Four Reasons to Download the 2018 Preparedness Summit Mobile App
As you start planning for all the great events at this year’s Preparedness Summit, we want to encourage you to download the Summit mobile app, which allows you to browse our program offerings, personalize your schedule and make the most out of Summit.
How the Newly Updated Clery Act Affects Your College or University
The U.S. Department of Education recently published the 2016 edition of The Handbook for Campus Safety and Security Reporting, commonly referred to as the Clery Handbook. The Clery Handbook is a step-by-step guide of the campus safety and security reporting obligations for colleges and universities. This is the first time in five years that the Department […]
How Your University Can Prepare for an Active Shooter and Other Emergency Situations (SYS – EDU – Checklist – 2017)
Once unthinkable, the act of a gunman entering a university or institute of higher education (IHE) campus with the sole intent of doing harm to faculty, staff, students and visitors has become an all too common occurrence. With this as the reality, if the call comes in that shots have been fired, is your campus […]
How to Improve the Safety of Your College Campus
According to a poll conducted by Noodle Education, three out of every four parents ranked “a safe environment” as their number one concern. This answer speaks volumes since it was ranked above “acquisition of real-world marketable skills,” “a first-rate academic experience,” and “affordability”.
Is Your College Prepared? Three Reasons Why Your Institution Should Use a Web-Based System to Respond to Emergencies
A mid-size university in Tennessee has the right idea when it comes to keeping its students safe. And other colleges and universities can learn a lesson from it.
Medicare Emergency Preparedness Standards Just Around the Corner
Natural and man-made disasters are sweeping news feeds and TV channels almost weekly. With floods in Louisiana and Texas, hurricanes along the East Coast, wild fires out West, and snow storms in the Midwest, it is evident that no region of the country is immune to these unfortunate events.
Five Lessons Learned From Our First Infectious Disease Incident
The outbreak of an infectious disease can bring terrible consequences to large numbers of people in a short period of time, and its impact on a health organization can be far reaching and significant. To be proactive, many organizations are taking steps to assess the risks and help their staff minimize those risks when presented […]
How WebEOC Administrators Can Bridge the Technology Adoption Gap
In the previous post Addressing the Need to Cultivate Technology Adoption within Emergency Preparedness, we discussed where administrators face problems with users’ adoption of technology. We also outlined strategies to increase user adoption and speed up that process. As we recognize that administrators of emergency management technologies often face challenges with various users, we can […]
Clery Act: How to Submit Your Institution’s Annual Security Report With Ease
In 1986, Jeanne Clery, a 19-year-old student attending Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was raped and murdered in her dorm room. Her attack was one of several violent crimes that had recently occurred at the university. Jeanne’s parents sued the university and eventually took their fight to Capitol Hill, claiming that their daughter would not […]
What is Driving Incident Management Technology for Departments of Transportation (DOT’s)?
According to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), the most transforming implications for Emergency Management and Transportation operations are based on the increase of wireless communication, the rise of social media and the involvement of third parties. Together, these factors create massive two-way data and communication streams throughout the transportation network. State, local and private […]