Use these practical tips and best practices to create and maintain an effective emergency response plan. Frequent practice drills are essential. Now is a great time to refresh or create your emergency ...

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 ...

The University of Dayton has developed and implemented an Emergency Response Plan to effectively manage emergencies impacting our community. The plan utilizes an all-hazards approach to mitigating, ...

When workers are hired, their first days, weeks or even months may be spent learning how to do their jobs correctly. This training often is multi-faceted and can include everything from where to put ...

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 ...

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, ...

The truth is, no one wants to talk about emergency situations. However, if you don’t develop a plan before you need it, your emergency response is destined to fail. The key to getting your plan off ...

Emergencies present themselves in several ways: weather-related disasters, health crises, social unrest, significant financial downturns, and more. The question becomes, how prepared is your ...

The D.C. Council passed a bill last week requiring schools to adopt a plan for cardiac emergencies. All schools in the District — including public, private, public charter, independent and parochial — ...

The company that owns the Seabrook Nuclear plant is proposing changes to its emergency response plan. Advocates and lawmakers in New Hampshire and Massachusetts have raised questions about whether it ...

The University of Wyoming is committed to protecting the safety of students, employees and visitors through proactive emergency preparedness and response planning. This site provides essential ...