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A scramble to prepare for this historic storm A massive blizzard is set to hit the Northeast today, and everyone from local governments and businesses to just about every major airline are putting crisis management plans into action. With three feet of snow expected to bury major metropolitan areas including …
Check on friends following disaster with new app Social media has long been acknowledged as a highly effective means of disaster crisis management, and now a new Facebook app is making it easy for even your average user to communicate that they’re okay after an incident in their area. Fast …
How has this crisis management discipline evolved, and where should it be headed? Emergency management is one of the most intensive types of crisis management due to the fact that, in many cases, lives are literally at stake. It’s a field that’s constantly changing and evolving, as well as putting …
Why planning to cope with natural disasters is a crisis management must With all of the high-profile crises stemming from the ‘net, social media and personal scandals, it’s easy to forget that Mother Nature is perfectly capable of creating devastating, and extremely costly, crises of her own. The infographic below, …
A reminder to plan for “rare, but predictable” crises If a monster earthquake struck off Alaska’s coast, tsunami waves would rush toward California, crippling the nation’s busiest port complex and flooding coastal communities, a report released Wednesday suggests. The potential impacts, based on a hypothetical magnitude-9.1 jolt off the Alaskan …
Don’t let crises for your customers create more problems for you Refusal, or inability, to flex with circumstances is a surefire way to land your organization in need of crisis management, and recently our colleague Phil Cox brought a situation to our attention that really hammers this point home. Juliette …
A harsh reminder of the need to be prepared as individuals and organizations The Yosemite Rim Fire, more than 15,000 acres and barely 15% contained, is demonstrating the crisis management adage that you don’t have to be in the direct path of a natural disaster to be negatively impacted by …
Apps aimed at turning your cell or tablet into a crisis management tool The average cell phone is no longer a one-trick pony, with even basic models delivering quality graphics and plenty of internet speed, and larger mobile devices really up the ante. Add to that the fact that no …
Take steps now to mitigate the risks of hurricane season Every year brings a number of grim reminders as to just how powerful Mother Nature can be, and according to officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, this year’s hurricane season will be no different. Here are their predictions, …
Not just a movie plot, NASA has a solution in mind Ever watch one of these space-disaster movies and wonder what we would really do if an asteroid was on a collision course with Earth? Luckily for us, so do the people at NASA. Check out what they’ve got in …
Don’t forget that your body needs fuel when it comes to crisis management planning for natural disasters This coming Sunday marks the start of Hurricane Preparedness Week, and considering the storms that have battered the country over the past couple of years, there shouldn’t be any doubt as to the …
[Editor’s note: This post from Paul Purcell, Bernstein Crisis Management contractor and author of Disaster Prep 101 – The Ultimate Guide to Emergency Readiness, explains how bystander businesses can lend a hand in the midst of crisis.] On April 15th, the nation witnessed the tragedy of the Boston Marathon bombing, …
