Three vital parts of an emergency message
To be effective, your emergency message must answer three basic questions.
Public Safety, Public Morality: Thoughts on the Korean ferry disaster
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Is your emergency plan real?
Like parade armor, your emergency plan may look good but be useless in a crisis.
What a light switch can teach us about ICS
What we expect doesn’t always turn out to be what we get.
Airport security depends on depth
A guest post from aviation security expert Jeff Whitman reinforces the needed for security in depth at airports.
Lost Opportunities: San Francisco’s cistern system in 1906
The 1906 earthquake was bad but the fires that followed were hellish. But did the city of San Francisco really need to burn?
Teen stowaway shakes up airport security
If a 15 year old can breach an airport perimeter and gain access to an aircraft, are we truly safe?
San Francisco proposes earthquake bond to fix water supply
San Francisco officials are well aware of deficiencies in the disaster water supply and have been actively working to improve the system since 2010.
Will San Francisco burn in the next earthquake?
A recent report casts doubt on San Francisco’s ability to fight major fires following an earthquake.
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: An historical case study
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911 is long forgotten but the tragedy generated reforms that are still saving lives today.