In Case Of Emergency, Read Blog

One of the major obstacles to family preparedness is that it can be expensive and time consuming. So, some in emergency management believe there is value in presenting the preparedness process as something that doesn’t need to be done all at once — making preparing for an emergency, if you will, more ‘manageable’ for people [...]

[Read more →]

The California State Assembly passed a measure Thursday to shield ‘Good Samaritans’ from lawsuits when they come to the aid of fellow citizens. The Assembly’s action comes in response to a California Supreme Court decision last year. According to an Associated Press report:
The bill by Assemblyman Mike Feuer was passed by a 74-0 vote. No lawmaker spoke [...]

[Read more →]

Communicating emergency preparedness to the public in the internet era is a process of ongoing tweaking and honing. One such improvement has just been made by the New York State Office of Homeland Security. It recently changed the web address for its main Aware/Prepare public information website from the ungainly and bureaucratic “www.security.state.ny.us/preparedness/” to the [...]

[Read more →]

With New York and other states now debating the creation of a tax-free period for emergency preparedness supplies to spur public disaster readiness, I decided to check to see how the idea went in two states — Virginia and Louisiana — that tried it for the first time this May.
Though they have no sales figures [...]

[Read more →]

With hurricane season starting today, Craig Fugate, the Director of Florida’s Division of Emergency Management, is the subject of an interesting profile in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
According to the article, Fugate wants to instill a new sense of public personal responsibility among the public when it comes to preparing and responding to disasters. Fugate is taking aim at what he has dubbed ”the [...]

[Read more →]