PreparedEx Fall Update
It’s a busy end of the year for PreparedEx! Rob Burton talks recent exercises, FirstLook, our self-guided exercise package, and Whiteboard Wednesday.
Simulated crisis tabletop exercises are like a flu shot: The vaccine won’t prevent the illness one-hundred percent of the time, but if you do get the flu, the vaccine will greatly reduce the illness’ severity and bring you back to health more quickly. The potential illness in your organization is, of course, a crisis….
Similar to the problem solving model, the decision making cycle is a six-step process that helps crisis teams with their decision-making process. In this short video clip from the Crisis Coordinator Webinar Series, Rob Burton walks through the six steps of the decision making cycle. Do you have questions regarding Decision Making? Contact us today!
When you establish your crisis management capability, conduct crisis management exercises, or actually go through crises, what are the most common issues or gaps that are uncovered? Within this article, I define a few of the more common issues that we see when conducting simulation exercises within the corporate space as well as reviewing reports…
Having perspective is always a good thing. In this interview, Joe McEnness, Executive Director – Office of Risk Management of the Catholic Church in Boston, discusses crisis preparedness. Having a plan is one thing, knowing how to implement that plan during a crisis is a totally different matter. Practicing the plan and ensuring your team…
Article written by Dani Andrews Technology is advancing rapidly and becoming more integrated into various industries; crisis management is no exception. Augmented reality (AR) and smart technologies are revolutionizing crisis management by increasing immersion and providing data-backed insights and information. A review published in Frontiers in Virtual Reality notes that AR, virtual reality (VR), and…
The Functional Exercise is a fully simulated interactive exercise that tests the capability of an organization to respond to a simulated event. This exercise focuses on the coordination of multiple functions of organizations and takes place in an Emergency Operations Center. The Functional Exercise strives for realism, short of actual deployment of equipment and personnel….
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