Natural disasters are often unexpected and can cause considerable damage to properties. Recent wildfires have highlighted the importance of disaster preparedness both personally and professionally.

Having long, medium and short term goals can help ease your mind. By Erik Vance Every year, it feels like the Earth is becoming a scarier place. Floods, fires and hurricanes are becoming more powerful ...

Natural disasters can strike communities across the country at any time. Wildfires have already burned 6.4 million acres in 2026, more than all of 2025, and peak fire season has not yet arrived. As ...

A good disaster recovery plan comes from a combination of planning, documentation, testing and optimizing to remove any snags and expedite recovery. With all these factors at play, one size does not ...

When disaster strikes, like a wildfire, moving people out of harm’s way requires a plan with all players represented. In ...

IT assets and physical infrastructure are high priority for disaster recovery planning, which should address an all-important source of critical business data: payroll. Keeping employee payments ...

Hospitals and other medical facilities have plans in place if a catastrophic event happens. But how familiar are you with those plans? Would you know what to do? The scope and frequency of ...

What will you do if the building you operate in is damaged to the point where it is unsafe to work? Or if utilities won’t be available for weeks or longer following a disaster? Disasters happen. They ...

Planning is one of our major functions as emergency managers. Back when I had my staff track how they spent their time, planning was one of the significant blocks of time on the schedule. Back in the ...

Laboratory emergency plans should be developed at the earliest stages of design to ensure a seamless response in case of incidents. Proper planning enhances safety, minimizes damage, and protects ...

Many Australians who have survived a disaster feel more confident their communities are prepared for the next one. But a third of those living in disaster prone areas don’t feel at all prepared for a ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Charleston city leaders want to build a new disaster plan specifically tailored to the city that will fit within the existing plan for all of Charleston County that is ...