In his PrepTalk, Daniel Homsey shares his tools for building resilient communities at the neighborhood level and why empowering neighbors to help themselves is the best way to prepare your community for any disaster. Daniel [...]
As a business continuity and resiliency professional, you understand the importance of having a solid, multimodal communication system in place. However, some employees in your organization may be reluctant to fully commit, particularly when it [...]
Since the mid 80s, the emergency management community has preached a clear and consistent message: Prepare businesses, schools and homes to be self sufficient for 3 days. Way back then, some even suggested 7 days! [...]
The Journey Began in December 1985 As a resident of Southern California, Kathy Rainey had firsthand experience with earthquakes, but the Mexico City quake of 1985 was stunning in its devastation. The extended shaking destroyed [...]
After the devastating 1985 Mexico City earthquake, the recurring message: "Human suffering could have been enormously reduced if 72-hour preparedness had been a pre-earthquake priority." Emergency Lifeline was founded in 1985 with the purpose of [...]
Let's talk about storytelling and why it's important for leaders, especially in this pandemic crisis. In an earlier article blog, I shared Accenture's tips for what to do in this COVID time. Telling a story [...]
It’s been an incredibly difficult couple of weeks. We’ve all witnessed incredible societal upheaval, and on a personal level (on March 16th) I learned that I tested positive for COVID-19. Thankfully, I have fully recovered, [...]
For the past 35 years, I have worked in the Emergency Management, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity industry (EM/DR/BC) – starting in 1985 as a provider of earthquake preparedness supplies for the west coast and [...]
Survivors leave Tohoku a day after the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami.Warren Antiola/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND Standard advice about preparing for disasters focuses on building shelters and stockpiling things like food, water and batteries. But [...]
Recently the Central Coast of California and due south experienced a quake. In Santa Barbara itself, it was relatively mild, but for some including all the way down to Orange County, Calif., it was surprising [...]
When dealing with a crisis, a leader’s role is largely to guide others through it. Good leaders understand that everyone responds to crisis differently and know that they must be prepared for the myriad ways [...]
This three-part blog addresses some of the human concerns of recovery: Part 1 What: What are Human Concerns Part 2 So What: The Risks Part 3 Now What: The Applications Now What: Applications for Meaning [...]