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How to Create an Emergency Response Plan

MHA Consulting

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. Keep your plan simple.

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7 Skills Leaders Must Master for Effective Response to Critical Events

everbridge

Much of the discussion on and organization’s state of readiness for critical events focuses on the capabilities and planning of the enterprise. Emergency response planning is crucial, but even the most robust plan can’t cover all situations. Instead, emergency response leaders will need to turn to plan B.

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Top 10 Resources to Help You Become a BCM Ninja 

MHA Consulting

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. BCM consultancy websites. Another excellent DHS website.

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The Art of Explaining: MHA’s Best Crisis Communications Resources    

MHA Consulting

Related on MHA Consulting: All About BIAs: A Guide to MHA Consulting’s Best BIA Resources From the Frying Pan into the Fire Last week MHA Consulting CEO Michael Herrera wrote a blog where he listed, linked to, and described some of the best blog posts and other resources we’ve produced on BIAs.

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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. Which type (i.e.,

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Practice Makes Perfect: How to Be Ready to Handle an Emergency 

MHA Consulting

In most cases, two factors are to blame: a lack of thought on the part of the leadership about what might … The post Practice Makes Perfect: How to Be Ready to Handle an Emergency appeared first on MHA Consulting.

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Making the Most of the Hybrid Emergency Operations Center

MHA Consulting

There was a time not long … The post Making the Most of the Hybrid Emergency Operations Center appeared first on MHA Consulting. In today’s post we’ll look at how to make the most of this increasingly prevalent innovation. .