Nordic Geospatial Blog » Los Angeles http://nordicgeospatial.com/blog Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:48:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Non sequitur – NBA Finals and the Geography of Home-court Advantage http://nordicgeospatial.com/blog/2011/05/25/non-sequitur-nba-finals-map/ http://nordicgeospatial.com/blog/2011/05/25/non-sequitur-nba-finals-map/#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 03:16:23 +0000 Administrator http://nordicgeospatial.com/blog/?p=969 Timely piece by the Atlantic Monthly with #massgathering and #CIKR caveats -

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/05/the-fan-factor-in-the-nba-conference-finals/239251/

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http://www.pdc.org/PDCNewsWebArticles/2010/iTunes/disaster_alert.htm

Los Angeles County has a new geo data portal with RSS feeds to let you know when data sets are updated for this 4,700 sq. mile jurisdiction with 10 million inhabitants and 88 cities!
http://egis3.lacounty.gov/dataportal/

]]> http://nordicgeospatial.com/blog/2010/08/22/tools-data-pdc-mobile-la-county-geodata/feed/ 0 Upcoming Event – LA InfraGard STAR exercise – May 16 @ El Rancho HS, Pico Rivera CA http://nordicgeospatial.com/blog/2009/04/22/upcoming-event-la-infragard-star-exercise-may-16-el-rancho-hs-pico-rivera-ca/ http://nordicgeospatial.com/blog/2009/04/22/upcoming-event-la-infragard-star-exercise-may-16-el-rancho-hs-pico-rivera-ca/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:46:46 +0000 Administrator http://nordicgeospatial.com/blog/?p=9 InfraGard Los Angeles STAR 2009
School Terrorism Awareness and Response Exercise
JRIC Overview Video

• Saturday, May 16th, 2009, from 8:30am to 4:00pm
• To be held on-site at El Rancho High School, 6501 South Passons Blvd, Pico Rivera, CA 90660
• A combined training and exercise event
• Focused on the issues surrounding a terrorist attack on a school

Exercise Format:
• Morning workshop addressing various topics related to terrorist attacks on children, emergency response plans, and attack prevention
• Afternoon mock school takeover and hostage scenario, with option to participate as hostage or observe emergency responders resolve the takeover
• Post-exercise debrief to share participant observations and experiences from their various perspectives

Participants:
• InfraGard members – Los Angeles and San Diego
• Los Angeles Joint Regional Intelligence Center (JRIC)
• Emergency Responders
• School Officials
• Select Invitees

Registration:
• Individual registration will begin on Monday April 6th
• To register go to http://cawnps.org and click on the Event Registration Icon (beginning 4/6)

Agencies or departments interested in participating or observing should contact FBI Special Agent Regina Miles at regina.canale-miles@infragard.org or via (310) 629-9802. Additional program administrator contacts are provided below:

Rick Jones, immediate past-President/CEO of InfraGard Los Angeles
(818) 262-1854 / rlj@m2000inc.com
Scott Brewer, Naval Postgraduate School – Center for Asymmetric Warfare
(805) 989-7329 / ssbrewer@nps.navy.mil
Alan Jaeger, Naval Postgraduate School – Center for Asymmetric Warfare
(805) 989-1786 / ajaeger@nps.navy.mil

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