Solution: Emergency Management

Emergency Management Pandemic

Back to School during COVID-19 with Keller Independent School District

by Camryn Gaudett

Maintaining a sense of normalcy for students throughout this pandemic has continued to be a priority. School districts have been doing all that they can to ensure their students can continue with their education, while maintaining their safety. Chris McLaughlin, Emergency Management Coordinator for Keller Independent School District (ISD) and his team have made sure to adjust day-to-day operations to guarantee that not only can students get back to school, but stay safe in school.

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Emergency Management Healthcare

Program Management: A Holistic Take on Healthcare Emergency Management

by Addison Shaw

Preparedness is important in every industry. But it's especially so in healthcare, as many people's health and safety rely on the continuity of services and operations.

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Emergency Management

How Higher Education Can Practice Point of Distribution (POD) Exercises

by Addison Shaw

That COVID-19 vaccine will need to be distributed, and local organizations may be tapped to help out. Colleges and universities may be part of that cohort. Participating schools will need to run points of distribution (PODs) to accomplish this. And if a school's staff is unfamiliar with this type of operation, a practice run is worth their time.

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Emergency Management

Revisiting the CARES Act: What It Means for Local Governments

by Addison Shaw

Lately, things are moving weirdly fast. We're less than 3 months away from that December deadline. So if your organization does have leftover funds from the CARES Act to spend, how can your team best use those funds?

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Emergency Management

Taking Another Look at ICS in 2020

by Addison Shaw

The incident command system (ICS), however, was developed in the 1970s, and while it's been used and occasionally updated through the decades, it's a good time to ask if we should update it again or if we can identify and address any of its shortcomings.

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Emergency Management

Managing Multiple Emergencies

by Addison Shaw

While emergency managers can effectively and efficiently respond to incidents and disasters, they can't prevent events from happening. While it's rare, emergencies can overlap and stress the response infrastructure emergency management teams have implemented at their organizations. What strategies can emergency managers use to respond to these unusual scenarios?

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Emergency Management

Integrating CAD, Emergencies, and Planning

by Addison Shaw

One of the most used pieces of tech in this industry are CADs (computer-aided dispatch systems). However, CADs are often closed systems that capture all the data emergency services need. But there is an opportunity for these systems (depending on how they're built) to integrate with other tools employed by emergency services.

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Emergency Management

Being Prepared for Joint Commission and Disasters

by Addison Shaw

The Joint Commission helps ensure hospitals meet certain preparedness standards through an accreditation program. The commission's surveyor will score the hospital, determining if they receive the stamp fo approval. Inspections are random, however, compounding the need for hospitals to always be prepared for disasters (and a Joint Commission surveyor by extension).

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Emergency Management

Mardi Gras Emergency Management: Maintaining Safety Amidst Celebration

by Veoci Staff Team Contribution

Roughly 1.4 million people gather in the streets of New Orleans every year to partake in the Mardi Gras festivities. And while it's a culturally rich event, the nature of the celebration makes it easy to see how things could go wrong. The emergency management department and first responders in New Orleans have to be well prepared for Carnival season. 

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