Shelf Reliance offers quality food without preservatives or chemicals. Most fruits and vegetables are freeze dried preserving all the flavor, color, and nutrients of fresh fruits and vegetables. Most of the THRIVE foods have an unopened shelf life of 25 to 30 years. Shelf Reliance is committed to helping people store food for future unknown [...]

STCI offers courses at the Awareness, Operations, and Management levels: Safety Training & Consultations (STCI) has developed a series of Crime Scene Investigation: Photography in the Hot Zone training courses aimed at public safety and investigation professionals concerned about photography work in uniquely hazardous locations. The courses provide a comprehensive overview of the subject in [...]

Areas we can plan and prepare for disaster even if you do not believe that the “End of Days” is here… Recently STCI supported a regional conference called “Earthquakes Mean Business” at Saint Louis University, which was rather convenient since STCI’s HQ is in the Metro St. Louis area. During the breaks from presentations it [...]

With any special event, especially ones that are on the national security event level require extensive coordination. Having worked on many national and international special events (G8 Conference, Papal Visits, Superbowl’s, Olympics and a few world series) I have an appreciation for large scale special event coordination. Over the past two weeks our old 7Ps [...]

In 2011 STCI continues to provide high quality services and equipment.  Some ask us how we maintain our curriculum in our top rated training courses.  Our answer is simple, we hire the best cadre available to meet the knowledge, skills and abilities of our audience.  That cadre brings both formal education and real experience to [...]

Ever attend training only to listen to someone talk about war stories and seemingly never get to the “​meat”​ of the subject matter. Usually with the excuse of “​if we had the equipment then we would…” Hazardous materials training has been a passion for us at STCI since the beginning. In 1993 we where contracted [...]

Recently the STCI team delivered a 20 hour TacMedic: Tactical Combat Casualty Care Course. A few days after the course we received this email about the training and its usefulness on the next duty shift for one of the participants. His name and agency have been redacted only to protect the identity of the victim [...]

When you attend high level training it should challenge you to the point of being uncomfortable. This way you expand your knowledge, skills and abilities so you can preform when the event requires it. As we listen to the events in New Zealand and Japan we question, what would we do in their shoes? Well, [...]

As we listen to the events in New Zealand and Japan we question, what would we do in their shoes? Well, we can only listen, learn and take that information to further prepare ourselves in the event similar circumstances challenge us in our areas of response. This is the opportunity for you to challenge yourself. [...]

Re-qualific​ation of skills is important no matter what emergency service you are working in. The skills you use should be treated as if “​life or death”​ as the life you are dealing with may be your own! Remember back, for some of us way back, to the first high speed practical course you had in [...]