The rapid spread of a global infection, as witnessed in “Contagion,” is scary, but is it realistic? Director of the Emory Global Health Institute Jeffrey Koplan, MD, MPD, has worked on virtually every major public health issue of the past few decades, including infectious diseases such as smallpox, HIV/AIDS, and SARS. Koplan, a former director of the CDC and current president of the International Association of National Public Health Institutes, discusses the threat of pandemic diseases in this September 2011 Emory University video.
Dr. Elisabeth Hagen, under secretary for Food Safety at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, announces a "major step forward in food safety" on Sept. 14, 2011, as she discusses USDA's announcement that six additional strains of pathogenic E. coli have been declared adulterants in non-intact raw beef. Raw ground beef, its components, and tenderized steaks found to contain these bacteria will be prohibited from sale to consumers.
The New York City Department of Buildings' Forensic Engineering Unit is an elite team of engineers charged with assessing the structural stability of buildings during major emergencies
and overseeing the repairs of these structures. The August 2011 video is narrated by the unit's executive director, Timothy Lynch, P.E.
To commemorate the tenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, three air traffic controllers share how they became aware that several aircraft were being hijacked in the New York area that day and what led to the Federal Aviation Administration's unprecedented decision to shut down the entire U.S. airspace.
Allstate Insurance Agency Owner Brent Jablonski offers helpful tips for boaters to remain safe out on the water and discusses the importance of having boat insurance.
Are your employees prepared for the unexpected? Watch a short video clip and hear how Captain “Sully” Sullenberger credits the four “C’s” with helping prepare him for the unexpected and safely land Flight 1549.
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This State Farm video was shot in Des Moines, Iowa, on Aug. 21, 2011, during the Iowa State Fair. It shows more than 1,500 people participating in a simultaneous stop, drop, and roll practice session on cardboard spread out on the fair's Grand Concourse. State Farm reports this broke the prior record, 602 participants, which was set in 2003 by the Bedford, Indiana Fire Department. Iowa State Fire Marshal Ray Reynolds hatched the idea in celebration of the State Fire Marshal Division's 100th anniversary, as a way to promote fire safety. "I thought, I'm going to do something that requires everybody to get involved," Reynolds said. "You're never too old to Stop, Drop, and Roll."