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Chertoff looks to NIFC for disaster response
Local news article not too interesting in its own right, but an example of the quiet development of regional emergency response centers around the country. There's one is NJ that is being set up to deal with WMD, extreme weather, pandemics etc. in the wider NYC area. Purpose is to integrate federal, state & local capabilities on a flexible, as-needed basis. They're not ready for prime time yet but people are working on them FWIW

Posted by: lotp 2008-08-07
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=246383