Planning is an important avenue to community emergency preparedness. The practice of emergency response planning is best thought of as a process - a continuing sequence of analyses, plan development, ...

Purdue University has incorporated major emergency planning programs into its Integrated Emergency Management Plan (IEMP). The plan considers all phases of emergency management operations in order to ...

[Editor's Note: This is the second part of a series of articles from Walter Ulmer, president of REMLU Inc., an emergency preparedness firm. His first article presented a checklist on emergency ...

Those who develop and write emergency management plans should be familiar with the Moltke the Elder quote, “No plan survives contact with the enemy.” While there are several versions of it floating ...

When healthcare facilities approach CMS emergency preparedness compliance, it’s natural to focus on the contents of the emergency operations plan or continuity of operations plan. Careful ...

September is National Preparedness Month in the United States. You may have created an emergency plan for yourself and your family, but have you made similar arrangements for your business?

OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) has issued a guide called Standing Together: An Emergency Planning Guide for America’s Communities for ...

The Purdue University Fire Department (PUFD) responds to both fire and emergency medical service needs of the University. PUFD is located on Third Street, just west of Martin Jischke Drive. PUFD ...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — Emergencies affect the entire family, so including children in preparedness planning makes sense. Build emergency kits as a family and talk to children about what types of ...

Richmond city leaders are rolling out a new plan — for how the city prepares, responds to and recovers from emergencies.

In emergency management, that first punch can take many forms: a storm track that suddenly shifts, a cyberattack that cascades through systems we assumed were isolated, or a partner agency that ...

34% of employers didn't have an emergency preparedness plan before the pandemic, a recent survey by the Society for Human Resource Management reported. Businesses should be ready for any emergency ...