System connects ERs, emergency dispatchers
When The Station nightclub burned down in 2003, leaving hundreds of people injured – many grievously – a handful of hospitals took the majority...
Wickford PR firm specializes in preparedness
Eric Cote had no idea when he and partner Ken D’Ambrosio set out to start a communications firm eight years ago that they’d develop...
Banks set up multi-level recovery systems
If Hurricane Katrina taught those in financial services anything, it was that no level of disaster preparedness is too great.
From losing one branch...
Making it easier to take help from businesses
A little boy was dead from encephalitis, two others had gotten sick, and a fourth had meningitis. There was no apparent connection, but such...
Bird flu may drop business back to earth
A little more than a year ago, we heard warnings from Gov. Donald L. Carcieri and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael...
RIEMA makes steady progress<br> in planning efforts
As executive director of the R.I. Emergency Management Agency, Robert J. Warren works to protect Rhode Island’s residents and property for the event...
Web still growing as ad medium
A recent report by the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers pegs U.S. Internet ad spending in 2006 at $16.8 billion, up 34 percent...
Tapping a world of schoolroom innovation
Schools have to organize and coordinate massive amounts of information – from student records to complicated class schedules – and to do so, many...
U.S. banks reap profits from China connections
Citizens Financial Group and Bank of America are among a vanguard of large U.S. banks that have bought stakes in Chinese banks and forged...
Women’s Summit offers inspiration, helpful tips
Bryant University’s annual Women’s Summit aims to “allow women a chance to take time to look at where they are and where they want...
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