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RaCERS CONCLUDES SPRING SEMINAR SERIES: Speakers included VINCENT DUNN, MARIA MARKS, and BOB HENNELLY

The videos of presentations from the Spring 2023 semester are now available on the Christian Regenhard Center website. March 2023 ...
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RaCERS Announces Spring 2023 Seminar Schedule: Smart Buildings, Vincent Dunn, and Bob Hennelly

The Christian Regenhard Center for Emergency Response Studies is pleased to announce its Spring ’23 Seminar Series. This semester focused ...
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Peter Apps, Grenfell Tower fire author, to present on 12/9/22

The Christian Regenhard Center for Emergency Response Studies is pleased to update its announcement for its final event for 2022 ...
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RaCERS Advisory Board Member Named to FEMA National Advisory Council

RaCERS Advisory Board Member Andrew Phelps, the State of Oregon’s Director of Emergency Management, was named to the Federal Emergency ...
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RaCERS Announces Fall 2022 Seminar Series: UAS, Floods, Grenfell Tower

The Christian Regenhard Center for Emergency Response Studies (RaCERS) is pleased to announce their Fall 2022 Seminar Series. All events ...
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Board Member Co-Edits Handbook of Cognitive and Autonomous Systems for Fire Resilient Infrastructures; Two Chapters Written by RaCERS Affiliates

RaCERS Executive Committee and Faculty member Glenn Corbett co-Edited (with M. Z Nasar of Clemson University) the Handbook of Cognitive ...
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RaCERS Faculty Presents, Organizes at FEMA EM Higher Education Symposium

Prof. Lucia Velotti of John Jay College of Criminal Justice is serving as an organizer and presenter at the Federal ...
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RaCERS Faculty Present at NIST Public Safety Communications Conference

The team of Columbia University and John Jay College’s Christian Regenhard Center for Emergency Response Studies (RaCERS) presented their ongoing ...
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RaCERS Advisory Board Members pen Op-Eds on Gun Violence, Mass Shootings

In the wake of mass Shootings in Buffalo, Uvalde, Tulsa, and ongoing events, RaCERS Advisory Board Members have weighed in ...
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RACERS FELLOW, FACULTY PUBLISH TWO ARTICLES, OP-ED

RaCERS-Affiliated faculty continue to produce important contributions to the field of fire safety in the built environment. “These works continue ...
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RaCERS Concludes Spring Seminar Series with Discussion on High-Rise Fire Safety

The Christian Regenhard Center for Emergency Response Studies (RaCERS) Spring 2022 seminar series concluded with a panel discussion on ways ...
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Dr. Vyto Babrauskas, RaCERS Fellow, Interviewed on firescienceshow.com podcast

The firescienceshow.com podcast, an ongoing project of Prof. Wojciech Wegrzynski at Instytut Techniki Budowlanej in Warsaw, Poland https://twitter.com/itb_pl featured an ...
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RaCERS Assists with National Fire Service Research Agenda

RaCERS Director Charles Jennings was called on by the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation to serve a a juror to evaluate ...
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AFTER ACTION AND LEARNING FROM DISASTERS: PODCAST WITH CHARLES JENNINGS, DIRECTOR

RaCERS Director Charles Jennings was interviewed by Radio Free Galisteo’s John Shannon in a 30-minute interview on learning from disaster ...
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In Wake of Multiple-Fatality Fires in Philadelphia and The Bronx, Media Seek RaCERS Faculty

Two devastating fires in January 2022 — a 12 fatality rowhouse fire in Philadelphia, and a 17-fatality high-rise fire in ...
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Spring Lecture Series Announced: Critical Disaster Studies, Household Preparedness, First Responder Technology

The Christian Regenhard Center for Emergency Response Studies announces its Spring 2022 lecture series. The series begins February 7 with ...
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RaCERS Faculty Mark Chubb Elected Chair of Board of Directors of the Institution of Fire Engineers

Mark Chubb, an affiliated faculty member at the Christian Regenhard Center, was elected Chair of the Board of Directors of ...
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Event Series “9/11 + 20” continues at John Jay College’s Christian Regenhard Center

The Christian Regenhard Center for Emergency Response Studies continues its 9/11+20 event series with a panel of our National Advisory ...
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RaCERS faculty on the Road

RaCERS faculty are in frequent demand for lectures and instruction. RaCERS Executive Committee and Associate Professor Glenn Corbett presented on ...
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Regenhard Center Mourns Passing of Congressman Sherwood Boehlert

