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How to include all types of volunteers in your emergency management plans

CCEM Strategies

Volunteers can be engaged in any type of emergency response—floods, wildfires, earthquakes and even acts of terror. Recent examples of volunteers emerging to support response and recovery operations during a disaster include BC’s 2021 atmospheric river and the 2022 earthquake in Turkey and Syria.

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The Dark Side of Incident Recovery

Plan B Consulting

The FBI estimates that up to $6bn of $80bn in government funds earmarked for reconstruction went to insurance fraudsters. If your organisation is responsible for the incident, you need to regulate the clean up so you don’t get fake contractors, as this can prolong the incident and add to your bad publicity.

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The Dark Side of Incident Recovery

Plan B Consulting

The FBI estimates that up to $6bn of $80bn in government funds earmarked for reconstruction went to insurance fraudsters. If your organisation is responsible for the incident, you need to regulate the clean up so you don’t get fake contractors, as this can prolong the incident and add to your bad publicity.