Looking to ensure residents can be contacted in the event of a disaster, the D.C. region recently conducted the largest wireless emergency alert test in U.S. history. Reaching over five million people in and around [...]

Director of training at PlanB Consulting Charlie Maclean-Bristol, FEPS, FBCI, recommends against spending too much time thinking about the specific scenario when planning business continuity exercises, and instead suggests focusing on objectives and format. He [...]

During the massive wildfires in the Canadian province of British Columbia last year, First Nations emergency responders fought the blazes in their communities along with other volunteers, firefighters and governmental personnel. Now, a historic tri-partite [...]

When facing a major hurricane, any additional information on the path or strength of the impending storm can make a huge difference in preparedness efforts and effectiveness. During a recent meeting of the World Meteorological [...]

When floods hit, not only people are affected, but also their beloved pets, which can hinder evacuation efforts. To help ensure the safety of these animals in the event of a flood, the ASPCA and [...]

While hurricanes, earthquakes, and floods often draw much of the headlines for natural disasters, for large parts of America, tornados remain a much more common threat. Writing for Campus Safety magazine, Stephen Satterly Jr, an [...]

It can be a challenge for an organization to build a comprehensive IT policy and disaster recovery solution that offers them the needed combination of versatility, redundancy, and cost. With product offerings and solutions rapidly [...]

With FBI estimates showing as much as $6 billion of the $80 billion in government funding for reconstruction after Hurricane Katrina having been lost to insurance fraud, efforts to detect fraud are of considerable importance. [...]

As companies increasingly rely on the cloud for support of their critical services, it’s also increasingly important for companies to consider what they would do in the event of a service disruption, or even the [...]

    In the aftermath of the floods in March 2017 that devastated Queensland and New South Wales, Australia’s University of Rural Health sought to explore the social costs of the disaster. Coordinated by Dr. [...]

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced the upcoming summer release of the first in a set of tools intended to assist residents against suspicious online activity. This free app, titled NYC Secure, [...]