CFR: First responders still underfunded
Nearly two years after 9/11, the United States is drastically underfunding local emergency responders and remains dangerously unprepared to handle a catastrophic attack on American soil, particularly one involving chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or high-impact conventional weapons. If the nation does not take immediate steps to better identify and address the urgent needs of emergency responders, the next terrorist incident could be even more devastating than 9/11.
This CFR warning is becoming a yearly event. The Administration and their supporters have buried their collective head in the sands of Iraq. Will it take another 9/11 to get some money for the front-liners in the real War on Terror?
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heh, ask your average EMT-I making $11 dollars an hour how bad he wants to go to afterhours unpaid training. Look, for example, at the horrible level of service in the mostly privatized ambulance services in most major american cities...