Sometimes we seem to forget that disasters and emergencies will always produce secondary and alternate events that will need our attention to protect ourselves. Pandemics are no different. There is always a stratum of individuals who will do whatever they can to enrich themselves or cause as much mayhem as possible for no reason but … Read more
Contact your County Office of Emergency Management to discover the major disaster they are planning for. Major disasters will cause secondary events. Hurricanes will cause structural and infrastructure damage followed by flooding Earthquakes will cause structural and infrastructure damage followed by a conflagration Wildfires will scorch the earth followed by flash floods. The secondary events … Read more
It is that time of the year. The Holidays are upon us. We will be visiting our friends new and old. Congregating with family here and there. And enjoying the concoctions of food, laughter and love. It is also a time to be vigilant. Traveling to and fro can at times make us giddy and … Read more
Be on alert! The bad guys have a new way of stealing your login credentials. They target you by sending you an invite via email to open a SharePoint document. The link takes you to an actual SharePoint page where you will see a OneDrive prompt. The prompt will have an “Access Document” link in … Read more
Hello and welcome to Week Two. This week we will be covering two learning objectives; Learning Objective #3 Getting Started Learning Objective #4 Types of Emergencies and Disasters Both will have documents to download and practical exercises. Learning Objective #3 Getting started is just that. It is time to get started creating your Emergency Action … Read more
