State Senator Mary Ann Handley

Senator Handley stands in front of a Department of Environmental Protection emergency response trailer during a day-long Emergency Preparedness Forum she co-sponsored at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford. The forum featured agencies representing traditional first responders like police, fire, and emergency medical services, and also expanded the scope of emergency response to include such things as a release of radioactive material, an influenza pandemic, and airline passengers arriving in Connecticut with dangerous, contagious conditions. (January 28, 2008)