The Christian Regenhard Center for Emergency Response Studies at John Jay College in New York City is greatly saddened to ...
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Fall Programming Devoted to Reflections on 9/11 20th Anniversary

The Christian Regenhard Center for Emergency Response Studies (RaCERS) is pleased to mark the 20th anniversary of 9/11 with a ...
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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 ...
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Oregon Wildfires Round Out Fall Seminar Series

The Christian Regenhard Center for Emergency Response Studies is pleased to host Andrew Phelps, Director of the State of Oregon ...
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Legislation Introduced in Congress to Create National Disaster Safety Board

A newly introduced U.S. Senate bill entitled the Disaster Learning and Life Saving Act by Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and ...
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Responder Mental Health, Oregon Wildfires round out RaCERS Fall seminars

The Christian Regenhard Center is pleased to announce our remaining Fall semester events. First, on November 18, John Jay’s Gabrielle ...
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RaCERS Fall Seminar Series Begins with Discussion on NYC Budget, Learning from Katrina, and Future topics TBA

The Christian Regenhard Center for Emergency Response Studies Fall 2020 Seminar Series began on 9/22 with a discussion with Maria ...
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RACERS FACULTY VELOTTI, CONTRERAS QUOTED ON COVID-19 ISSUES

RaCERS Faculty Lucia Velotti and activity George Contreras were active in covid-19 related scholarly activity. Lucia Volotti was interviewed for ...
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RaCERS Board Member Corbett, Colleague Knowles Recommend National Disaster Investigation Board,

RaCERS Board Member Glenn Corbett of John Jay College of Criminal Justice teamed with colleague Scott Knowles of Drexel University ...
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RaCERS-Affiliated Expert Quoted on Beirut Explosion

Dr. Vyto Babrauskas, an internationally-recognized expert on fire science, is quoted by multiple media sources for his expertise on dynamics ...
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RaCERS Goes Online with Seminar Series: First Up, Michael Greco from FDNY Local 2507

RaCERS Seminar Series goes online! The Christian Regenhard Center for Emergency Response Studies (RaCERS) was forced to cancel a March ...
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RaCERS’ Corbett calls for Independent, objective Coronavirus Investigative Commission

RaCERS Executive Board Member Glenn Corbett has authored a letter to the editor of NorthJersey.com calling for an Coronavirus Investigative ...
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RaCERS Advisory Board Member Maniscalco co-authors article on “Ethics of PPE and EMS”

RaCERS Advisory Board Member Paul Maniscalco, President Emertitus of the International Association of EMS Chiefs (IAEMSC) , has co-authored an ...
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RACERS RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, COLLEGE ADJUNCT FACULTY PRODUCE COVID-19 RESOURCES

The Christian Regenhard Center is pleased to release its latest working paper, First Responders and COVID-19, Preliminary Training and Best Practice ...
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RACERS Board Member CoAuthors OpEd on State of EMS in COVID-19 EPIDEMIC

RaCERS Advisory Board Member Paul Maniscalco, MPA, MS, EMT/P, LP, President Emeritus of the International Association of EMS Chiefs, has ...
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COVID-19: Christian Regenhard Center for Emergency Response Studies Cancels Spring 2020 Events

After consulting with the latest guidance from public health and University officials, we have decided to cancel our remaining Spring ...
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Emergency Responder Health and Safety Conference March 20

The Christian Regenhard Center for Emergency Response Studies (RaCERS) is proud to present a first responder health and safety conference ...
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SPRING 2020 SEMINAR SCHEDULE INCLUDES FIRST RESPONDER HEALTH AND SAFETY CONFERENCE, Dr. VYTO BABRAUSKAS ON WEST, TX FERTILIZER EXPLOSION

RaCERS is pleased to announce our preliminary Spring 2020 event schedule. We begin on February 26 from 130-330pm, Dr. Vyto ...
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RaCERS Director, Senior Fellow Team with Columbia University to Research Land Mobile Radio

The Regenhard Center has teamed with Columbia University in a pathbreaking project to understand how quality of radio service impacts ...
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RaCERS Affiliated Faculty Thompson Publishes Book on Disaster Risk Governance

Prof. Denise Thompson, in the John Jay’s Department of Public Management, published Disaster Risk Governance: Four Cases from Developing Countries ...
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RaCERS Marks Passing of James “Jimmy” Boyle, Inaugural Board Member

