What’s In Your Go Bag?
I thought it may be fun and educational for us to share what we keep in our go kits for times of emergency. The photo below shows my pack supplies [...]
Keeping You Safe From TSA
No doubt this post will get me pulled out for "random" screening even more than already occurs but it's a life safety issue. I fly quite a bit and participate [...]
Leave or Stay: When Should We Really Evacuate and Why?
I'm curious if readers would blindly follow a "mandatory" mass evacuation order? A recent train derailment in East Tennessee resulted in a mass evacuation that the public was told could last [...]
Can’t See the Forest For the Trees – Again
Below I've listed the officially recognized Ebola Treatment Centers in the United States as of February 14th 2015. If we have a case of Ebola, we know where to take [...]
Building A Better Emergency
Three articles caught my eye this past week that I think are worth you taking a look at. The first involves a partnership to produce a better shelter. I think [...]
Could Current Shelter Requirements Keep People Out in the Cold?
I've helped a number of jurisdictions develop sheltering plans and exercise them so I understand current regulations in the United States. If you and your family are going to be [...]
NIMS Implementation for Healthcare Organizations Guidance – January 2015
NIMS compliance means more than just referencing NIMS in documents. Organizations should review the latest publication NIMS Implementation for Healthcare Organizations Guidance January 2015 put out by ASPR and HPP. Organizations can [...]
New Threats or Déjà Vu?
I expect there are a few gray around the edge readers like myself who are starting to wonder why people are looking at ISIL threats as something new. This is [...]
Open for Business
I was reading an article in Business Insider about the challenges natural disasters create for many businesses. One in four small to medium sized businesses will not reopen after a [...]
Volunteer Fire & EMS Training
Roughly 70% of the fire services in the United States are volunteer, with many of them also running EMS. As a person who spent about 17 years in the [...]