History Can Better Prepare us for the Future
It seems stories are written about events occurring around the globe like it's the first time such a thing has happened. Unless multiple like-events happen over a short period of [...]
It seems stories are written about events occurring around the globe like it's the first time such a thing has happened. Unless multiple like-events happen over a short period of [...]
This call required a real team effort to achieve the outcome, a Rescue 9-1-1 show segment. It may have been the outcome but it was the farthest thing from my [...]
This call definitely resulted in an outcome I was not expecting. Working the ambulance we were dispatched to the report of a gunshot wound nearly 30 miles away next to [...]
I understand organizations that have policies saying EMS crews stage until the "scene is safe". The problem I experienced over my career is that despite your best efforts not to [...]
It's been awhile since we have had a hurricane season that actually produced hurricanes. I have pulled up a few posts from previous years that may have some value for [...]
I was rummaging through some old files the other day and I came across my copy of the After Action Report (AAR) for Quakex97. This was a joint local, state [...]
I participated in the Cascadia Rising 2016 exercise to help add realism and stress. Not everyone appreciated the challenges and annoyances I caused but there was a method to the [...]
My experience has always been that preparedness is a tough sell. The value seems to go up after there has been an event and a bad outcome was a result. [...]
I've been involved in planning for a Cascadia earthquake/tsunami event and a New Madrid earthquake event so I know what a catastrophe will look like. I have not been involved [...]
It's a challenge to know where to devote planning, training and exercise time with so many competing demands, agendas and requirements. Consider this - people will fall back on two [...]