Category: General News
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RaCERS Staffer Corbett quoted on Surfside, Florida High-Rise Collapse
RaCERS Staffer and Executive Board Member Glenn Corbett was interviewed on CBS News, providing expert analysis on the collapse of…
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RACERS PROJECT TO BE FEATURED AT NIST PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH CONFERENCE
The National Institute of Standards Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) will include a presentation and update on the joint Columbia…
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SPRING Seminar SERIES VIDEOS NOW ONLINE
Videos of RaCERS Spring 2021 Seminars are now available online. These include our February presentation and discussion with Ali Ashrafi,…
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Changing EMS/Fire Threat Environment Panel Discussion 5/19
The Christian Regenhard Center for Emergency Response Studies is pleased to partner with the International Association of EMS Chiefs (IAEMSC)…
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ICC® Committee Disapproves Change to Recognize Structural Fire Engineering Design Method
RaCERS Faculty Lead Effort to Incorporate Performance-Based Design, Real-World Impacts on Responders into Building Code Despite strong support from an…
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HAIDER-MARKEL, GERMAN, KIMERER TO DISCUSS POLITICAL EXTREMISM
The Christian Regenhard Center for Emergency Response Studies will host a 4/14 event on political extremism within public safety and…
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Spring Seminar Series Continues with Political Extremism, Changing Threat Environment
The Christian Regenhard Center for Emergency Response Studies (RaCERS) is pleased to announce dates for its upcoming Spring events: On…
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new course on public health emergency management featured in NY Daily News
RaCERS faculty George Contreras was featured in a NY Daily News article on CUNY’s response to covid-19. Contreras is teaching…
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Spring Seminars Announced — Performance-Based Design, Hurricane Agnes, Threats to EMS providers, and radicalization to be discussed
On Tuesday, February 9 at 130, Dr. Ali Ashrafi, a Principal at Thornton Tomasetti, will discuss “Performance-Based Design and Its…
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RaCERS Congratulate NYCEM Commissioner on Nomination to FEMA Administrator by President-Elect Biden
The Christian Regenhard Center for Emergency Response Studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY) wishes to congratulate NYC…