  <link>http://n.pr/IRwF04</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:21:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>After Ferocious Texas Tornadoes, Two Incredibly Welcome Words: 'No Deaths'</title> 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:27:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>New tornado warnings to pinpoint storm's severity</title> 
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  <pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:21:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Communication with Vulnerable Populations: A Transportation and Emergency Management Toolkit</title> 
  <description>TRB</description>
  <link>http://www.trb.org/SecurityEmergencies/Blurbs/166060.aspx</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:05:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>2011 Outstanding Research Award Winners</title> 
  <description>EFOP</description>
  <link>http://netc.worldcat.org/profiles/netclrc/tags/efop+outstanding+research+awardee</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:23:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>911 Dispatchers Suffer PTSD Symptoms From Indirect Exposure to Traumatic Events</title> 
  <description>EHS Today</description>
  <link>http://bit.ly/Hkvu78</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:37:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Disasters at Mass Gatherings: Lessons from History</title> 
  <description>PLoS Disasters</description>
  <link>http://bit.ly/HlcCWg</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 08:52:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>48 years ago this week - Great Alaskan Earthquake</title> 
  <description>USFA Library Incident Summary</description>
  <link>http://www.lrc.fema.gov/disasters_earthquakesum_alaskaquake.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:51:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>101 years ago this week - Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire</title> 
  <description>USFA Library Fire Summary</description>
  <link>http://www.usfa.fema.gov/about/chiefs-corner/032411.shtm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:36:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Happyland Social Club Fire, March 25, 1990 - 87 fatalities</title> 
  <description>USFA Library Fire Summary</description>
  <link>http://www.lrc.fema.gov/disasters_firesum_happyland.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:25:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>The Long Road Ahead for the Nationwide Public Safety Network</title> 
  <description>Emergency Management Magazine</description>
  <link>http://bit.ly/GM1sNc</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:22:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>After Fukushima: managing the consequences of a radiological release</title> 
  <description>Center for Biosecurity of UPMC</description>
  <link>http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/resources/publications/2012/pdf/2012-03-07_after-fukishima.pdf</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:13:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Countermeasures for Thermal Burns</title> 
  <description>GAO</description>
  <link>http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-304R</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:04:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>75 years ago - New London School Fire, March 18, 1937 - 295 fatalities</title> 
  <description>USFA Library Fire Summary</description>
  <link>http://www.lrc.fema.gov/disasters_firesum_newlondon.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 08:49:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Most of the USA is at low risk for spring flooding</title> 
  <description>USATODAY</description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:50:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Local Public Health Preparedness for Radiological and Nuclear Incidents</title> 
  <description>HHS</description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:40:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Tornado Tech: What If Dorothy Had A Smartphone?</title> 
  <description>NPR</description>
  <link>http://n.pr/wYoFlH</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 08:48:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Fukushima in review: A complex disaster, a disastrous response</title> 
  <description>Bulletin of Atomic Scientists</description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 09:43:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Why protecting interior exposure is vital for firefighter safety</title> 
  <description>USAToday</description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 09:15:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Tornado deaths raise questions about mobile home safety</title> 
  <description>USAToday</description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:51:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Flooding Facebook - the use of social media during the Queensland and Victorian floods</title> 
  <description>AJEM</description>
  <link>http://bit.ly/xicrqM</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 11:15:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title>CBRN risk assessments: DHS should establish more specific guidance for their use</title> 
  <description>GAO</description>
  <link>http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-272</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 09:25:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title>2012 Tornado Season Off to Explosive Start</title> 
  <description>Popular Mechanics</description>
  <link>http://bit.ly/xzxRCu</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 08:51:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title>New Orleans Volunteers Promote Hurricane Awareness</title> 
  <description>NYTimes</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 08:48:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title>Experts: Extreme Solar Storm Could Cause Cosmic 'Katrina'</title> 
  <description>US News and World Report</description>
  <link>http://bit.ly/wYWg4D</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 11:35:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title>Video: FEMA Deploys Resources as Tornadoes Rip Through the Midwest </title> 
  <description>Fire Chief </description>
  <link>http://bit.ly/zJAu23</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:08:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title>Library Tornado Information Resource Page - updated</title> 
  <description>LRC resource page</description>
  <link>http://www.lrc.fema.gov/path_tornado.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:06:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title>104 years ago this week - the Lakeview School Fire, Collinwood, OH - 176 fatalities</title> 
