What’s Preparedness Worth? Is $3.5 Million Enough?
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. [...]
Medical Rapid Response Team – Ideal for Catastrophic Events
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Current Needs vs. Future Disasters: Building in Tsunami Inundation Zones
My first thought after I saw Why Would You Build a Hospital in a Tsunami Zone was "who would knowingly build a critical facility in a inundation zone?" As I [...]
2015 Training Programs
When people are put under stress they fall back on one of two things; experience or training. Make 2015 the year that your organization offers current, relevant and engaging training [...]
Ants know how to plan. Why don’t we?
I once thought that a disturbed ants nest was a great example of high entropy. It's not. Don't believe me? Go kick a fire ant nest and stand there. A [...]
Week of March 23rd: Emergency News You Can Use
A weekly round-up of news, articles and surveys to make your next emergency better. Have a suggestion for the round-up? Contact me at abetteremergency@gmail.com. March 27th is the 50th anniversary [...]