Jimmy Boyle, a monumental figure in the FDNY, and nationally, is reported by his union, the Uniformed Firefighter’s Association of ...
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RaCERS Doctoral Research Associate publishes article on Fentanyl Self-Protection for First Responders

Doctoral Research Associate Eric Persaud was lead author of an article detailing first responder knowledge and attitudes regarding occupational exposures ...
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RaCERS Director Speaks at National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Event on Technology, Smart Cities

The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation held a meeting devoted to adaptation of technologies for firefighter safety in Philadelphia on September ...
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RaCERS Affiliated Faculty Wins Research Award

Len Garis, a RaCERS collaborator and speaker, was awarded the Fire Chief Researcher of the Year by the Canadian Association ...
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RaCERS Announces Fall Seminar Series: NYCEM Commish, Merrimack Valley Gas Explosions, FEMA Law to be Discussed

National Transportation Safety Board preliminary report RaCERS is pleased to announce its Fall 2019 Seminar Series, focusing on emergency management ...
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John Jay College of Criminal Justice sets annual 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony

BOARD MEMBER CORBETT QUOTED IN NY TIMES ON INVESTIGATION OF NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL FIRE

RaCERS Board Member and faculty Glenn Corbett, Associate Professor in the Department of Security, Fire, and Emergency Management was quoted ...
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RaCERS Staff Publish Preliminary Findings from Fentanyl Self-Protection Survey of First Responders

RaCERS Doctoral Research Assistant Eric Persaud and Director Charles Jennings published preliminary results of a survey if first responders on ...
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RaCERS Director Participates in Opioid Summit in Surrey, BC

The City of Surrey convened a meeting entitled “City of Surrey Opioid Summit: Data to Action” on June 1-5, 2019 ...
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Sally Regenhard, RACERS Faculty Mark Chuck Strozier Retirement

Sally Regenhard and RaCERS Faculty joined on May 17 with a diverse collection of scholars, government officials, and former students ...
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RaCERS Director Observes “Dirty Bomb” Functional Exercise in Los Angeles County

RaCERS Director Charles Jennings had the opportunity to observe the “Southern Wind” exercise, held May 1-2, 2019 at the Los ...
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Notre Dame Cathedral Fire: RaCERS Faculty Sought Out by National Media

National media sought RaCERS faculty to comment and explain the devastating fire at Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral. In a flurry ...
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RaCERS Launches Fentanyl Survey for First Responders

RaCERS has launched a survey on occupational exposure to fentanyl among first responders. As the opioid crisis grows, and fentanyl ...
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RaCERS Faculty Groner Completes Work on SFPE Guide to Human Behavior in Fire

RaCERS Faculty Norman Groner contributed as a Task Group member to the newly-updated “SFPE Guide to Human Behavior and Fire,” ...
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RaCERS Faculty Velotti Awarded National Science Foundation Grant

RaCERS faculty Dr. Lucia Velotti, completed fieldwork for her National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded project to develop performance measurement systems for ...
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Japan Delegation Visits College, Center

RaCERS faculty met with a delegation from the Government of Japan’s National resilience Promotion Office, located in the Cabinet Secretariat ...
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RaCERS faculty attend Underwiters Laboratories (UL) Conference on Emerging Building Technologies

RaCERS Director Charles Jennings represented the Center at the conference “Meeting the Challenges of the Future Built Environment,” which was ...
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Spring 2019 Lecture Series Announced: NYSDHSES, NYCEM, Citizens Budget Commission Lined Up

The Christian Regenhard Center for Emergency Response Studies (RaCERS) is pleased to announce our Spring 2019 lecture series. This series ...
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RaCERS Board Member, Faculty Author Assesment of National Active Shooter Standard NFPA 3000

Board Member Clark Kimerer, and RaCERS faculty Glenn Corbett and Charles Jennings authored an article entitled “NFPA 3000: A First ...
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RaCERS Director Contributes to National Police Foundation report on Fire/EMS response to Pulse Nightclub Attack

RaCERS Director Charles Jennings co-authored an after-action report (AAR) for the National Police Foundation. The National Police Foundation was contracted ...
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High-Rise Safety Event A Success: Featured International Experts, Cutting Edge Discussion

The Christian Regenhard Center held a day-long conference bringing together experts from the US, Canada, and Australia to assess the ...
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Jake Pauls presented with inaugural award at High-Rise Building Safety Conference

