#emergencies

City government can and must help San Franciscans prepare for emergencies in order to avoid tragedy where possible and minimize loss of life and property when emergencies occur. ↗

— Gavin Newsom

#city #city government #emergencies #franciscans #government

Men ever follow willingly a daring leader: most willingly of all, in great emergencies. ↗

— Robert Dale Owen

#emergencies #ever #follow #great #leader

States are looking for low-cost solutions that will enable better communication, while avoiding the danger in which the chain of command breaks down in emergencies. We do not want everyone talking to everyone else all the time. ↗

— John Shimkus

#better #breaks #chain #command #communication

Guard units in the U.S. are suffering severe equipment shortages which will affect their ability to respond to emergencies in their home States, such as Katrina. ↗

— Ike Skelton

#affect #emergencies #equipment #guard #home

Out of the way! We are in the throes of an exceptional emergency! This is no occassion for sport- there is lace at stake!" (Ms. Pole) ↗

— Elizabeth Gaskell

#humor #lace #wardrobe #humor

My life has been a series of emergencies. ↗

— Lana Turner

#emergencies #life #my life #series

Our three big emergencies are fire, loss of pressurization or contaminated atmosphere. Any of those things in a spaceship are very deadly and time critical. Everybody's trained, but I'm the commander of the ship, and it's up to me to decide. ↗

— Chris Hadfield

#atmosphere #big #commander #contaminated #critical

If a hurricane strikes, we can blame the president for not being there; we can blame Congress and FEMA; we can blame the state governments; but in the end, it's the mayors and the local city governments that have to be prepared for emergencies and be prepared to act. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#be prepared #being #being there #blame #city

Let me start by emphasizing that I am open to efforts to expedite environmental procedures for true emergencies or in other clear cases where current laws are needlessly burdensome. ↗

— Sherwood Boehlert

#burdensome #cases #clear #current #efforts

The prizes go to those who meet emergencies successfully. And the way to meet emergencies is to do each daily task the best we can. ↗

— William Feather

#daily #each #emergencies #go #meet