Book Reviews – Three of Three
Deadly Neglect by Jim Blair, 152 pages. This is the second book of Jim's I have read recently. In this book Jim writes around the doctoral dissertation of Dr. Marti [...]
Book Reviews – Two of Three
Time to Respond by Craig A. Hooper, 201 pages. Craig has put together a small book that reads big book. Craig has crammed it full of pertinent EMS management concepts and [...]
Book Reviews – One of Three
Lately a few of my LinkedIn contacts have sent me books to read. Perhaps it's a new trend over the Masters thesis regularly receive to review. Or maybe they just [...]
Community Manager – Duties and Job Description
Your Community Manager will need to develop a social media crisis management plan in advance, with the full participation of everyone in the agency. Communication Points to Consider 1. Listen [...]
Low Tech Beats High Tech Every Day
While it is still under investigation, the recent evacuation of the Hamburg airport points out how simple it is to create havoc intentionally or by accident. I also find choices [...]
Pro Bono Coastal Community’s Tsunami Annex
When I operated a hospital-based ambulance service decades ago we offered free education to rural and frontier volunteer EMS organizations. The service would house and feed us and we would [...]
Crowd Sourcing Input for my New Healthcare Book
I am in the process of writing a new book, Healthcare Emergency Incident Management Operations Guide. My goal in writing this book was to provide readers with a straight forward [...]
Beer and Disaster Preparedness
Today I wanted to switch it up from my usual harbinger of doom posts and give readers some tips on selecting the right beer when it comes to stocking their [...]
New Year’s Resolution For Your Organization
Now is the time of year when individuals are making New Year’s resolutions. The intent is to focus on something that is perceived as an area in need of improvement. [...]
December 23rd – Earthquake Kills 10,000
On this day in 1972 a 6.2-magnitude earthquake in Managua, Nicaragua, killed more than 10,000 people and left 250,000 homeless. With family in Nicaragua now and frequent travels there I [...]