Who ever would have guessed?
We thank an anonymous reader for this link in the comments section.
The Sun-Times reports on an "emergency communication report." Seems that 75 metro areas around the country were tested and graded on "their emergency agencies' ability to communicate during a disaster."
Also seems that Chicago's at the bottom of the pile:
The lowest scores went to Chicago; Cleveland; Baton Rouge, La.; Mandan, N.D.; and American Samoa. The report included large and small cities and their suburbs, along with U.S. territories.
So, over 5 years after 9/11, a major metropolis, the "Second City," no less, is perceived to be ill-prepared for a disaster. We even got one of the lowest scores out of 75.
Chicago, Cleveland and Baton Rouge, for example, were judged to have accomplished the early stage of government coordination.
That's probably related to the fact that we haven't had any special training, unless Ethics Training was supposed to help prepare us for a disaster aside from the Mayor's office suffering more blows from hiring scandals and the like.
Kevin Smith, a spokesman for Chicago's Office of Emergency Management and Communications, said the agency had not seen the report and declined immediate comment Tuesday evening.
In an overview, the report said all 75 areas surveyed have policies in place for helping their emergency workers communicate.
If there's a PCO who's been briefed on this policy, please speak up & enlighten us. We know no details about it, or whether or not it truly exists.
Mandan, N.D., and the territory of American Samoa were both found to have gotten to the early stage of their actual usage of interoperable emergency communications and rated intermediate in governance and procedures.
Tammy Lapp, the emergency coordinator for Mandan and Morton County, N.D., said she was not surprised by the low ranking.
"We knew with our limited funds, we were going to fall short," she said.
And yet they made at least some headway in two categories.
With all of the money Chicago has, what's our excuse?
posted by CPDDispatch @ 12:30 AM
7 Comments:
Tell us something we dont know. We'd be in trouble if we ever got snowed in the 911 center for a day or too, Since it snows here every winter you would think some of the people on the 4th floor would have a plan for that. Opps I forgot they would be at home and it wouldnt be there problem as long as the 911 calls were answered.
This whole situation is amazing. It takes the feds to question the effectiveness of it all? What were and are Trotter's qualification? What does he know about personnel, procedural, technical or administrative aspects of emergency communications?
How about Andrew V? Huberman?
MK?
Now the media is reporting that Trotter is irked. Maybe somebody ought to ask Trotter for his resume, and then ask Daley how in the world any of Trotter, Huberman, Andrew V or MK are qualified for their positions.
The city is doomed if something ever happens. These people aren't qualified for entry level jobs in this environment in a professional organization, and they are put in charge in Chicago.
The last survey done is a true testimony to the lack of qualified leadership at the Oec building. Maybe Mayor Dick should ask us how to fix the problem. I'm sure they'll hire a slew of over paid, rude, ignorant bosses to get to the bottom of it. Where was Hubbie and his 97 percent effiency speech?!?! He's another rocket scientist who left us with his hand puppet leading the pack and a imbecile acting deputy director who obviously is so clout heavy that not even he can move her to different dept.
>>>>These people aren't qualified for entry level jobs in this environment in a professional organization, and they are put in charge in Chicago.<<<<
That's because they put in their own family members, neighbors, doctors, etc.
And look at what's happened to our city: Beautiful on the outside, but empty on the inside.
I hear a rumor that there are newly installed cameras in the CPD Kitchen. Is that to stop the lunch thiefs...or the coffee thiefs or the people in there all day long instead of at their assigned work positions?????
to 429pm
The rumor ...TRUE ! Legitimate working , opertating camera.... NOT! How & Why: go ask ERNIE...it was his prank...and he sure enjoyed watching & listening to all when word spread across the room ...faster than any speeding bullet! Good going Ernie ...fun while it lasted ...till someone went to ask MK about it!
Damn....was hoping it would catch the people in the break room and kitchen all damn day instead of at their position working!!!
Oh well...gotta luv Ernie!!
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