Jake Pauls, pioneer of over 50 years of research, consulting, and advocacy on issues of pedestrian movement, building evacuation, and ...
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FInal Program Announced for October 18 High-Rise Conference

RaCERS is pleased to announce the final program for its October 18 day-long conference on tall building safety. A distinguished ...
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Columbia University Engineering, RaCERS Co-Organize Workshop on First Responder Data Needs

RaCERS Faculty Norman Groner presents on first responder information needs at the Workshop on Human-Centric Automation of Information, Coordination, and ...
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RaCERS Fall Seminars announced: Kelly McKinney, High Rise Conference, Columbia Schlegelmilch on Resilience

RaCERS announces its Fall 2018 seminar series, featuring three events: September 27 — Kelly McKinney discusses his new book Moment ...
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RaCERS Faculty Groner, Jennings included in edited volume New York After 9/11

RaCERS faculty Norman Groner and Charles Jennings contributed to the newly published collection New York After 9/11 edited by John ...
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Director represents RaCERS at International First Responder Technology Forum

Director Charles Jennings attended the Stakeholder Summit of the International Forum to Advance First Responder Innovation (IFAFRI) held in Washington, ...
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RaCERS marks passing of Ron Spadafora, Assistant Chief with FDNY, John Jay College alum

Ron Spadafora (BS ’86), a 40-year veteran of the FDNY and Assistant Chief of Fire Prevention, succumbed to his battle ...
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Len Garis’ Opioid Response Lecture Slides, Video now online.

Slide handouts and a video of the lecture by Len Garis, Fire Chief in Surrey, BC and Affiliated Faculty at ...
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RACERS BOARD MEMBER, DIRECTOR PARTICIPATE IN MEETING ON MASS SHOOTINGS

RaCERS Faculty Glenn Corbett and Charles Jennings participated in the Academy for Critical Incident Analysis (ACIA) at John Jay College’s ...
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CENTER DIRECTOR ATTENDS INERNATIONAL STANDARDS ORGANIZATION WORKSHOP on WOOD IN TALL BUILDING STRUCTURAL DESIGN

RaCERS Director Charles Jennings attended the International Standards Organization (ISO) Technical Committee 92/SC Working Group in Surrey, BC, Canada. The ...
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RACERS FACULTY VELOTTI, GRONER PRESENT PAPERS AT INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CONFERENCE

RaCERS faculty Asst. Prof. Lucia Velotti (Security, Fire, and Emergency Management) and Norman Groner (Assoc. Prof. Emeritus, Security, Fire, and ...
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RACERS FACULTY TO PARTICIPATE IN NATIONAL PANEL ON HEALTH SECURITY

RaCERS Faculty Charles Jennings will participate in a panel refining measures of health security in Washington, DC. The panel, part ...
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Research team of Deborah and Rodrick Wallace to Present on AI, Algorithms

Rodrick and Deborah Wallace, well-known and respected researchers, will be presenting for the Center on April19 at 130pm in Room ...
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RaCERS’ Corbett to deliver lecture at Drexel University

Glenn Corbett will be appearing in Philadelphia on Monday, 3/5 to present: Learning From the Disaster at 22nd and Market: ...
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Spring Seminar Lineup Announced: Death Investigation, Opioids, Artificial Intelligence

RaCERS announces its Spring 2018 lectures series. This semester’s talks cover abroad range of emerging public safety and emergency response ...
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RaCERS marks the passing of public safety computing pioneer Robert Shumate 1926-2017

RaCERS wishes to acknowledge the passing of Robert Shumate, a public safety computing pioneer, and featured speaker at our Scott ...
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RaCERS Director quoted in NY Times on DHS Laboratory’s Threatened Closing

Charles Jennings, RaCERS Director, was quoted in a New York Times article by Ron Nixon on the possible closing of ...
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Public Address Systems in Residential High-Rise Buildings

Glenn Corbett featured in story by NBC 4 News’s Pei-Sze Cheng on the lack of public address systems in existing ...
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COMMENTARY: Learning from the Grenfell Tower Fire?

