Articles Tagged with ''emergency planning''

A study by researchers lists seven recommendations to enhance preparedness for public health emergencies in the U.S.

“We treat everyone, from kindergarten on up, with respect,” says Joseph Perchetti, Supervisor of Security for the Radnor, Penn., Public School District. “They are our customers, and their taxes pay our salaries. We go the extra mile to make sure they are secure and to ensure that they can focus on education.”

Gunplay in a Boston hospital emergency room underscores the challenges healthcare facilities face when serving law enforcement and correctional needs to treat prisoners.

NYC will double to six the number of evacuation zones along its coast and expand them to include an additional 640,000 residents.

35 states and Washington, D.C., only score 6 or lower on 10 indicators of public health emergency preparedness. 

This whitepaper from Guardly Safe Campus compares the swiftness of incident response efforts by university campus security between new smartphone applications and existing methods of reporting.

The 90-character text alerts will contain emergency information on the most extreme weather conditions. 

A nationwide emergency alert test last week proved less than perfect with a number of technology and local coordination mistakes.

Your job title is Security Director, Director of Corporate Security or Chief Security Officer, yet most likely your role entails more than security. As the economy continues its downward trend, corporations have eliminated new positions, leaving open positions unfilled and combining positions. The person responsible for security is now responsible for much more including fire, life safety and safety. But a security director may not be as familiar with fire safety as they are with security matters.