The Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems has designed a detailed, 172-page toolkit in collaboration with nurses and doctors associations and organized labor.
What information do you need to decrease the chance of an active shooter/active killer event from occurring? What knowledge do you need to help minimize the damage and loss of life should an active shooter/active killer event occur?
Two Michigan House bills would allow teachers to carry self-defense sprays and foams in their schools. Sponsored by state Rep. Beau LaFave, R-Iron Mountain, teachers who undergo proper licensing and training also would be allowed to carry Tasers under the proposed legislation.
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the average cost of damage from a winter storm is $3 billion, inclusive of business interruptions. And with no control over Mother Nature, organizations are left to figure out how they can best minimize damage from adverse weather.
Not that long ago, “major” events seemed relatively rare and seared themselves into the public’s consciousness. People remembered exactly where they were when JFK was assassinated, when the first plane struck the Twin Towers on 9/11, and when a gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
This article addresses lessons learned from selected mass casualty terror attacks in Western Europe (Nice, Paris, Brussels and Oslo) and the United States (Orlando, San Bernardino and Boston).
The US has made progress in preparing for disasters and other large-scale emergencies that pose risks to health and well-being, although gaps remain in some key areas.
