CorpAlert.com 2004

	Government Issues New Standards for State Alert Systems: On April 27, Secretary Tom Ridge issued a new series of standards for local law enforcement... Read more>
	Government Issues New Standards for State Alert Systems: On April 27, Secretary Tom Ridge issued a new series of standards for local law enforcement... Read more>

The Breaking News.com:

Death toll now 78,000 in Myanmar ... The official death count in Myanmar is now 78,000 with about 56,000 more people missing. The government is still severely restricting access to the country's affected by international aid groups... read more>>

Dams are weakened by quakes in China ... Chinese officials are monitoring damage to more than 400 dams in the Sichuan Province. The fear is that the recent large earthquake has weakened the infrastructure putting even more communities at risk should the dams brake... read more>>

Death toll in China could reach 50,000 ... The death toll in China is rising and officials have said the total number of fatalities could reach 50,000 after earthquakes struck the Sichuan Province. The Chinese government also has begun to accept aid from Japan and Taiwan... read more>>

Earthlink shuts down Philly WiFi ... Earthlink announced that it will suspend its wireless Internet network in Philadelphia because it could not find a buyer for the $17 million communications infrastructure... read more>>

Death toll in China continues to rise ... The death toll in China continues to rise as more victims of the worst earthquake to hit the country in 30 years are found... read more>>

Death toll in Myanmar rises ... The death toll in Myanmar has risen to about 32,000 while American relief supplies are being airlifted into the country according to officials. Health officials are worried about disease setting in the displaced and affected populations... read more>>

Temblor in China kills thousands ... A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck central China killing at least 8,500 people, though the death toll is expected to rise according to state-run news agencies... read more>>

Myanmar government blocks food aid ... The United Nations initially has ceased its food relief operations to Myanmar after the military junta government refused to allow UN disaster representatives to distribute supplies to disaster victims. However, officials have now said they will resume the food deliveries... read more>>

Oklahoma and Mississippi weather severe storms ... Officials are investigating the recent severe storms which hit Oklahoma and Mississippi communities. In Oklahoma about 14,000 residents are without power... read more>>

Cyclone Nargis track from Google Earth ... The Lat Long Blog at Google has been monitoring images being process by Google Earth and overlaying that data with information and images from Cyclone Nargis... read more>>

	The Corporate Role in Community Preparedness The security challenge facing America's homeland requires a realistic awareness of the role and liability corporations have in the overall preparedness and readiness to community crisis. Throughout this nation, corporations employ the majority of citizens and manage the work place and community services facilities at all levels. Corporations manage information flow, run hospitals, maintain community transportation and services. There is not one sector which doesn't feel the presence of corporations. This new reality places exceptional responsibility on corporate management not only to train and prepare employees and their families for crisis, but to be a community resource in times of crisis. The public-sector emergency response services are not large enough to care for every citizen without volunteer participation and corporate support, nor are they able to guarantee commercial order. CorpAlert's mission is to help America's corporations develop practical programs in conjunction with national, state and local government authorities and responders to prepare and strengthen corporate viability and capability within the community during crisis. A key component of CorpAlert's mission is to sponsor conferences and meetings that bring together decision makers in the public and private sector to discuss strategies and policies necessary to build a strong and integrated response to community crisis. CorpAlert 2005 is the national annual conference in Washington, D.C. Additionally, CorpAlert and other organizations will sponsor the Corporate Congressional Summit on Homeland Security to discuss policies that can help corporations better prepare for crisis.