eCERT® Program Update with Mark Matheson What would it actually take to build a national disaster response network (of independent organizations, specialized personnel, communications, and equipment) and keep them independent? I posed this same question in my latest Act ASAP Podcast to Mark Matheson, founder of the developing eCERT® Program. One of the most significant … Read more
Business Continuity Planning Begins Before the Emergency Your Building Is Talking. Are You Listening? When most people think of Business Continuity they think of Emergency Actions, Crisis Communications and Disaster Recovery. These are all a response to problems with the facilities that businesses operate from every day. I recently spoke with Josh Lowe and Nic … Read more
The Real Emergency Starts Before the Fire: Why Prepared Leaders Act Before the Headlines The real emergency starts before the fire. By the time smoke appears on the horizon, thousands of decisions have already been made. Firefighters have been pre-positioned. Aircraft have been staged. Weather conditions have been analyzed. Incident commanders have evaluated risks and … Read more
A Shared Social Language for Preparedness What We Can Learn from How Other Countries Normalize Preparedness Occasionally you encounter something that will change how you look at something familiar to you. A YouTube video about Preppers and Preparedness made me stop and think. As with most things, every once in a while something comes along … Read more
What Has Been Will Be Again: Why I Repeat Myself, and Why You Need to Listen “Whatever has happened in the past will happen again in the future. Whatever has happened before us now will be in the future as well. Nothing in this life is new. For everything that has been done before will … Read more
