Arlington County

The initial response to the Pentagon attack was performed by the fire and emergency units from the Arlington County Fire Department (ACFD), the Fort Myer Fire Department, and the Metropolitan Airport Authority Fire Unit at Ronald Regan Airport (reference). The coordination for the Pentagon response was more complex than the World Trade Center attack, thus creating additional problems for responders at the scene. When the Arlington County Fire Department (ACFD) established the incident command structure, the ACFD based their response efforts on the Incident Command System and Unified Command (reference). Additional units from the Department of Defense (DoD), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Urban Search and Rescue Task forces coordinated with the ACFD during the incident. There was a larger presence in the form of federal entities at the Pentagon attack oppose to the one that occurred at the World Trade…

As I was searching for internships all over the country I was looking for a department that mission statements and values match up with what I have for myself. "Our mission is the reduction of the incidence of crime and the improvement of the quality of life in Arlington County by making it a place where all people can live safely and without fear." As I read over it more and more I realized your mission statement is different from many other departments. First being that your goals are…

The Patriot Team is working to complete packets for the 22 August boards, which could allow us to close two additional AOCs (AECP). Our Current mission posture is AMEDD Vol 375/381 (98.4%) and AOC Precision 25/79 (31.6%). In the last two weeks we have closed four additional AOCs (RA, 72B, VC 3Y HPSP; AR, 66H, 67E). Our CH mission posture is currently Vol 34/65 (52.3%) and AOC Precision 0/3 (0%). This last week our operation section has been focused on MAVNI interviews, though the efforts of the…

3 represent the racial and ethnic characteristic of census tract 1220.01, Arlington, and Texas. Within racial characteristics, White and Hispanics make up majority of the population in all three categories. In census tract 1220.01, whites are majority (92.63%) followed by Hispanic (66.91%). In Table 2, these two census tract 1220.01 findings are the highest compared to Arlington and Texas. Ethnic characteristic showed the diversity in census tract 1220.01, Arlington, and Texas. The highest…

Did George Washingto really cut down a cherry tree? Times were tough for men and women like George Washington. I will be talking about times before the wars. George Washingtons contubution to the war. Also my evaluation to the war George Washingtons times before wars. George Washington was born febuary 22nd 1730 in west Morland County Virginia. His father died when he was 11 years old. when he was 20 his oldest brother died. At age 23 he got a job as a cernal. when the Revouloutionary…

A. Attention getter: Amber Hagerman’s Story B. Relevance: You know how occasionally we all receive these loud alerts on our phones that say AMBER Alert along with other information that well it’s because of Amber. AMBER has a double meaning is still an acronym. (America’s Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response) C. Credibility statement: We all got the messages before multiple times, recently I just got one. I play a memorizing game, so whenever I get an AMBER Alert I memorize the plate numbers…

City-states of the ancient world were one of the first political entities with democratic governance. Part of the democratic process is authorizing individuals to make decisions, holding these individuals accountable, and for these individual to be responsive to the needs of the community (Pitkin, 1957). Today, cities have low levels of democratic participation that hold elected officials accountable and authorize them to have the power to make a decision. At the same time, a majority of the…

the User-Friendly Budget may not create further citizen engagement based upon the research. Research has shown that by studying the budget process in all 50 states, we ended up with a wide variety of requirements. The only similarity that appears through this study was that state governments are primarily only concerned with the first step of informing the public. There is no requirement or mandate beyond this to narrow the gap between government's creation of the budget document and citizen…

Types of external considerations within Rutherford County are related to natural disasters, political disasters and macroeconomic shifts, including inflation, rate of growth, and unemployment. As a measure to offset natural disasters, we have relationships with other counties across the state coordinate efforts with our Emergency Management team. Indeed, the county 's mitigation planning efforts consist of local, state, and federal assistance. Unfortunately, there are few measures to plan for…

Haoyu Zhao PUP432 10.15.2015 Case Brief Contractors And Builders Association Of Pinellas County V. City Of Dunedin Background Context Until the 20th century, the general law in Florida stipulated that local governments could only obtain funds from public revenues as they had no authority to taxes. The local government made the realization that these funds were insufficient for running the everyday affairs of the growing county. For this reason, the county turned to private sources…