Return-to-Office: Preparing your Environment

Jun 9, 2020 | Crisis Management, Preparedness

Series authors: Mark Hoffman and Milena Maneva This is the third article in a five-part series on returning to the office. Previous article: Return-to-Office: Protecting Your People   It is time to think about office space   There is an interesting debate taking...

5 Questions to Help Create Situational Awareness

Sep 4, 2019 | Crisis Management

During an incident it is imperative that the CMT (Crisis Management Team) has good overall Situational Awareness throughout the whole event.   This will allow leaders to better understand the situation enabling them to make well informed and accurate decisions....

Pandemic Exercises – Build Resiliency Within Your Business

Jun 24, 2019 | Exercises

Ten years ago, Secretary Mike Leavitt of the Department of Health and Human Services said, “Some will say that the discussions of the Avian Flu was an overreaction. Some may say, ‘Did we cry wolf?’ The reality is that if the H5N1 virus does not trigger pandemic flu,...

Technology in Emergency Management – An Interview with Mark Gillan

Oct 3, 2018 | Emergency Management, Podcast

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | RSSTechnology is playing an ever-increasing role within the world of crisis and emergency management. We use it to socially to communicate with each other and we use it daily in a...

Psychological Trauma – When You Become the Target

Mar 12, 2018 | Emergency Management, Security

On October 1, 2018, a shooter from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel opened fire upon a concert crowd fenced in a 15-acre open air lot. 1,100+ rounds were fired in a span of 10 minutes. 58 people died, excluding the shooter, 851 were injured of which 422 were...