Having long, medium and short term goals can help ease your mind. By Erik Vance Every year, it feels like the Earth is becoming a scarier place. Floods, fires and hurricanes are becoming more powerful ...

Natural disasters can strike communities across the country at any time. Wildfires have already burned 6.4 million acres in 2026, more than all of 2025, and peak fire season has not yet arrived. As ...

Natural disasters are often unexpected and can cause considerable damage to properties. Recent wildfires have highlighted the importance of disaster preparedness both personally and professionally.

Preparation can spare you time and stress if your personal identification papers are lost after a wildfire or other natural disaster. I personally experienced the gravity of those hurricanes, and have ...

Why prepare? 90% of the population believe an emergency will occur within the next two years but not where they live. OHSA states, “that a workplace emergency is a situation that threatens workers, ...

Planning is one of our major functions as emergency managers. Back when I had my staff track how they spent their time, planning was one of the significant blocks of time on the schedule. Back in the ...

A disaster recovery plan provides a structured approach for responding to unplanned incidents that threaten an IT infrastructure, which includes hardware, software, networks, processes and people.

IT assets and physical infrastructure are high priority for disaster recovery planning, which should address an all-important source of critical business data: payroll. Keeping employee payments ...

Many Australians who have survived a disaster feel more confident their communities are prepared for the next one. But a third of those living in disaster prone areas don’t feel at all prepared for a ...

Laboratory emergency plans should be developed at the earliest stages of design to ensure a seamless response in case of incidents. Proper planning enhances safety, minimizes damage, and protects ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Charleston city leaders want to build a new disaster plan specifically tailored to the city that will fit within the existing plan for all of Charleston County that is ...