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Preparedness: Are You Ready for the Next Disaster?
Supporting proactive disaster planning, this guide provides disaster scenario statistics, explanation of evacuation versus invacuation, and a listing of tools for crime […]
Lessons from Japan’s Latest Destructive Earthquake for Homeowners, Building Owners, and Facility Managers
The Kyushu earthquake of April 16, 2016 strongly affected wood-frame houses and other infrastructure that was built to world-class standards. Contrary to […]
The 17 Mistakes Made in Emergency Plans and How to Avoid and Correct Them
Review why emergency plans are integral to strategic emergency preparedness and business continuity, while identifying seventeen common errors and oversights of emergency […]
Don't Waste a Good Crisis
A webinar addressing lessons learned by New York FMs as a result of 2012 superstorm, Hurricane Sandy. The presentation discusses instances of […]
Weathering Climate Change: Resiliency Strategies for Existing Buildings
In 2017, there was a shift within the facilities management community from sustainability to resiliency. The effort now is to counter the […]
A Cigarette, a Fire and 3 Years to Find a Solution: Lacrosse Apartments, Docklands
On the evening of 24 December 2014 the occupant of apartment 605 at the Lacrosse Building put down his cigarette. What happened […]
Emergency Response Management: A Plan for Failure
Explains the importance of Emergency Response Management and planning, including the creation of developing an Emergency Preparedness Plan, a Hazard Vulnerability Plan […]
When the Smoke Clears: How Planning Enabled Business to Continue During the Northern California Wildfires
How ready are you for a big disaster? As a small business, when we undertook the ISO Business Continuity Management Systems certification, […]
Working and Living in the “Left of Boom”: Developing a Survival Mindset for the Workplace and Life
“Left of Boom” is a bit of security/business continuity jargon for all the actions done to prepare for and/or prevent an incident. […]