IT leaders must be prepared to deal with unplanned incidents. When a disruptive event threatens the organization's operations, there should be a plan in place to assess the event and determine its ...

Emergency management is a field dedicated to creating frameworks that help communities reduce their vulnerability to different types of disasters and cope with their aftereffects. These threats may ...

Planning is an important avenue to community emergency preparedness. The practice of emergency response planning is best thought of as a process - a continuing sequence of analyses, plan development, ...

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...

With climate change and national security becoming bigger concerns, an online degree in emergency management may be a wise pursuit. Here’s some relevant recent history: In 2012, Superstorm Sandy ...

Communication in the healthcare industry is always important, but during a crisis like the current pandemic, it's critical. The Riverside County Emergency Management Department has benefited from a ...

Location matters. Enhancing resiliency is the best way to improve the performance of the energy delivery system during emergencies. Nearly every aspect of utility operation depends on the location of ...

In the Master of Science in Emergency Management and Homeland Security program at the University at Albany, you will learn how to prepare for, respond to, recover from, and mitigate against crises.

See our emergency management plans, sign up for WSDOT-hosted Incident Command System training and view our mutual aid agreements. As directed by RCW 47-01 the Secretary of Transportation has the ...