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HOMELAND SECURITY: KEEPING FIRST RESPONDERS FIRST HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY, VETERANS AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION JULY 30, 2002 Serial No. 107–220 Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Reform ( Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.gpo.gov/congress/house http://www.house.gov/reform U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 87–386 PDF WASHINGTON : 2003 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2250 Mail: Stop SSOP, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate 11-MAY-2000 09:35 Jun 24, 2003 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 D:\DOCS\87386.TXT HGOVREF1 PsN: HGOVREF1 COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM DAN BURTON, Indiana, Chairman BENJAMIN A. GILMAN, New York HENRY A. WAXMAN, California CONSTANCE A. MORELLA, Maryland TOM LANTOS, California CHRISTOPHER SHAYS, Connecticut MAJOR R. OWENS, New York ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Florida EDOLPHUS TOWNS, New York JOHN M. MCHUGH, New York PAUL E. KANJORSKI, Pennsylvania STEPHEN HORN, California PATSY T. MINK, Hawaii JOHN L. MICA, Florida CAROLYN B. MALONEY, New York THOMAS M. DAVIS, Virginia ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, Washington, MARK E. SOUDER, Indiana DC STEVEN C. LATOURETTE, Ohio ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland BOB BARR, Georgia DENNIS J. KUCINICH, Ohio DAN MILLER, Florida ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH, Illinois DOUG OSE, California DANNY K. DAVIS, Illinois RON LEWIS, Kentucky JOHN F. TIERNEY, Massachusetts JO ANN DAVIS, Virginia JIM TURNER, Texas TODD RUSSELL PLATTS, Pennsylvania THOMAS H. ALLEN, Maine DAVE WELDON, Florida JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY, Illinois CHRIS CANNON, Utah WM. LACY CLAY, Missouri ADAM H. PUTNAM, Florida DIANE E. WATSON, California C.L. ‘‘BUTCH’’ OTTER, Idaho STEPHEN F. LYNCH, Massachusetts EDWARD L. SCHROCK, Virginia ——— JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR., Tennessee BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont JOHN SULLIVAN, Oklahoma (Independent) KEVIN BINGER, Staff Director DANIEL R. MOLL, Deputy Staff Director JAMES C. WILSON, Chief Counsel ROBERT A. BRIGGS, Chief Clerk PHIL SCHILIRO, Minority Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY, VETERANS AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CHRISTOPHER SHAYS, Connecticut, Chairman ADAM H. PUTNAM, Florida DENNIS J. KUCINICH, Ohio BENJAMIN A. GILMAN, New York BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Florida THOMAS H. ALLEN, Maine JOHN M. MCHUGH, New York TOM LANTOS, California STEVEN C. LATOURETTE, Ohio JOHN F. TIERNEY, Massachusetts RON LEWIS, Kentucky JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY, Illinois TODD RUSSELL PLATTS, Pennsylvania WM. LACY CLAY, Missouri DAVE WELDON, Florida DIANE E. WATSON, California C.L. ‘‘BUTCH’’ OTTER, Idaho STEPHEN F. LYNCH, Massachusetts EDWARD L. SCHROCK, Virginia EX OFFICIO DAN BURTON, Indiana HENRY A. WAXMAN, California LAWRENCE J. HALLORAN, Staff Director and Counsel THOMAS COSTA, Professional Staff Member JASON CHUNG, Clerk (II) VerDate 11-MAY-2000 09:35 Jun 24, 2003 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 D:\DOCS\87386.TXT HGOVREF1 PsN: HGOVREF1 C O N T E N T S Page Hearing held on July 30, 2002 ............................................................................... 1 Statement of: Baldwin, Mr., first selectman .......................................................................... 38 Berry, James, police chief, Trumbull Police Department .............................. 64 Buturla, Captain, executive officer, Division of Protective Services ............ 141 Clarke, Paul, executive director of operations, EMS Institute, Stamford Health System ............................................................................................... 95 Craig, Daniel, regional Director, Federal Emergency Management Agen- cy .................................................................................................................... 118 Cugno, Adjutant General William, Connecticut Military Department ........ 130 De Martino, Thomas, director of Emergency Preparedness .......................... 38 Docimo, Frank, special operations officer, Turn of River Fire Department 93 Farrell, Diane, first selectwoman, Westport, CT ........................................... 10 Harris, Harry, bureau chief, Connecticut Department of Transportation ... 150 Knopp, Alex, mayor, Norwalk, CT .................................................................. 23 Maglione, Mr., fire chief, Bridgeport Fire Department ................................. 68 Newman, Paul, captain, Stamford Fire Headquarters .................................. 