Emergency Planning

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Emergency planning is an essential tool in the response to a pandemic. Planning is more a process than an outcome. They gave the opportunity to recognise what would need to be done during a viral emergency, what equipment and preparations would be needed, and now society would abruptly change.

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Bernstein Crisis Management

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Allow me to expand a bit… While most organizations we speak with have some level of emergency planning – basic natural disaster response plans, for example – far fewer are prepared to engage in the communications and operational maneuvering that accompanies a serious threat to reputation.

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Emergency Planning

MARCH 29, 2023

lifts [elevators] blocked: people possibly trapped in them trains stranded: people possibly stranded in them traffic control inoperable: possibility of accidents and queues at road junctions critical facilities (hospitals, police stations, etc.)

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Plan B Consulting

APRIL 8, 2024

A example of this is the recommendation following the King’s Cross Fire of November 1987, where 31 people perished, highlighting the hampered emergency services response due to ineffective underground communication.

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Emergency Planning

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Since the start of the crisis, I have constantly affirmed that the key to understanding the effects of this pandemic is the UK Government's failure to give adequate weight to emergency planning and management (Alexander 2020a, 2020b). Emergency management is still languishing in the doldrums in the United Kingdom.

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MHA Consulting

JANUARY 12, 2023

Due to the rise in work-from-home, the last few years have seen a serious degradation in organizations’ emergency planning and response capability. In today’s post, we’ll look at why it’s important to have a solid emergency response plan and explain how to create one. Communicate, train on, and test the plan.

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National Fire Protection Association

MARCH 6, 2023

As you can see, rally racing is markedly different from track racing, and three important characteristics introduce special challenges for emergency planning, training, personnel, and equipment. Excessive emergency response times and travel distances can be a significant issue as well.

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National Fire Protection Association

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

NFPA has a wealth of information to help guide building owners and facility managers, first responders, health care facility managers, electrical professionals, and public educators, as they prepare ahead of weather events in their area and work closely with communities to develop emergency plans.

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Emergency Planning

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

In the case of coronavirus, the medical profession has taken control of the agenda, yet most of the failings--and there are many--refer to civil protection issues: communications, logistics, coordination. Most striking is the abyss between plans and the ability to implement them with emergency response measures.

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Emergency Planning

MARCH 11, 2020

Therefore, the world community must take action immediately." difficulties associated with procuring reliable, intelligible information being in the wrong place at the wrong time general uncertainty in the evolution of the epidemic These, then, are the possible building blocks of scenarios that could be used for future planning.

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Emergency Planning

MARCH 26, 2020

Hospital beds, medical staff, personal protective equipment, ventilators, vaccines, antivirals, palliative medicines, economic subsidies, payment for holidays, substitute wages, organised assistance, the policing of social distancing, the reorganisation of public transport and basic services, emergency communication, they are all being improvised.

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everbridge

APRIL 29, 2022

Communication. The next skill leaders must develop is improvisation , the ability to quickly decide to change plans based on the information distilled through situational awareness. In a true crisis emergency, plan A — the one that is tried, tested and true — probably isn’t going to work. Improvisation. Decisiveness.

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CCEM Strategies

JUNE 13, 2023

Beyond the exhilarating matches and roaring crowds, a critical aspect of hosting such a massive event is ensuring the safety and security of players, officials, fans, and host communities. There are multiple unique challenges for emergency planners when it comes to hosting global major events.

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Emergency Planning

APRIL 24, 2022

A principle of cascading disasters is that the world is ever more closely linked by networks on which we all depend for communications, commerce, enlightenment and entertainment. It can also mean communication over very long distances, leading to the adoption of common agendas among disparate groups of people.

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National Fire Protection Association

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

NFPA® has a wealth of information to help guide building owners and facility managers, first responders, health care facility managers, electrical professionals, and public educators, as they prepare ahead of weather events in their area and work closely with communities to develop emergency plans.

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CCEM Strategies

MAY 11, 2023

Communities (First Nations, Towns, Villages, Districts, Counties, etc.) Review and Enhance Flood Plans Your community already has emergency plans, and you may even have flood-specific plans. Review the plans and think about how flooding might impact your community.

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CCEM Strategies

JANUARY 11, 2024

Anticipate Compounding Impacts on Critical Infrastructure: Cold weather can disrupt power grids, transportation, communication networks, and other critical infrastructure, which causes compounding impacts. Raise awareness about cold-weather risks and provide practical tips to increase resilience at the individual level.

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Emergency Planning

JANUARY 5, 2022

We who work or study in universities have one great mission: to interpret the human condition and communicate our findings. None of these qualities is encouraged by electronic media; indeed, quite the reverse. This is the acquisition of wisdom, which the OED defines, succinctly, as “soundness of judgement”.