Some two weeks after the horrific blaze at London’s Grenfell Tower, we await a final body count, as officials warn ...
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RaCERS Faculty Norman Groner Presents on High-Rise Evacuation in London

RaCERS Faculty Norman Groner, is presenting in London at the Annual Tall Building Fire Safety Network Conference http://tallbuildingfiresafety.com/. The presentation ...
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Glenn Corbett Appears on ABC’s Nightline on High-Rise Fire Safety

Glenn Corbett appeared on ABC’s Nightline on 6/14/17 in their segment on the horrific fire at London’s Grenfell Tower. ABC ...
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RaCERS Resources on High-Rise Fire Safety post-Grenfell Tower

As we watch the unfolding tragedy of the Grenfell Tower fire, we want to remind those seeking information of resources ...
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Citing Penn Station, JFK Uncontrolled Evacuations, RaCERS Faculty Calls for Third-Party After Action Report

Glenn Corbett, RaCERS faculty, was quoted in an article in the Chief Leader newspaper calling for a third-party, cross-agency review ...
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Council Member Crowley Attends “Police, Public Safety & Computing: Reflections of A Trailblazer” Event

October 2016 –Police, Public Safety & Computing: Reflections of A Trailblazer The Christian Regenhard Center proudly co-sponsored and help organized ...
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RaCERS Faculty Groner publishes paper building on RaCERS research

April 2016 –RaCERS Faculty Groner publishes paper building on RaCERS research Norman Groner has had his paper on high-rise evacuation ...
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RaCERS coordinated a FEMA Region III-sponsored Tabletop Exercise

March 2016 – “RaCERS coordinated a FEMA Region III-sponsored Tabletop Exercise” RaCERS coordinated a FEMA Region III-sponsored Tabletop Exercise” (TTX) ...
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RaCERS Senior Fellow presents High-Rise Evacuation Strategies

January 2016 –RaCERS Senior Fellow presents High-Rise Evacuation Strategies Norman Groner presented on “A Simple Decision Model for Managing the ...
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Critical Incident Stress and Law Enforcement: Peer Response

November 2015 – “Critical Incident Stress and Law Enforcement: Peer Response” Critical Incident Stress and cumulative effects of trauma are ...
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Homeland Security Training in New York State

October 2015 – “Homeland Security Training in New York State” Rick Mathews, Director of the National Center for Security and ...
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Dangerous Views: 21st Century Challenges in Tall Building Fire Safety

October 2015 – “Dangerous Views: 21st Century Challenges in Tall Building Fire Safety” The College organized a day-long event devoted ...
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RaCERS organizes, chairs panel on law enforcement technology transfer

October 2015 –RaCERS organizes, chairs panel on law enforcement technology transfer at IACP 2015 RaCERS organized and moderated a panel ...
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Past, Present, and Future Roles of FEMA

September 2015 – “Past, Present, and Future Roles of FEMA” On September 18th, Jerome Hatfield, Regional Administrator (Region II) of ...
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RaCERS supports FEMA Region II

September 2015 –RaCERS supports FEMA Region II in Continuity of Operations (COOP) Tabletop Exercise (TTX) RaCERS staff developed and helped ...
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Eye-Tracking for Public Safety

May 2015 – “Eye-Tracking for Public Safety” Dominick Rerubbio, MS ’14 and Prof. Robert Till (Security, Fire, and Emergency Management) ...
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FEMA-sponsored Exercise in New Haven, CT

April 2015 – RaCERS coordinates FEMA-sponsored Exercise in New Haven, CT. RaCERS staff and students helped support and organize a ...
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Evidence Based Practice – the Future of Law Enforcement and Public Safety

April 2015 – “Evidence Based Practice – the Future of Law Enforcement and Public Safety” Len Garis, RaCERS Affiliated Faculty ...
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RaCERS Director present finding of pipeline safety research

April 2015 –RaCERS Director present finding of pipeline safety research at the Fire Department Instructor’s Conference Charles Jennings presented results ...
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RaCERS-authored Guide on Pipeline Emergency Communications Released

Guide for Communicating Emergency Response Information for Natural Gas and Hazardous Liquids Pipelines January 2015 The Transportation Research Board of ...
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Public Health Preparedness for First Responders

March 2015 – Public Health Preparedness for First Responders was the topic of our March 2015 event. Our own Donell ...
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Leveraging Building Intelligence for First Responders

February 2015 – “Leveraging Building Intelligence for First Responders” RaCERS. Collaborator Jack Murphy updated the audience on recent developments in ...
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RaCERS joins “Smart Cities Smart Government Research Practice Consortium”

RaCERS joins “Smart Cities Smart Government Research Practice Consortium.” – the Consortium, organized by the Center for Technology in Government ...
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RacERS welcomes new Fellow

