January 03, 2023 Maintaining Resiliency in 2023 It’s hard to believe we have reached the start of another year. During the pandemic, our overall sense of time can feel fluid, as we respond to one emergency after another. Maybe it’s just me, but 2022 was quite a year, and one word comes to mind: resiliency.
November 01, 2022 Why Exercising Keeps Your Capabilities Sharp When you think about the time we spend on the various phases of emergency management, you quickly learn that most of our effort resides in the preparedness phase.
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.
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.