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everbridge

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

During severe weather emergencies, authorities, companies, and organizations will need to easily identify and communicate effectively with on-the-ground teams, any at-risk populations, first responders, transportation resources, and medical supplies. ACT – Take quick and decisive action to mitigate or eliminate the impact of a threat.

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CCEM Strategies

JULY 5, 2023

Being prepared involves developing, regularly updating and practicing both your emergency plan and business continuity plan. Doing this is crucial so your business can continue providing service, while reducing financial impacts and mitigating reputational damage after an emergency event occurs.

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Castellan

AUGUST 2, 2022

Inform employees, vendors, partners, and key stakeholders of their specific responsibilities based on your disaster response plans. Establish a primary and alternate means of communicating with your employees, critical vendors, business partners, key stakeholders, and customers.

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Emergency Planning

JULY 29, 2019

The result is a communication process which has been termed chronic contagion (Pomerantsev 2019). Arbitrary rule is, of course, nothing new, but what is new is the role of networked electronic communication. Property norms and looting: their patterns in community crisis. Communication Education 68(3): 393-398.

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CCEM Strategies

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

In the second article of this three-post blog series, we will explore Lockdown procedures to help you support your personnel and ensure the safest Lockdown approach is built into your emergency planning process. Securable locations should be pre-stocked with drinking water and have communication tools in place (i.e.

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Plan B Consulting

JULY 23, 2021

In this week’s bulletin, Charlie talks about why determining an accurate location during an emergency is important, and how you can incorporate this into your emergency plan. When communicating grid references during operations, you had to make sure you double-checked and that they were received correctly.

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Plan B Consulting

JULY 23, 2021

In this week’s bulletin, Charlie talks about why determining an accurate location during an emergency is important, and how you can incorporate this into your emergency plan. When communicating grid references during operations, you had to make sure you double-checked and that they were received correctly.

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CCEM Strategies

MARCH 17, 2023

The ten sectors of CI CI includes vital assets and systems such as food supply, electricity grids, transportation, communications, public safety systems and more.

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Emergency Planning

APRIL 5, 2019

Writing is our craft and our main means of communicating our ideas. Good writing can be judged by whether or not it is good communication. As they have never followed my advice, perhaps I am not communicating well enough. Language is communication. Colette We must all learn to write. But let us not be deterred.

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Emergency Planning

DECEMBER 30, 2022

He discussed arbitrary decision-making, failure to communicate the reasons for decisions, negligence, manuscripts with excessive time in review, unprofessional reviews and use of inappropriate reviewers. Graff described malpractice among academic journal editors and called for a bill of rights to protect authors against such excesses.

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Plan B Consulting

JANUARY 18, 2021

It has t aken four to five weeks for SEPA to get their communications and messages sorted out. The list of priorities has now been written, which is guiding their response and has replaced the nonsensical ones from their earlier communications. Even with the improvements in communication, there are still a number of issues.

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Plan B Consulting

JANUARY 18, 2021

It has t aken four to five weeks for SEPA to get their communications and messages sorted out. The list of priorities has now been written, which is guiding their response and has replaced the nonsensical ones from their earlier communications. Even with the improvements in communication, there are still a number of issues.

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Plan B Consulting

JULY 17, 2015

In reading the report, one of the things that struck me was the number of communication failures during the response. This should not surprise us, as almost every incident report or exercise report highlights failures in communication as one of their key learning points.

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Plan B Consulting

JULY 17, 2015

In reading the report, one of the things that struck me was the number of communication failures during the response. This should not surprise us, as almost every incident report or exercise report highlights failures in communication as one of their key learning points.

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Plan B Consulting

AUGUST 30, 2019

The next thing she said happened was that the cabin crew got their own breathing apparatus on but didn’t communicate anything, so everyone in the cabin looked at each other, wondering what was going on. I was told that after the event, BA’s response was woeful, and the post-event communications were almost non-existent.

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Plan B Consulting

AUGUST 30, 2019

The next thing she said happened was that the cabin crew got their own breathing apparatus on but didn’t communicate anything, so everyone in the cabin looked at each other, wondering what was going on. I was told that after the event, BA’s response was woeful, and the post-event communications were almost non-existent.

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CCEM Strategies

MARCH 15, 2017

Finding a space with individual lockable doors and a method of communication, such as a landline telephone, can also prove to be beneficial for the safety of your team. Keep Employees Safe In both situations, designate an area above ground, with minimal windows before an incident occurs.

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MHA Consulting

JANUARY 26, 2023

Contains links to toolkits for preparing for different hazards as well as pages on Emergency Response Plans, Crisis Communications Plans, Incident Management, IT/DR, and much more. Prepare My Business for an Emergency. Another excellent DHS website.

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Emergency Planning

MARCH 7, 2019

Myth 70: A good emergency plan always ensures a good response to crises. Reality: It might, but much depends on the activation of the plan, including dissemination, awareness, training, the availability of resources, and familiarity with emergency procedures. Myth 69: When given a warning, people flee from an area.

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