  <description>LRC resource page</description>
  <link>http://www.lrc.fema.gov/disasters_firesum_collinwood.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 09:32:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title>In Illinois, Tornado's Devastation Sinks In</title> 
  <description>NYTimes</description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title>Decade of Experience: Which Network Structures Maximize Fire Service Capacity for Homeland Security Incidents in Metropolitan Regions</title> 
  <description>CHDS</description>
  <link>http://bit.ly/y36Xk8</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:35:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title>Best Jobs 2012: Emergency Medical Technician and Paramedic</title> 
  <description>US News and World Report</description>
  <link>http://bit.ly/yml4no</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:15:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title>Recent scholarly research on firefighter health and safety</title> 
  <description>LRC</description>
  <link>http://go.usa.gov/U8p</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 09:12:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title>H5N1 bird flu infection may be more common, less deadly, than thought</title> 
  <description>LA Times</description>
  <link>http://lat.ms/wr3rDq</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:19:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title>The All Needs Approach to Emergency Response</title> 
  <description>Homeland Security Affairs</description>
  <link>http://bit.ly/xbtB8o</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:26:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title>High season for tornadoes ahead, eyes on Southeast</title> 
  <description>Rockford Register </description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:53:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title>National Preparedness: Countermeasures for Thermal Burns</title> 
  <description>U.S. GAO</description>
  <link>http://1.usa.gov/ymq533</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:14:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title>CDC Warns That New Swine Flu Strain Has 'Pandemic Potential'</title> 
  <description>US News and World Report</description>
  <link>http://bit.ly/xpQhzQ</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:49:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title>Waverly Train Derailment February 22, 1978</title> 
  <description>Library Resource Page</description>
  <link>http://www.lrc.fema.gov/disasters_firesum_waverly.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:42:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title>Keeping America's Pipelines Safe and Secure</title> 
  <description>CRS Report</description>
  <link>http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/R41536.pdf</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:46:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title>Worst prison fire in US history: Ohio State Penitentiary 1930 </title> 
  <description>USFA Library Resource Page</description>
  <link>http://www.lrc.fema.gov/disasters_firesum_penitentiary.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:49:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.lrc.fema.gov/disasters_firesum_penitentiary.html</guid>
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  <title>Hundreds killed in fire at prison in Honduras </title> 
  <description>USATODAY</description>
  <link>http://usat.ly/x53C3d</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:21:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://usat.ly/x53C3d</guid>
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  <title>Craig Fugate shares 3 lessons from 2011 </title> 
  <description>Emergency Management Magazine</description>
  <link>http://www.emergencymgmt.com/disaster/FEMA-Craig-Fugate-3-Lessons-2011.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:27:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.emergencymgmt.com/disaster/FEMA-Craig-Fugate-3-Lessons-2011.html</guid>
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  <title>Station Nightclub Fire: revisiting the lessons learned</title> 
  <description>Fire Engineering</description>
  <link>http://bit.ly/xjwxuU</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:13:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://bit.ly/xjwxuU</guid>
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<item>
  <title>Guidelines for developing emergency simulations and drills</title> 
  <description>NIST</description>
  <link>http://bit.ly/zeXxnV</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:07:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://bit.ly/zeXxnV</guid>
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  <title>NIST Report on Texas Fire Urges Firefighters to Consider Wind Effects</title> 
  <description>NIST</description>
  <link>http://1.usa.gov/ywWOF8</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:29:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://1.usa.gov/ywWOF8</guid>
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<item>
  <title>A hidden threat: pipeline emergency planning and response tools</title> 
  <description>Fire-rescue Magazine</description>
  <link>http://fire.epubxp.com/issue/52421/40</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:39:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://fire.epubxp.com/issue/52421/40</guid>
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<item>
  <title>Was 2011 the Costliest Year for Emergencies? </title> 
  <description>EmergencyMngt Magazine</description>
  <link>http://bit.ly/zy1O54</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:35:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://bit.ly/zy1O54</guid>
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  <title>Tablet powers fight on fires: Abilene Fire Department to use iPads in its planning</title> 
  <description>Abilene Reporter</description>
  <link>http://bit.ly/A2ydkt</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:01:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://bit.ly/A2ydkt</guid>
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  <title>Researchers Develop Natural Disaster Network </title> 
  <description>EHS Today</description>
  <link>http://bit.ly/AsNJrX</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:52:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://bit.ly/AsNJrX</guid>
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  <title>Disaster Apps and Mobile Optimized Web Pages </title> 
  <description>DIMRC</description>
  <link>http://1.usa.gov/wSuIkW</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:46:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://1.usa.gov/wSuIkW</guid>
