We started off with a single office in the back of the gymnasium. That was the whole of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara (MHA) Nation’s emergency operations center (EOC) shortly after COVID-19 struck ...

My October Disaster Zone column for the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) Bulletin has been published. See below for a copy of what I wrote on the topic of shift change briefings ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Wake County received $1.5 million to help improve the safety and security of people who live in the county. The money is earmarked to go toward a new DNA testing lab and ...

Florida's State Emergency Operations Center is activated to a Level 1 to respond to Tropical Storm Ian on Sept. 25, 2022. (Florida Division of Emergency Management photo) An updated version of the ...

The new 36,650-sq.-ft. EOC in Blaine replaces the outdated facility in St. Paul, incorporating renewable energy systems and ...

Emergency responders in D.C. have been busy in recent years — whether it’s at the city or federal level. Now, the next time things hit the fan, District and federal officials have an improved space to ...

Campuses must have thought-out incident management and security plans to keep life safety and asset protection a priority. Some would argue it’s even more pertinent today, given not only the lessons ...

STATE OF THE ART FACILITY IN BREVARD COUNTY WILL IMPROVE RESPONSE TO EMERGENCIES AND SAVING PEOPLE’S LIVES. WESH 2’S SENAIT GEBREGIORGIS TAKES US INSIDE THE NEW EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER INSIDE ...

(Photo: Open source image of Chicago Emergency Operations Center via chicago.gov) Reflecting back to 2020, as cities across the nation grappled with waves of civil unrest, I was charged to lead the ...

With the 2022 hurricane season now here, Brevard County Commissioners have voted to approve an additional funding stream to build a new emergency operations center in Rockledge. The commissioners ...