84 Schwab, Dr. William, president, Norwalk Community College .................... 32 Yoder, Alan, EMS coordinator, Westport EMS .............................................. 103 Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by: Berry, James, police chief, Trumbull Police Department, prepared state- ment of ........................................................................................................... 66 Buturla, Captain, executive officer, Division of Protective Services, pre- pared statement of ........................................................................................ 143 Clarke, Paul, executive director of operations, EMS Institute, Stamford Health System, prepared statement of ....................................................... 98 Craig, Daniel, regional Director, Federal Emergency Management Agen- cy, prepared statement of ............................................................................. 122 Cugno, Adjutant General William, Connecticut Military Department, pre- pared statement of ........................................................................................ 133 De Martino, Thomas, director of Emergency Preparedness, prepared statement of ................................................................................................... 41 Farrell, Diane, first selectwoman, Westport, CT, prepared statement of .... 15 Harris, Harry, bureau chief, Connecticut Department of Transportation, prepared statement of ................................................................................... 153 Knopp, Alex, mayor, Norwalk, CT, prepared statement of ........................... 27 Maglione, Mr., fire chief, Bridgeport Fire Department, prepared state- ment of ........................................................................................................... 71 Newman, Paul, captain, Stamford Fire Headquarters, prepared statement of ..................................................................................................................... 87 Schwab, Dr. William, president, Norwalk Community College, prepared statement of ................................................................................................... 35 Shays, Hon. Christopher, a Representative in Congress from the State of Connecticut, prepared statement of ........................................................ 3 Tierney, Hon. John F., a Representative in Congress from the State of Massachusetts, prepared statement of ................................................... 8 Yoder, Alan, EMS coordinator, Westport EMS, prepared statement of ....... 106 (III) VerDate 11-MAY-2000 09:35 Jun 24, 2003 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 D:\DOCS\87386.TXT HGOVREF1 PsN: HGOVREF1 VerDate 11-MAY-2000 09:35 Jun 24, 2003 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 D:\DOCS\87386.TXT HGOVREF1 PsN: HGOVREF1 HOMELAND SECURITY: KEEPING FIRST RESPONDERS FIRST TUESDAY, JULY 30, 2002 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY, VETERANS AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM, Norwalk, CT. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 1:15 p.m., at the Norwalk Community College, East Campus Auditorium, 188 Rich- ards Avenue, Norwalk, CT, Hon. Christopher Shays (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Representatives Shays and Tierney. Also present: State Representatives Boucher, Duff, San Angelo, Stone, and State Senator McKinney. Staff present: Lawrence Halloran, staff director and counsel; J. Vincent Chase, chief investigator; Dr. Nicholas Palarino, senior pol- icy advisor; Kristine McElroy and Thomas Costa, professional staff members; Sherrill Gardner, detailee and fellow; and Jason M. Chung, clerk. Mr. SHAYS. Good afternoon. I’d like to welcome our witnesses and our guests to this hearing of the National Security, Veterans Af- fairs and International Relations Subcommittee and Government Reform Committee. Mr. Tierney, my colleague from Massachusetts, and I are con- ducting this hearing and invited Members from both sides of the— from the State House and State Senate. We will be going pretty much by the 5-minute rule. We’re going to invite our witnesses to make statements. We will allow them to go over their 5-minute rule. Ms. Farrell, you are right over there. Ms. FARRELL. Oh, thank you, sir. Mr. SHAYS. At least you made it. You know, you can sit right there. The other witnesses will move down and make space. We will be going by the 5-minute rule and we’re going to invite our colleagues from the State House to jump in as well if they have some questions. In the course of thirty hearings on terrorism issues, our sub- committee has learned this hard lesson: We are fighting a war for which we are not yet fully prepared. Despite far greater awareness of the threats since September 11th and despite some progress to- ward improved readiness, the tragic fact remains