Preparing To Do Battle With The Unexpected With Critical Incident Management, Reporting, and Design
The great American general George S. Patton once said, “Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.” Patton was well known to be an aggressive commander, but also an extremely intelligent tactician who did not act without careful planning, preparation, and assessment of the […]
The Top 5 Actions for Safely Reopening Businesses and Organizations
Public health agencies have an enormous task ahead to hire and train large numbers of qualified contact tracers to track COVID-19 cases and contacts. Meanwhile businesses, higher education institutions, and other organizations also have their hands full performing numerous case management and workplace safety activities to successfully return to some version of ‘normal’. Reopening for […]
Contact tracing is the next big undertaking as businesses and organizations begin reopening
The COVID-19 pandemic has required enormous and unprecedented actions in order to protect the health and safety of communities, organizations, and businesses. Although many have been making preparations for reopening, we still have a long way to go and massive efforts will be required to ensure safe processes for returning to somewhat “normal” operations. A […]
Test Your Emergency Management Knowledge
The COVID-19 pandemic has been tough on everyone, especially Emergency Managers. As we continue to navigate our way through this public health crisis, it’s clearer than ever that your vocation and hard work to keep communities safe is no “trivial pursuit”. At Juvare, we’re proud to do our part to “help the heroes” – to […]
Mitigation efforts are the key to minimizing damage during natural disasters
While the country continues to deal with the numerous response activities surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, emergency managers in local communities and states must simultaneously continue to be vigilant about the potential for new critical incidents and disasters that could occur. Currently, organizations are looking at ways to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, particularly with contact […]
The 5 Key Considerations for Higher Education Institutions to Safely Returning to Classes
Many higher education institutions are currently trying to determine how students and faculty can safely return in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. The very nature of a college campus ensures that reopening campuses will be a complicated process – and far more complex than opening businesses. Not only will they need to track numbers […]
WebEOC Helps Florida Battle Wildfires
Drier than normal conditions over the past several months along with gusty winds has led to raging wildfires over thousands of acres in the Florida panhandle this week and prompted evacuations of as many as 1,600 people. Juvare is working hard to support our partners in emergency management and local, state, and federal agencies working […]
Long Term Healthcare Facilities asked to use new federal COVID-19 data reporting standards
This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) released new reporting standards for data related to Long Term Care Facilities (LTCF). This eagerly anticipated data standard comes on the heels of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) […]
Be prepared for a busier than average hurricane season
While everyone else in the world is social distancing, it doesn’t seem that hurricanes will be following the rules (they never do) as leading tropical meteorologists are predicting a busier than normal hurricane season in the summer and fall of 2020. Looking at several indicators for seasonal hurricanes, a report released in early April found […]
Deepwater Horizon anniversary underscores need for enhanced emergency processes
When disasters happen, the devastating effects often linger for years. As the years pass, one of the best outcomes can be to learn from the incident and take action to mitigate the lingering effects and work to prevent similar occurrences from happening again. This week marks the 10th anniversary of the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster, […]