Emergency Operations Proving Ground

Your Instructor Scott Nichol This course examines the principal issues associated with modern domestic & international terrorism and efforts to counter it. The objective of the course is to provide the student with a broad understanding of both domestic & international terrorism, and to enhance the ability to engage knowledgeably in discussion and debate on the subject. The course considers a wide range of questions in order to provide students with a deeper understanding of the threat of terrorism today. Among the questions we will examine are: How has terrorism evolved over time? What are the defining features of modern terrorism, including ideological principles, political motivations and organizational structure?  What are the challenges associated with modern counter-terrorism responses? Specifically, the course will analyze both terrorism's effectiveness as a means to achieve political change and the challenges faced by the liberal democratic state in ...

As we live in times where government budgets are shrinking which seems to effect our front line departments constantly and the rate where gun crime grows increasingly on a daily basis which has seen many of our law enforcement being shot and killed and most recently the senseless shooting of one of our EMS members. It was a growing concern for us at E.O.P.G's as it is our soul purpose is to make sure that all of our first responders are safe and are able to carry out their duties to keep civilians safe. So we started to look into sourcing protective wear that would be 100% safe & comfortable whilst being affordable. " I had the pleasure of meeting with a great guy Robert Hausman one of the managers at Legacy Safety & Security. Robert gave us here at E.O.P.G some of their Security Level 111A vests to try out I have to say I was very impressed by these vests. The vest was pretty comfortable and I was amazed how it allows the emergency responder to have the ...