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  <title>As Tornadoes Hit Alabama, a New Focus On Warnings</title> 
  <description> NYTimes</description>
  <link>http://nyti.ms/x5C4r2</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:39:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://nyti.ms/x5C4r2</guid>
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<item>
  <title>2012 off to furious start in tornadoes</title> 
  <description> USATODAY</description>
  <link>http://usat.ly/xOCx4U</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:57:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://usat.ly/xOCx4U</guid>
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  <title>Simulation of the Dynamics of a Wind-Driven Fire in a Ranch-Style House</title> 
  <description>NIST</description>
  <link>http://www.nist.gov/customcf/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=909779</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:35:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.nist.gov/customcf/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=909779</guid>
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  <title>45 years ago today - NASA Apollo 1 Fire</title> 
  <description>NASA</description>
  <link>http://1.usa.gov/yPvHN9</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:44:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://1.usa.gov/yPvHN9</guid>
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<item>
  <title>D.C. fire chief to push for controversial change in firefighters' work shifts</title> 
  <description>Washington Post </description>
  <link>http://wapo.st/ywlK2G</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:43:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://wapo.st/ywlK2G</guid>
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<item>
  <title>Fire Administrator Mitchell Shares Thoughts on Leadership, Focus for 2012</title> 
  <description>Fire Chief Mag podcast</description>
  <link>http://bit.ly/AowmSV</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:42:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://bit.ly/AowmSV</guid>
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  <title>Wildfire rages near Reno; 10,000 evacuated</title> 
  <description>USATODAY</description>
  <link>http://usat.ly/y6i8aJ</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:07:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://usat.ly/y6i8aJ</guid>
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<item>
  <title>Crisis Response and Disaster Resilience 2030</title> 
  <description>FEMA </description>
  <link>http://1.usa.gov/wlIM5Q </link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:48:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://1.usa.gov/wlIM5Q </guid>
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<item>
  <title>Display of the Month: Avalanches</title> 
  <description>USFA/NETC Library </description>
  <link>http://netc.worldcat.org/profiles/netclrc/lists/coversonly/2942278 </link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:30:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://netc.worldcat.org/profiles/netclrc/lists/coversonly/2942278 </guid>
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<item>
  <title>Wildfire Season Could Be Worst Yet</title> 
  <description>NBC Los Angeles  </description>
  <link>http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Wildfire-Season-Could-Be-Worst-Yet-137220143.html </link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:11:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Wildfire-Season-Could-Be-Worst-Yet-137220143.html </guid>
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<item>
  <title>Air Florida Flight 90 and Subway Crash , Washington, DC, January 13, 1982</title> 
  <description>LRC Disaster Summary </description>
  <link>http://www.lrc.fema.gov/disasters_othersum_flight90.html</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.lrc.fema.gov/disasters_othersum_flight90.html</guid>
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<item>
  <title>Protecting the public from bioterrorism</title> 
  <description>Washington Post  </description>
  <link>http://wapo.st/yX1yOG</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:00:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://wapo.st/yX1yOG</guid>
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  <item>
	<title>In 2011, fewest lightning deaths than any year on record</title> 
  <description>USATODAY </description>
  <link>http://usat.ly/xT5lII</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:14:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://usat.ly/xT5lII</guid>
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	<title>Report - Crisis Communications on Twitter: Queensland Floods</title> 
  <description>ARC Centre of Excellence </description>
  <link>http://cci.edu.au/floodsreport.pdf</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:04:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://cci.edu.au/floodsreport.pdf</guid>
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  <item>
	<title>Handling of human remains from natural disasters</title> 
  <description>USAPHC</description>
  <link>http://1.usa.gov/u0w7Ts</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:38:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://1.usa.gov/u0w7Ts</guid>
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  <item><title>Understanding Deadly Ice Avalanches</title> 
  <description>US News and World Report</description>
  <link>http://bit.ly/vbQihB</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:13:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://bit.ly/vbQihB</guid>
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 <item><title>25 years ago this week: Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire</title> 
  <description>San Juan, PR, December 31, 1986</description>
  <link>http://www.lrc.fema.gov/disasters_firesum_dupont.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:12:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.lrc.fema.gov/disasters_firesum_dupont.html</guid>
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 <item><title>108 years ago this week: Iroquois Theater Fire</title> 
  <description>Chicago, IL, December 30th, 1903</description>
  <link>http://www.lrc.fema.gov/disasters_firesum_iroquois.html</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:10:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.lrc.fema.gov/disasters_firesum_iroquois.html</guid>
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  <title>New online all-hazards resources</title> 
  <description>LRC Resource Page</description>
  <link>http://go.usa.gov/NGv</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:32:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://go.usa.gov/NGv</guid>
