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DIVERSE AND TIMELY CONTENT APPRECIATED Kudos to Frontline Security's editors & writers for a most comprehensive and informative Winter 2104/2021 issue! As a Trauma First Responder, I particularly enjoyed Dr. Nicola Davies' article on Muscle Memory and Visualization plus the hot topic issue in Canadian Firefighting circles : The Two-Hat Volunteer Dilemma, which is a thought provoking and well-researched article by FrontLine writer, Jacqueline Chartier. Keep up the diverse and timely FrontLine content for Canadian public safety and security sectors in 2021!
Patrick Kelly, BA, BEd., MEd., CCC
Mental Health Professional
Ottawa Fire Service - Critical Incident Response Team ( Retired)
Health Canada Psycho-Social Emergency Response Team
CANADIAN MARITIME POLLUTION PATROLS
As a West Coast Canadian I am proud of the job the Coast Guard and the Search & Rescue Squadron do every day on this coastline, but the ability to detect pollution after it is out and in the water and the limited capability we have to capture and clean up spills is going to provide absolutely nothing useful in the event of a major oil tanker spill or, (God forbid) a collision between an LNG tanker and an oil tanker. I have years of sea time, I know the waters around Kitimat and the Hecate Strait well enough to say that is no place for large tankers to be moving huge quantities of petroleum product. When, not if, there is an "accident" we will be paying for the mess created for generations. Anyone that thinks the relatively short term gain involved somehow balances the risk is delusional.
Steve Anderosov, Fire Chief
BOW HORN BAY FIRE DEPARTMENT
Bowser BC Canada
ONLINE READING
Congratulations for a wonderful web site.... articles and set-up and links. Keep up the good work.
Larry G. Rosenthal, Senior Vice President
QC, T.I.K. Security Knits Inc.
Regarding your article "Handling Aircraft Emergencies In Canada", I noticed that you only mentioned "Mayday", and described its antecedence, but you did not mention the other emergency calls, such as "S.O.S", "Securite", and "Pan Pan". While I can understand that you might not expect you reader to be familiar with all the emergency calls, as there are only four of them I would respectfully suggest that you missed and opportunity to educate some readers and make them familiar with all the calls and their meaning. While I acknowledge that it is unlikely that the average reader is unlikely to hear even one of these calls used, the chance does exist, and it would be far better for everybody to know at least that they are calls for help. I enjoyed your article, thank you for writing it.
John Hopkinson Security Strategist,
Chairman CAC-JTC1/TCIT
Chief Technical Officer, ISSEA
Response: Thanks for the opportunity to educate our readers a bit more. The author is aware of the other distress calls, however, SOS is not typically used in aircraft emergencies. "Securit?" is most often used to convey a maritime hazard. "Pan-pan" (from the French Panne: breakdown) conveys a threat that is a non-emergency situation. Alternatively, "Mayday" conveys grave urgency. "Declaring emergency" is sometimes used, and is considered as immediate as a "Mayday" distress call. 
SUBSCRIPTIONS Wally Webster, IT Manager
...our fire department finds it very interesting and would like to continue to receive it. Dan Morton, Fire Chief I commend you and your staff for a great publication. I enjoyed all the articles and especially the one on ’accountability,’ not only wrt security but for the general applicability, and indeed to defence procurement in Canada. Richard Cobbold, Vice President, International Market Strategies Congratulations on a long-overdue alert to some of the risks, many of which are compounded by the fact that the users in question are often among the youngest and/or least sophisticated users of the web. Regardless of how many times they’re told, and of how clearly the threat can be delineated, such users WILL expose details about themselves over time that they\'d prefer to keep to themselves, without meaning to. Astute (or even simply determined) deviates will readily be able to piece details together from the most seemingly innocent and insignificant trivia of everyday life.
A GREAT RESOURCE Jeff Rubin, PhD, CEMEmergency Manager, Oregon
FrontLine is a great resource for EMS personnel looking for current homeland security events and best practices in North America! It demonstrates a unique international intersection between public safety, EMS, and public health in a way that few publications are able to so adequately capture! Thank you for a very helpful reference. Kathy Robinson, RN, EMT-P There’s a lot in common in "the trenches" regardless of where you are, and FrontLine Security is a great example of what our partners north of the US border have to offer.
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