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Thunderstorms are so common in some regions that residents may not take the threat seriously. In other regions, the storms only strike for a short part of the year, so many residents aren’t knowledgeable on how to respond. With that in mind, here are some reminders, or some new safety tips, to remember the next time those dark clouds come in.

What are some challenges that universities face, and what best practices can these institutions follow to track minors and coordinate across campus?

January is a key time for many emergency managers in higher education (and other industries). Your budget will soon be due, and it’s time to consider how your department’s funds should be spent. If you want new tech or just resources to help your program grow, now’s the time to push for them. Getting those resources depends, however, on strategically constructing your budget.

We all love our furry friends, but it can be easy to overlook their safety in times of crisis. Sometimes we aren’t even prepared ourselves, let alone prepared for our pets. Fortunately, there are some basic steps you can follow to ensure your pet’s safety during an emergency.

The ICC, founded in 1994, provides guidance for creating safe, affordable, and sustainable buildings and communities; the council’s standards also help increase building resiliency worldwide. Regularly updated and appropriately implemented and up-to-date building codes make buildings more affordable, use fewer resources, and create healthy, safe, and resilient places for communities.

The higher education system had to quickly adapt to these new expectations. While the Covid-19 pandemic has been baked into our routines, it's an ongoing response with shifting requirements to which we have to adapt.

Tabletop exercises are one of the best tools emergency managers and other preparedness practitioners have at their disposal, and the utility of these dry runs in the wildfire sphere should be no surprise.

Hurricane Katrina was one of the most destructive natural disasters in United States history, leading to extreme damage and loss of life. The disaster challenged preparedness at every level, revealing gaps in recovery, organization, and response that many EOCs and preparedness programs tried to cover in the future.

Software is a natural fit for gate management, just as it’s been for almost all airport operations in the past decade. If there’s in lesson in those 10 years, however, it’s not every software is a cure-all.

This is where the issue reveals itself: the loss of institutional and procedural knowledge. The increase of retirements and resignations means the loss experience across cumulative decades. The generational gap is massive in certain fields and threatens an unprecedented challenge.