What is it? A group of science-based organizations are calling on young inventors with the cry” People around the world need your help!” They go on to say that a person can be a single contributor or do a project with a team. The call…
Happy new year! Achoo! Yes indeed, the country is sick with the flu and other cold-like illnesses. Widespread influenza activity was reported by 36 states right before Christmas and that trend is likely to accelerate with the cold weather and everyone crowding together at holiday…
Supply chain disruption can be life or death. The ubiquitous saline solution…used in medical facilities worldwide. A small saline-solution bag is the workhorse in hospitals, clinics and physician’s offices…they cost next to nothing…about $1.50 each, and are the preferred method for delivering everything from painkillers…
Disasters affect children differently than they do adults. Learn more about the unique needs of children during and after disasters. Just with all of the disasters in the United States alone, this issue is especially critical to help young ones cope. The CDC has several…
The Wine Country Firestorm has laid waste to landmarks, homes, businesses and schools, burning uncontrolled into Monday night with 11 dead and 100 people reported missing. A raging firestorm born in the dark of night by dry, violent winds roared down from the rural hills…
Ransomware attacks have eclipsed most other global cybercrime threats, with the first half of 2017 witnessing ransomware attacks on a scale previously unseen, Europol announced as it released its latest annual report on internet organized crime. The 2017 Internet Organized Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA), is the fourth…
I am filling in last minute @DRJ FallWorld in Phoenix conducting the Mock Exercise from 1:00 – 3:30pm. It will be an Active Shooter Tabletop Exercise. Each table will turn into American One Financial Services and each exercise player will be assigned a role on…
Remembering 9/11...As the anniversary of 9/11 comes around each year, I find different ways to remember and reflect on that day in our history, the impacts to our nation, to individual people and families, the human loss, our culture and the world. This year, there are…
I hope that in the light of Harvey and the oncoming Irma, that you are all looking over your crisis communications plan, whether or not you were or could be affected. The time to prepare is before, not in the middle of a crisis. That…
With Hurricane Harvey in our minds, we are ALL thinking about major disasters, how would we respond and how would our company's would plans perform. We are not often tested in our work, and when we, we find out if all of our work has…