Phoenix Disaster Services LLC Offers Communities and Counties Assistance in Preparing for Disasters
The Homeland Security Advisor program provides community leaders expert professional Homeland Security support
San Antonio, TX,(PRWEB) October 1, 2004: On October 1st Phoenix Disaster
Services will begin providing its new Homeland Security Advisor (HSA) program to
rural and small urban community leaders across Texas. After 9-11 the Federal
government began working on strategies to improve community and county response
to terrorist threats by providing billions of dollars in Homeland Security Grant
Funds. However, with these grants came complex rules and regulations on how to
spend the money. The HSA program allows rural and small urban communities and
counties access to a professional Homeland Security Advisor who will assist the
jurisdiction with managing their Homeland Security Grant funds. As an added
benefit, the Advisor helps the community improve its emergency management
program without taxing already strained budgets.
Mr. Brian Dopp,
president of Phoenix Disaster Services and the designer of HSA stated, “The goal
of the HSA program is to help communities and counties build a stronger and more
effective emergency management program. Unfortunately, the complex rules and
regulations of all the Homeland Security grants just swamp the rural and small
urban communities. Because they cannot afford to hire a full-time person to
unravel the programs, the smaller communities can’t get access to the funds. The
HSA program is designed to provide the expertise of a qualified, full time
person at a less then part-time rate.”
Phoenix Disaster Services LLC, a
San Antonio based company, provides communities and counties with professional
Emergency Management and Homeland Security support services. In the past three
years PDS worked with over 40 cities, counties, and Council of Governments. PDS
offers a free email newsletter called The Disaster Newsletter which discusses
emergency management issues and is available on thier website at www.pdstx.com
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/10/prweb161085.htm