(Image from: The Christian Science Monitor)
The other day, Los Angeles joined the ranks of cities in evicting the Occupy Wallstreet squatters. In the wake of the eviction, the "99%" left behind tons of garbage--literally--30 tons to be exact.
Some commentators, for both the right and left, have stated that the Occupy Wallstreet and Tea Party movements share common issues, goals, themes, etc. While this may be true regarding some facets of the respective movement, there is one glaring difference between the two: Tea Partiers pick up after themselves.
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ReplyDeleteIn an effort to address responder
concerns, the Department of
Energy retooled its approach to
emergency responder
preparedness and implemented
the more simplified and
responder-friendly
Transportation Emergency
Preparedness Program (TEPP).
TEPP is a component of the
overall comprehensive
emergency management system
established by DOE Order 151.1,
Comprehensive Emergency
Management System. TEPP
integrates a basic approach to
transportation emergency
planning and preparedness
activities under a single program
with the goal to ensure DOE, its
operating contractors, and state,
tribal, and local emergency
responders are prepared to
respond promptly, efficiently,
and effectively to accidents
involving DOE shipments of
radioactive material. TEPP is
designed and implemented using
an approach to ensure that initial
responders to a radiological
transportation accident have the
necessary knowledge and skills
needed to effectively and safely
mitigate the accident. TEPP has
developed the Modular
Emergency Response
Radiological Transportation
Training (MERRTT) program.
MERRTT provides fundamental
knowledge for responding to
transportation incidents involving
radiological material and builds
on training in existing hazardous
materials.