This DAP highlights Networking with the Planners of the FB-ISAO Monthly Education, Nerd Out EP 57. Drone deep-dive, plus talk on Daredevil and Andor, ‘Scorched Earth’: Study looks at reasons behind rise in arson attacks on churches, and Cops probing threats, harassment against 2 women during protest outside NYC synagogue after vile video circulates online & Mob of Orthodox Jewish men chases woman after protest at Brooklyn synagogue. The DAP also has More Faith-Based Stories and Select All-Hazard Stories. These updates are shared to help raise the situational awareness of Faith-Based organizations to best defend against and mitigate the impacts from all-hazards threats including physical security, cybersecurity, and natural disasters.

Faith-Based Daily Awareness Post 23 January 2025
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Faith-Based Security Headlines
These updates are shared to help raise the situational awareness of Faith-Based organizations to best defend against and mitigate the impacts from all-hazards threats including physical security, cybersecurity, and natural disasters.
Son mourns beloved father electrocuted while trimming trees outside church
7 WSAW-TV reports:
A grieving Texas family says a landscaper and father electrocuted while trimming trees died doing what he loved and will be remembered for his passion and kindness.
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Police say Vicente Morgado died last Saturday morning after he was electrocuted while trimming trees near power lines outside a church in La Joya. A witness told police the 54-year-old was using a pole saw while on a ladder when his saw touched the power lines, according to KVEO.
Related Article:
- REPORT: Man Electrocuted While Doing Yard Work At Texas Church
- PD: La Joya man fatally electrocuted while trimming trees
Analyst Comments:
While Faith-Based Organizations (FBO) prepare and plan for cyber and physical threats, “routine” hazards may be forgotten. Electrical hazards can be a threat to FBOs, their members, visitors, and contractors. FBOs should consider including these hazards in their security planning and procedures.
OSHA provides the following 6-page PDF:
HSEWatch provides the following guidance:
More Faith-Based Stories
MO: Three-alarm fire demolishes vacant church in Hyde Park
‘Goyim Defense League’ (GDL) Harasses Michigan Neighborhood with Anti-Jewish Leaflets
DE: Wilmington church’s Pride flag vandalized
NY: BIZARRE: Jewish Man Gets 2.5 Years In Prison For Helping Neo-Nazi Obtain Gun In Shul Attack Plot (Occurred 2022)
Islamophobic attack on Turkish mosque rattles Muslims in France (Left plaster dummy grenades)
Australia: Man tasered, arrested over alleged arson attempt at Sydney synagogue (2nd arrest. Incident occurred 11 Jan.)
Select All Hazard Stories
Teen shooter kills student, then himself at Antioch High School in Nashville, police say and ‘God I am ugly’: Nashville school shooter’s social media shows he embraced white supremacy
Firefighters battle new southern California wildfire, Hughes Fire near LA sparks evacuations as California faces fresh threats and Nine Suspected Arsonists Arrested as Los Angeles Continues Battling Wildfires
First images of ICE mass deportation efforts show arrests of MS-13 gang members, murder suspects
Trump administration weighs sending 10,000 troops to border, using bases to hold migrants – CBS News
Questions grow over whether Baltic Sea cable damage was sabotage or accidental
Dangerous Cold Lingers in the Southeast U.S.; High Winds Continue Critical Fire Weather in Southern California NWS
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