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<br />San Jose Emergency Plans Set Example <br /> <br />National <br /> <br />Page 1 of 3 <br /> <br />~e ~<'llll.!ork ames <br /> <br />IIIIII~ <br /> <br />Find a Job <br />Post a Job <br />Re~1 EstCjte N~W <br />Automobiles <br /> <br /> <br />National <br />- Columns <br />Politics <br />elJ~jn~~s <br />T~ghOQLQgy <br />~<;::l~m::e <br />H.~~.!th <br />$PQrt~ <br />New York Regiqn <br />Education <br />Weather <br />Obituaries <br />NYT Front Page <br />Corrections <br />Special: A Nation <br />Challenged <br /> <br />;'.'"""+>i-J, <br /> <br />Jl!\!IlliW:tWW <br /> <br />Editorials/Op-Ed <br />Readers' Opinrons <br /> <br /> <br />Art~ <br />Books <br />Movies <br />Tr~vl:::!l <br />Dinin,g 8.. Wine <br />Home &- GcUQen <br />Fashion & S~yle <br />New York Today <br />Crossword/Games <br />Cartoons <br />Magazine <br />Week In Review <br />Photos <br />College <br />Learning Network <br />Jot) M<?rket <br />Real Estate N~W <br /> <br /> <br />Help Center <br />NYT Mobile <br />NYT ,~.tQre <br />I;~C~t[i:;t~~ Mars: <br />About N_'CIQjgjt~1 <br />Jobs at NYTi:)illllill <br />Online Media Ki! <br />OUf Advertisers <br /> <br />Feds (ut Rates... Againt e <br /> <br />Bearerll <br />GQ tQAdvclflr;;~g S~[ch <br /> <br />g E.M,l.'ldTh:B Anide ~IPrint8('.'Frjend'y Fornlilt <br />~t.;'~~l E.M8jJ~d i\!lid0S' <br /> <br />, Past 36 Days .:1 f) <br /> <br />Oclober 29, 2001 <br /> <br />THE RESPONSE <br /> <br />San Jose Emergency Plans Set Example <br /> <br />By EVELYN NIEVES <br /> <br />SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 26 - To <br />understand why the San Jose <br />department of emergency services is <br />considered one of the best prepared in <br />the nation, consider its recent handling <br />of an attack of confetti. <br /> <br />The 911 call came from the San Jose <br />International Airport after one passenger <br />on an United Airlines flight from <br />Chicago saw another passenger spill a <br />white substance, which hovered around <br />the air-conditioning vents, As soon as <br />the plane landed, police and fire officials <br />removed the witness and the other <br />passenger, stripped them down and <br />decontaminated them in a special tent, <br />while the Fire Department's hazardous <br />incident team scoured the plane to take a <br />sample of the material. <br /> <br /> <br />The Associaled Press <br />Under the guidance afFrances <br />Edwards- Winslow, the director of <br />emergency preparedness for San <br />Jose, Calif., the city was the first <br />of the nation's 27 largest to <br />complete a federal antiterrorism <br />program, <br /> <br />RELATED ARTICLES <br /> <br />A NATION CHALLENGEn <br /> <br />COf\ll>LE:'E CU\'FH.\C]-" <br /> <br />It was then that a member of the team <br />noticed that the material looked like <br />plastic stars and hearts, confetti used in greeting cards. Still, the more <br />than 80 passengers and crew members were quarantined on the airplane <br />for three hours until the questioning of the witness and the other <br />passenger was completed, <br /> <br />This false alarm was not just an example of how panicky the nation has <br />become, To Frances Edwards- Winslow, San Jose's director of <br />emergency preparedness, the case of the airborne confetti illustrates <br /> <br />http://www.nytimes.com/200 1/1 0/29/national/2 9J OSE,html ?todaysheadlines <br /> <br />Sign Up for NeVI <br /> <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />10/29/200 I <br />