file;unicode channel;int start;float end;float speaker;unicode speakerType;unicode speakerDialect;unicode transcript;unicode section;int turn;int segment;int sectionType;unicode suType;unicode ;;MM sectionTypes [None, None] ;;MM sectionBoundaries [0.0, 9999999.9900000002] CNS_CMN_20070103.0209 0 10010.0 10019.9 U.S. Releases City Security Report, Only Six Cities Meet Security Standard 0 0 0 CNS_CMN_20070103.0209 0 20010.0 20019.9 January 3, 2007 14:00 0 0 0 CNS_CMN_20070103.0209 0 30010.0 30019.9 Chinanews.com, Washington, January 3. The U.S. government released a national city security report on January 2. The report stated that five years after the 9/11 terrorist attack, only six of the 75 big U.S. cities currently have the most-advanced major disaster emergency communication capabilities. The U.S. government will release the draft of the report on the 3rd. 0 0 0 CNS_CMN_20070103.0209 0 40010.0 40019.9 According to information obtained by Reuter, these six cities were namely: Washington (special administrative region); San Diego; Minneapolis; Columbus (capital of the State of Ohio); Sioux Fall, South Dakota; and Laramie County in Wyoming. 0 0 0 CNS_CMN_20070103.0209 0 50010.0 50019.9 Meanwhile, the following cities scored relatively low in the report. They were namely: Chicago; Cleveland; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Mandan, North Dakota; and American Samoa. 0 0 0 CNS_CMN_20070103.0209 0 60010.0 60019.9 The scope of grading included the cities and their suburbs and covered comprehensive consideration on evaluation of emergency plans and various testing in the past. 0 0 0 CNS_CMN_20070103.0209 0 60020.0 60029.9 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security led the evaluation of the report and may submit the report in the meeting of the Congress this year. The Democrats, who have become the majority in the Congress, have promised to resolve these issues. However, they have not put forward specific means nor have they confirmed the amount of funding that they will put into it. 0 0 0 CNS_CMN_20070103.0209 0 70010.0 70019.9 Many New York firefighters were killed in the 9/11 terrorist attack because they did not hear the police radio warning that the World Trade Center was about to collapse. As a result, the firefighters were unable to pull out on time, causing many of them to die in the line of duty. 0 0 0 CNS_CMN_20070103.0209 0 70020.0 70029.9 The report pointed out that the emergency communication measures in New York has improved but the improvement was insignificant because 13 cites scored higher than New York in the report. 0 0 0 CNS_CMN_20070103.0209 0 80010.0 80019.9 Spokesman for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security did not comment further on the contents of the report. 0 0 0 CNS_CMN_20070103.0209 0 80020.0 80029.9 (Zhong Yan) 0 0 0