Resiliency in Health Care Facilities – “In the Year of the Flood”
Editor’s Note — October 2026: This guest article by Michael Scherer was published in November 2012 following Hurricane Sandy and originally appeared in the New…
emergency preparedness
Is Your Office Safe? A Practical Workplace Safety Checklist
A simple workplace walk-through can uncover blocked exits, overloaded outlets, unstable storage and other conditions that become easy to overlook during normal operations. Originally published…
An AED on the Wall Is Not an Emergency Response Plan
Installing an AED is one decision. Making sure people can find it, reach it and know what to do when someone collapses is another. Originally…
Your Emergency Plan Says They Need Access. Will They Get In?
After an emergency, identifying essential employees is only part of the plan. Access to the building may be controlled by someone else. Originally published September…
Communications Planning Before Natural Disasters
When operations are disrupted, the communication plan has to work before everyone starts asking what is happening. A natural disaster doesn’t have to damage your…