FREE emergency evacuation plan outline for you and your business needs
It is one of the many templates, tools and resources included with the book Emergency Evacuation Planning for Your Workplace: From Chaos to Life-Saving Solutions, by Jim Burtles, KLJ, MMLJ, FBCI.
This is your starting point for you to build your emergency evacuation plan for…
The Importance of Incident Response Training for First Responders
Charlie Maclean-Bristol, FBCI FEPS discusses why incident responders are important to have within your company and the benefits of training them to a high standard
This week, I traveled down to the Midlands for my first onsite visit in 16 months. I have been preparing a…
Hypercomplexity: Which Incidents Should We Be Preparing For?
Charlie Maclean-Bristol, FBCI, FEPS discusses the idea of a hypercomplex world and preparing for different scenarios in it.
A few weeks ago, I wrote a bulletin on scenario planning and how under the new requirement of Operational Resilience for FCA and PRA, regulated organisations now have a…
Our friends at Continuity Insights have announced the launch a new educational program, Personal Security in Challenging Times, a short video series for personal and family safety against potential violent situations. The premier episode – Key Concepts: Recognizing and Responding to Racially and Ethnically Motivated Violence (REMV) – launched. [Watch]
Personal Security in Challenging Times is…
Charlie Maclean-Bristol looks at the risk of a cyber-attack and the importance of reviewing your vulnerability to water, wastewater and electricity loss.
Invention Identifies Lost 911 Callers
It’s a nightmare for emergency managers: Who is dialing 911 but not getting through? Dallas-based FailSafe Communications believes it has the answer with an invention that identifies lost 911 callers. It has licensed a technology that uses Signaling System 7 (SS7) to identify blocked callers when all circuits to 911…
The observation may be a simple set of notes or it can be a formalized report. In either case, the most effective aspect of an observation is that it results in improvement or added excellence to the performance of your company’s performance.
Ensuring Insurance Recovery After a Hurricane Loss
by Finley Harckham and Joshua Gold for Risk Management Magazine on insurance and recovery
Weather experts reported recently that fewer hurricanes are likely to develop this season. But as most meteorologists will also tell you, it only takes one hurricane to make the season a catastrophe. Storms have increased…
According to Aaron Charlesworth (for Risk Management Magazine): Developing an Effective Disaster Preparedness and Communication Plan
Although weather is often unpredictable and always uncontrollable, businesses can go a long way toward mitigating damage with careful preparation. According to a 2018 report by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and MetLife, however, more than one-third of small businesses…
FEMA has released a new guide to supply chain resilience aimed at helping emergency managers. The guide provides recommendations and best practices on how to analyze local supply chains. In addition to this, it also allows them to work with the private sector to enhance supply chain resilience using a five-phased approach.