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<item>
  <title>All-hazards weekly news update</title> 
  <description>LRC Resource Page</description>
  <link>http://www.lrc.fema.gov/news_allhaz.html</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:31:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.lrc.fema.gov/news_allhaz.html</guid>
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  <title>Top 11 Emergency Management Stories of 2011 </title> 
  <description>Emergency Management.com</description>
  <link>http://bit.ly/rYQe9t</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:28:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://bit.ly/rYQe9t</guid>
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  <title>Smartphone app makes vehicle extrication a snap</title> 
  <description>Urgent Communications</description>
  <link>http://bit.ly/sAAG2Z</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:26:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://bit.ly/sAAG2Z</guid>
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  <title>Pioneer International Hotel Fire - 41 years ago today</title> 
  <description>Tucson Herald</description>
  <link>http://bit.ly/vVaTvm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:11:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://bit.ly/vVaTvm</guid>
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  <title>American Red Cross Had 137 Big U.S. Relief Operations in 46 States in Disaster-Filled 2011</title> 
  <description>WORLD DISASTER Blog</description>
  <link>http://bit.ly/tTMXZz</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:52:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://bit.ly/tTMXZz</guid>
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  <title>What S.C. tornado ripped apart is found again</title> 
  <description>USATODAY</description>
  <link>http://usat.ly/toNYAd</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:18:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://usat.ly/toNYAd</guid>
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  <title>Seeking a Silver Lining to Calamities</title> 
  <description>Governing Magazine</description>
  <link>http://bit.ly/uWvSVv</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:41:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://bit.ly/uWvSVv</guid>
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  <title>Cyanide: Fire Smoke's Other "Toxic Twin"</title> 
  <description>Fire Engineering</description>
  <link>http://bit.ly/tnXlnd</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:35:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://bit.ly/tnXlnd</guid>
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  <item>
  <title>Some Blame Hydraulic Fracturing for Earthquake Epidemic</title> 
  <description>NYTimes</description>
  <link>http://nyti.ms/vKFkAY</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:52:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://nyti.ms/vKFkAY</guid>
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  <title>How NASA Is Using Aircraft to Fight Fire With Data </title> 
  <description>EmergtencyMngt Magazine</description>
  <link>http://bit.ly/sm6R4k</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:58:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://bit.ly/sm6R4k</guid>
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<item>
  <title>A Deadly Fire That Changed How Hospitals Are Built  </title> 
  <description>NPR</description>
  <link>http://n.pr/sAtYnI</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 08:48:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://n.pr/sAtYnI</guid>
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<item>
  <title>A Whole Community Approach to Emergency Management </title> 
  <description>FEMA</description>
  <link>http://www.fema.gov/library/viewRecord.do?id=4941</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:43:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.fema.gov/library/viewRecord.do?id=4941</guid>
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<item>
  <title>USA hit by 12 disasters that cost at least $1B </title> 
  <description>USATODAY</description>
  <link>http://usat.ly/uMLtqH</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:20:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://usat.ly/uMLtqH</guid>
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<item>
  <title>December 7, 1941 - the Day the Honolulu Fire Department Went to War</title> 
  <description>Oral history</description>
  <link>http://fire.omeka.net/items/show/493</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:03:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://fire.omeka.net/items/show/493</guid>
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<item>
  <title>Vermont Rebounding From Hurricane Irene</title> 
  <description>NYTimes</description>
  <link>http://nyti.ms/v5w6yu</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:11:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://nyti.ms/v5w6yu</guid>
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<item>
  <title>It happened 65 years ago this week: Winecoff Hotel Fire</title> 
  <description>LRC Resource Page</description>
  <link>http://www.lrc.fema.gov/disasters_firesum_winecoff.html</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:31:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.lrc.fema.gov/disasters_firesum_winecoff.html</guid>
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<item>
  <title>NIOSH Takes Next Step in Firefighter Cancer Study</title> 
  <description>Fire Chief</description>
  <link>http://bit.ly/ryupoG</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:29:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://bit.ly/ryupoG</guid>
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<item>
  <title>Firefighters adapt to quirks of electric vehicles</title> 
  <description>FireRescue1</description>
  <link>http://bit.ly/uZV7Eb</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:29:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://bit.ly/uZV7Eb</guid>
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<item>
  <title>2011 Atlantic hurricane season by the numbers: how accurate were forecasts?</title> 
  <description>Washington Post</description>
  <link>http://wapo.st/uAPfDw</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:29:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://wapo.st/uAPfDw</guid>
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<item>
  <title>Protecting the public from bioterrorism</title> 
  <description>Washington Post</description>
  <link>http://wapo.st/tKmgWn</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:25:00 EST</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">http://wapo.st/tKmgWn</guid>
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