You will be Alone

EMS will be stretched to the limit. Will anyone come to your aid? Will anyone be able to come to your aid? Copyright: amasterpics123 / 123RF Stock Photo   “We realized that when a disaster happened, whether an earthquake, storm or terrorist activity, the people on the scene were actually the first responders and, in … Read more

Course of Action (COA)

  When you get around to developing your Emergency Action Plan you will need to develop alternate courses of action (COA’s) for every part of your plan.   Cooking   Gathering water   Evacuating   Sheltering   First Aid   Etc.   The important reason for having more than one way to do something is … Read more

Information Overload

I’m in Orlando, Florida this week. Am  attending a training seminar trying to learn how to present the Emergency Action Planning training material that I have developed in a way that will allow my Senior Drill Sergeant attitude to be accepted by the politically correct. Having several conversations with individuals interested in Emergency Action Planning … Read more

Monetary Instruments

Copyright: urric / 123RF Stock Photo Money, cash, currency, coin, bills, silver, gold, legal tender, wad, bucks, bread, you get the idea? Money isn’t the most important thing in life, but it’s reasonably close to oxygen on the “Gotta have it scale. – Zig Ziglar At some point in the emergency you’re going to need … Read more

Documentation

Copyright: funlovingvolvo / 123RF Stock Photo I’m sure you have heard the saying, “the jobs not over till the paperwork is done”. In a post disaster scenario it might be more like “the job doesn’t get started till the paperwork is complete.”  “Let us save what remains: not by vaults and locks which fence them … Read more