Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “disaster response”
Increasing safety in business and community Disaster preparedness agencies often use graphic images or shocking stories in an attempt to scare people into getting prepared for crises. With 44% of U.S. adults admitting to not having basic first-aid kits, and 48% no emergency supplies, it’s obvious that approach isn’t working …
Extreme crisis management exercises It’s one thing to armchair quarterback when someone else is handling a disaster, but could you actually get down and dirty to tackle crisis management in real time? That’s what the Red Cross’ UK Disaster Challenge is all about. Constructed by real Red Cross emergency responders, …
The following is a very helpful mailing from FEMA, which has dramatically improved its communications since the Katrina debacle. It’s January and Time for Your Business Emergency Check-Up! Hello from the FEMA Private Sector Representative Desk! Before the holidays we sent you a message introducing me as the new FEMA-PSR, …
Donald Schmidt has 30 years of experience preparing for crises, and with Hurricane Earl still creating storms along the East coast we thought it was good timing to run an article by him regarding disaster preparedness in the latest Crisis Manager newsletter. A sampling: Hazard mitigation can substantially reduce the …
Well, at least BP hasn’t done EVERYTHING wrong. It is common practice for companies wishing to be found under certain terms on the Internet to buy AdWords, paid links which appear at the top of search results. In what may prove to be a savvy crisis management move, BP has …
A definition of “insanity” popularly attributed to Albert Einstein is, “doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results.” So what, then, is “sanity”? It would seem to be “learning from our mistakes.” It only took eight years of the current administration for President Bush — and his …
SightSpeed today issued a press release via PR Newswire and other distribution channels talking about this blog and my use of SightSpeed during Tropical Storm Fay! It’s getting a lot of pickup! I got very excited! Jonathan BernsteinPresidentBernstein Crisis Management, Inc.
I’m back in Southern California, where of course we NEVER need to be prepared…at least judging by how many people I know who don’t have even a couple of days of water available in case of earthquake, much less other essential supplies. I got a real kick out of my …
I went outside to get something from the car…the wind turned my umbrella inside out…and the rain was flying sideways… Then, inside, my Star Trek: Next Generation was interrupted by a tornado warning to our Southeast, not close enough (yet) for us to take shelter, but the weather is certainly …
Just had lunch with a friend locally at a well-known North Naples area restaurant..that is located right on an inland waterway, not far from the Beach. The main dining room is no more than seven feet off the surface of the waterway. I snapped this shot from the restaurant window …
The Tuesday 8 am marker is pretty much exactly where I’m located at present!
What better place for a crisis manager to be than directly in the path of an oncoming hurricane? I am temporarily resident in Naples, FL, visiting my mother in her condo, which is located approx. 1/2 mile in from the Gulf. This is the end of a two week swing …
