Posts Tagged: Tsunami
Morning Lineup – April 6
Back on October 27 we chatted about the latest imports from Japan that are on their way to the U. S., specifically 20 million tons of debris that was swept out to sea following the destructive tsunami that hit the island nation one year ago.
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Fukushima: Lessons Learned—Conclusion
A Level 7 Incident
After the explosion involving reactor facility 4, the decision was made to evacuate all “non-essential” personnel and 650 workers left the site, leaving just 70 to continue the stabilization work.
In addition to the three rea…
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Fukushima: Lessons Learned (Part Four)
Explosions
As March 12th dawned the reactors continued out of control with the plant largely reliant on the built-in design safeguards to cope with surging pressures and temperatures. There was a vital need for electricity so that operating paramete…
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Fukushima: Lessons Learned (Part Three)
Flying Blind
The incoming tsunamis, much larger than planned for, had destroyed back-up electrical generation capability when the diesel generators were swamped and electrical switch gear wetted. Electricity was vital in order to monitor the conditi…
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Fukushima: Lessons Learned (Part Two)
Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant
The plant is located on the northeast coast of Japan about 120 miles from Tokyo. It consists of six (6) GE-designed Boiling Water Reactors. The steam energy from the boiling water is used to drive turbines which creat…
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Fukushima: Lessons Learned (Part One)
Today begins a five-part series on the events which unfolded at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant as workers tried to simultaneously stabilize three out-of-control reactors after the deadly earthquake. Fukushima will surely stand as one of the …
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Social Media: The ‘Why’ Needs to Come First (Part 2)
In the first half of this two-part blog, I discussed the outwardly directed reasons for using social media. Those are the reasons that relate to communicating a message from your organization to a specific audience. Just like older media forms, socia…
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The Fukushima 50: Firefighters, police, soldiers & nuclear plant technicians face increasing radiation exposure as they try to prevent catastrophe.
Fukushima 50 getting increasing attention around the world.
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Raw video: U.S. search & rescue teams in action in Japan.
Plus CNN report from embedded crew.
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Off my game, Firefighter Netcast and Firemen hitting cops!
I think I may be in a "slump". Now, I've never been the articulate type (yea.. I used a "big" word) but usually, I get my point across. I don't know why but a lot of the folks I've met through this site say they love it because of my style of writing. …
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Japan update: Fairfax County battalion chief describes operations. Photos of VATF-1 in action. Local rescuers find 70-year-old woman trapped for four days.
Fairfax County Fire & Rescue Department Battalion Chief Chris Schaff talks about VATF-1's intiial operations in Japan.
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Report from Japan: Virginia & California teams on the ground.
VATF-1 and CATF-1 going to work.
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Japanese firefighters in Menlo Park, California for search & rescue training are trying to get home.
A dozen firefighters from Japan haven been training for the past week in Menlo Park.
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Fairfax County USAR mobilized. Virginia Task Force 1 readying to help out in Northern Japan.
Team is getting equipment ready in Fairfax County.
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The Ultimate Japan Earthquake & Tsunami Situational Internet Resource List
his is a growing list of online resources from around the globe the provide the detailed, 24 hour coverage of the Japan disasters.
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EMS “Frequent Flyer” Abuse
A recent article at JEMS.com on EMS System Abuse told of examples of "frequent flyers" (that is non-emergency patients requesting multiple transports by EMS agencies on a fairly regular basis) many of which would be amusing if they weren't so sad. The …
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“No Available EMS”
No one really wants to read a bad story about some other EMS agency, but it is even worse to read a similar story about your own. The purpose of this post is not to make Detroit into some EMS "posterchild" but intended to shed some light on simil…
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Breaking News: Huge Earthquake Hits Chile
Quake was reported as being an 8.8 magnitude and is also the cause of a tsunami that is expected to strike various nations in the Pacific basin.
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