In the dim pre-COVID past, I wrote an article detailing what we at the Idaho Office of School Safety and Security consider the foundational elements for K-12 school safety: effective communications, a ...

Planning is an important avenue to community emergency preparedness. The practice of emergency response planning is best thought of as a process - a continuing sequence of analyses, plan development, ...

Little training is given to new emergency managers as it relates to the different types of documents or plans that are the foundation of preparedness and response. Over time this has led to confusion ...

An emergency is any unplanned event that can cause deaths or significant injuries to employees, customers or to the public, or significant injuries to employees, customers or the public. An emergency ...

Last month's tragic events in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania left a number of employers scrambling to update their emergency response programs. The National Safety Council (NSC) is offering an On ...

Disaster preparedness and recovery are no longer optional for businesses today. Instead, they have become essential. Such events can affect businesses in various ways, including damage to storefronts, ...

Whether these events are natural, like hurricanes, or man-made, such as deliberate acts of destruction, they can have a crippling effect on businesses and employees. Insurance can replace buildings, ...

TYNGSBORO — A snowy, rainy night might have kept some people away, but a group of nearly 20 potential volunteers came out — despite the driving conditions — to hear about an opportunity to help their ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — After the February winter storm, which caught many Texas agencies and local governments off guard, Travis County is taking steps to make sure the county is more prepared should ...

The hazmat crew, along with a smart emergency response plan, were able to save an Anderson County business from experiencing ...

The IAEA’s International Conference on Nuclear and Radiological Emergencies, to be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in December 2025, will identify priorities for strengthening emergency preparedness and ...