286th Composite Squadron \ Homeland Security

Use your eyes and ears to keep our airports safe

Here's what to look for:

Pilots who appear under the control of someone else.
Anyone trying to access an aircraft through force — without keys, using a crowbar or screwdriver.
Anyone who seems unfamiliar with aviation procedures trying to check out an airplane.
Anyone who misuses aviation lingo — or seems too eager to use all the lingo
People or groups who seem determined to keep to themselves.
Any members of your airport neighborhood who work to avoid contact with you or other airport tenants.
Anyone who appears to be just loitering, with no specific reason for being there.
Any out-of-the-ordinary videotaping of aircraft or hangars.
Aircraft with unusual or obviously unauthorized modifications.
Dangerous cargo or loads — explosives, chemicals, openly displayed weapons — being loaded into an airplane.
Anything that strikes you as wrong — listen to your gut instinct, and then follow through.
Pay special attention to height, weight, and the individual's clothing or other identifiable traits.

Use your common sense.
Not all these items indicate
terrorist activity.

When in doubt, check it out!
Check with airport staff or call
the National Response Center
at 1-866-GA-SECURE!

Civil Air Patrol can be a major contributor to our country’s critical Homeland Security efforts. Our members have excellent air/ground observation and communications assets at their disposal. CAP can provide aerial reconnaissance, photography, radiological monitoring, disaster and damage assessment, and much, much more. Congress gave CAP its original coastal patrol charter during WWII, and we are ready to step forward to assist our nation again.

State Homeland Security - Emergency Management Organizations

Alabama Emergency Management Agency

Alaska Division of Emergency Services

Arizona Division of Emergency Management

Arkansas Department of Emergency Management

California Office of Emergency Services

Colorado Office of Emergency Management

Connecticut Office of Emergency Management

Delaware Emergency Management Agency

District of Columbia Emergency Management

Florida Division of Emergency Management

Georgia Emergency Management Agency

Hawaii State Civil Defense

Idaho Bureau of Homeland Security

Illinois Emergency Management Agency

Indiana Department of Homeland Security

Iowa Homeland Security

Kansas Division of Emergency Management

Kentucky Division of Emergency Management

Louisiana Office of Emergency Preparedness

Maine Emergency Management Agency

Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency

Maryland Emergency Management Agency

Michigan Emergency Management Division

Minnesota Division of Emergency Management

Missouri State Emergency Management Agency

Mississippi Emergency Management District

Montana Disaster and Emergency Services

Nebraska Emergency Management

New Hampshire Office of Emergency Management

New Jersey Emergency Management Section

New Mexico Office of Emergency Services

Nevada Division of Emergency Management

North Carolina Emergency Management

North Dakota Division of Emergency Management

New York State Emergency Management

Ohio Emergency Management Agency

Oklahoma DCEM

Oregon Emergency Management

Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency

Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency

South Carolina Emergency Preparedness

South Dakota Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs

Tennessee Emergency Management Agency

Texas Division of Emergency Management

Utah Division of Comprehensive Emergency Management

Vermont Emergency Management

Virginia Department of Emergency Management

Washington State Emergency Management

West Virginia Office of Emergency Services

Wisconsin Emergency Management

Wyoming Emergency Management Agency

Following the attacks in London, East Anglian Ambulance Service has launched a national "In Case of Emergency ( ICE ) " campaign.

The idea is that you store the word " ICE " in your mobile phone address book, and against it enter the number of the person you would want to be contacted "In Case of Emergency".

In an emergency situation ambulance and hospital staff will then be able to quickly find out who your next of kin are and be able to contact them. It's so simple that everyone can do it.

Please will you also email this to everybody in your address book, it won't take too many 'forwards' before everybody will know about this.

It really could help the emergency services in doing their job. For more than one contact name use: ICE1, ICE2, ICE3 etc.

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