Are They Being Risky or Aggressive?
For the past two decades when I have had the honor of educating members of public safety, emergency management and our military I like to ask the question, “How do [...]
Playing the odds, what kind of event will be the “big one” for 2013?
I asked the question back last year, what type of disaster would we see in 2012? Natural disasters including severe weather, flooding, earthquakes, fires and drought were the most common [...]
Do We Lack The Will to Prepare?
Bobby Knight once said "The key is not the will to win... everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important." I have to wonder [...]
Does Class Warfare Play Into Disaster Preparedness and Response?
Globally we know that the impoverished are disproportionately impacted by disasters both in direct affects and recovery. I have to wonder if the same holds true within the borders of [...]
The Surrender of Self Reliance
I spent some time in a developing nation recently and came away with a new appreciation for all that we have available to us in the United States and a [...]
Innovative New Mask Raises the Bar in Providing Respiratory Protection
Having been involved in emergency services for over 35 years, including time as a provider, supervisor, training officer and administrator I understand the hazards in the work environment quite well. [...]
Now Playing “D.O.C.T.O.R.” Is Legitimized
I first published this a good number of years ago and thought it may be useful for some of the newer members of the EMS, clinical care, First Responder and [...]
The Emperor’s New Clothes – The Fallacy of Traditional Preparedness Programs Exposed at Y-12
Security was determined “excellent” and “good” in Y-12’s performance appraisal last year at a cost of $1.44 million. Yet on July 28, 2012 a 82 year old nun, who gets short of [...]
Consensus Standard Building – Pre-Event Generic After Action Report
In an attempt to help policy makers everywhere prevent allowing the same mistakes to be made on the next major event anywhere in the world, I propose the collective of [...]
Will We Take the Lessons of The Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami to Heart
When I view photos and video of devastated coastal communities in Japan due to the tsunami back in March of 2011 and then read an article of a coastal community [...]