Crisis Management Policy
Welcome to week 7 of the Whiteboard Wednesday video series. In this video, Rob breaks down Crisis Management Policy.
As the fall out is being assessed from this year’s major wildland fires on the U.S. west coast and in the Canadian context, the most costly disaster in Canadian history “the Fort McMurray Fire” risk assessors and public policy analysts are re-considering our planning and preparedness models. Wildfire incidents in North America are increasing in…
Personal resilience is essentially our ability to overcome the challenges that life throws at us, to bounce back and critically, to maintain a positive outlook in the face of adversity. We all have some innate resilience but this can be developed; we can train ourselves to deal with unexpected disappointments or even really serious…
Horizon Scanning is a systematic examination of potential threats, opportunities and future developments, which may have the potential to create new risks or change the character of risks already identified. In this short video clip from the Crisis Coordinator Webinar Series, Rob Burton discusses the important task of Horizon Scanning by your Crisis Management Team….
For crisis management documentation, should the Master Event Log (MEL) be separate from the Incident Action Plan (IAP), and why? Maintaining clear, organized documentation in crisis management is crucial for effective response and recovery. The Master Event Log and the Incident Action Plan serve distinct, albeit complementary, roles in crisis management. It is often recommended…
Photo Credit – Sebastien Wiertz via Flickr Rob Burton recently wrote and article titled “3 Steps to an Effective Crisis Management Briefing Cycle“, where he discusses his 3 step approach that will help you achieve a comprehensive briefing cycle process. His three steps are: Planning and Documenting Disciplined Discussion Actions Rob was also featured in the latest…
These Seven Tips Will Help You Create Impactful and Memorable Crisis Simulation Tabletop Exercises 1. Ensure your tabletop exercise gets off to a good start by doing this…. Ensure you invite the right audience. This may seem obvious, but I have seen tabletop exercises fail when the they include functions that are not engaged throughout…
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