Secretary Norman Y. Mineta hosted a joint press conference at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce with Lt. General Mac Armstrong (USAF Ret) on Friday, June 19, 2009. They joined Len Pagano, President and CEO of the Safe America Foundation, and several corporate and government leaders in launching the 9/11 Drill Down for Safety—a national campaign to assist businesses and families in practicing recommended guidelines to prepare for anticipated and unanticipated disasters.
Former Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta, Honorary Chairman of the program, announced the ‘Drill Down for Safety’ project along with corporate sponsors and non-profit agencies. Included in the kick-off were executives from UPS, Motorola, Office Depot Foundation, Booz Allen Hamilton and Allstate.
“Safe America is championing this project because we believe we need to shift the attention from what Government can or can’t do to what individuals and families can do on their own,” Mineta observed. “If individuals are trained, they are just as likely to survive on their own than if they wait for first responders to arrive.”
Mineta noted that among the drills will be projects to:
- Test how special needs populations can be evacuated
- Determine the best way to communicate to youth in high school and colleges using texting on wireless devices, plus
- Shelter people-in-place in a corporate headquarters
Secretary Mineta is Vice Chairman of Hill & Knowlton based in its Washington, DC office. He provides counsel and strategic advice to Hill & Knowlton clients on a wide range of business and political issues.
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