August 12, 2022 What is your “Doomsday Scenario?” Could it be a Reality? In emergency management, it’s on us to come up with solutions that support our facilities and staff and help us get through challenging times. The key is all-hazards planning.
July 29, 2022 Whether Virtual or In-Person, Exercises are Key to Preparedness Exercising takes many forms: drill, functional, full-scale, or even a tabletop. With the COVID-19 pandemic, a new format has increased in popularity: virtual.
July 15, 2022 The Two Severe Weather Events You Don’t Know (But Should) We are documenting more tornadoes, more tropical weather, and more irregular storm systems than ever before.
June 30, 2022 Part 2: What to Do When the Power Goes Out With summer officially underway, we have to be ready for severe storms, extreme heat, and other conditions that can knock the power offline. Part two of this two-part series looks at three critical factors to add to your emergency list so your power plan is ready for the summer.
June 15, 2022 Part One: What to Do When the Power Goes Out The North American Electric Reliability Corporation recently released an assessment of North America’s electrical grid; the report gives another reason to think about our preparedness and get ready.
May 31, 2022 Learning from Tragedy As we pause and reflect on the school shooting that occurred last week in Uvalde, Texas, our thoughts most certainly have turned toward trying to comprehend how something so horrific could occur.
May 17, 2022 Do You Have Forward-Leaning Posture? We have a saying in emergency management that it is important to be “forward leaning,” but with the troubling news circulating around us, where do we even start?
April 28, 2022 In Stock, Out of Stock, Recalled We all know that a resilient health care supply chain means the difference between maintaining operations and suspending patient care, but we didn’t truly feel this urgency until COVID-19.
March 15, 2022 What Does Our Future Preparedness Look Like? We know we’re just one crisis away from putting our emergency plans into action, whether it’s for an infectious disease, a wildfire, or an emerging cyber threat.
February 28, 2022 Be Prepared: Cyber Impacts Related to the Tensions between Russia and Ukraine Unfortunately, many of us wake up daily to news media outlets reporting about Russia’s military operations in Ukraine. The conflict has brought uncertainty and fear for many individuals in Ukraine and worldwide.