January 2015 RaCERS welcomes Arvind Karunakran, a doctoral student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), as a Fellow. His research ...
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Pipeline Emergency Response: Understanding the Risk and Planning Communication Needs

December 2014 –“Pipeline Emergency Response: Understanding the Risk and Planning Communication Needs” Researchers Norman Groner and Charles Jennings (John Jay ...
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RaCERS wins FEMA contract

December 2014 – RaCERS wins FEMA contract.RaCERS secures contract to assist Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region II with Continuity ...
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Information Sharing, Big Data, and Public Safety

November 2014 –“Information Sharing, Big Data, and Public Safety” Dr. Theresa Pardo of the Center for Technology in Government at ...
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9-1-1 Recordings – To Release or Withhold: Journalistic, Legal, Public Safety, and Family Perspectives

November 2014 – “9-1-1 Recordings – To Release or Withhold: Journalistic, Legal, Public Safety, and Family Perspectives” An unprecedented collection ...
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Grassroots Disaster Response During Superstorm Sandy: Successes, Failures and Opportunities

October 2014 –“Grassroots Disaster Response During Superstorm Sandy: Successes, Failures and Opportunities” Devin Balkind of the Serapis Foundation gave an ...
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Protecting First Responders: Lessons Learned?

September 2014 –“Protecting First Responders: Lessons Learned?” Donell Harvin (John Jay College of Criminal Justice) provided a compelling presentation spanning ...
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RaCERS-Affiliated Researcher co-authors ground-breaking manual

March 2014 –RaCERS-Affiliated Researcher co-authors ground-breaking manual on evidence-based practice for fire services. Fire Chief Len Garis, Affilated Research Faculty ...
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RaCERS-Affiliated Researcher co-authors ground-breaking manual…

March 2014 –RaCERS-Affiliated Researcher co-authors ground-breaking manual on evidence-based practice for fire services. Fire Chief Len Garis, Affilated Research Faculty ...
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Next Generation (NG9-1-1) platform. Mr. McLaren, who also heads the National Emergency Number Association’s Emerging

Technologies Committee, discussed the many possibilities in public safety dispatch by harnessing data sources and technologies that have previously been ...
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Dispatch During Hurricane Sandy kick’s off RaCERS Spring 2014 Series of Lectures

February 2014 – “Dispatch During Hurricane Sandy kick’s off RaCERS Spring 2014 Series of Lectures.”Chris Carver, Deputy Director of Dispatch ...
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Learning from Hurricane Sandy: FEMA’s After-Action Report

December 2013 – “Learning from Hurricane Sandy: FEMA’s After-Action Report” John Rabin, National Preparedness Assessments Branch (HQ); Terrence “Terra” Flynn ...
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Hurricane Sandy: Its Impact and the Role of Private EMS in New York City

November 2013 – “Hurricane Sandy: Its Impact and the Role of Private EMS in New York City” Glen Youngblood, Director ...
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Building Hurricane-Resistant Public Safety Facilities: Lessons from Louisiana

October 2013 – “Building Hurricane-Resistant Public Safety Facilities: Lessons from Louisiana” Roy Robichaux, Jr., Fire Chief Plaquemines Parish, LA and ...
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Evidence-Based Practice in Emergency Response? A Panel Discussion

May 2013 – “Evidence-Based Practice in Emergency Response? A Panel Discussion” Speakers Dr. Theron Bowman, Deputy City Manager, Arlington, TX; ...
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Innovation in Local Public Safety: Adopting Cutting-Edge Radio Accountability Technology in a Mid-Sized Agency

April 2013 – “Innovation in Local Public Safety: Adopting Cutting-Edge Radio Accountability Technology in a Mid-Sized Agency” Captain Barry Nechis ...
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The Future of the Fire and Emergency Services

February 2013 – “The Future of the Fire and Emergency Services” Dr. Onieal, a native of the greater New York ...
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RaCERS Director Delivers Keynote to Los Angeles County Public Safety Leaders

February 2013 – “RaCERS Director Delivers Keynote to Los Angeles County Public Safety Leaders RaCERS Director Charles Jennings delivered a ...
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Cognitive Radio for First Responders: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask

December 2012 – “Cognitive Radio for First Responders: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask” Prof. Shamik ...
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Don’t Call them Drones – Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Unmanned Aerial Systems or Light Unmanned Aerials Vehicles and their Role in Civil Public Safety.

October 2012 – “Don’t Call them Drones – Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Unmanned Aerial Systems or Light Unmanned Aerials Vehicles and ...
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