Written by: Robin Hattersley AUSTIN, Texas – More states, school districts, cities, and counties across the nation are adopting school safety anonymous tip lines, and in many cases, the programs are receiving a record number of reports. Texas is just … read more

October 14, 2024 • Emergency Management News, News Staff   Answer: By pulling it out of the air. When Hurricane Milton made landfall in Florida on Oct. 9, St. Petersburg’s water main lines were ruptured. Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, which has … read more

Written by: Alan C. Lynch, CHPA-L, CHSP, HEM – October 22, 2024 The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has identified healthcare workers as being among the highest risk groups for workplace violence, but most of the attention up to … read more

Written by: Natasha Sokoloff, The Middletown Press – October 21, 2024 (TNS) — Many school leaders in the U.S. understand that, in a time when the country did not go days into the school year without a school shooting, they … read more

Many states, cities, and counties have anonymous reporting systems and hotlines that enable students, teachers, administrators, school employees, and members of the public to confidentially report a school or community threat via a phone call, text, app, or online Behaviors … read more

Written by: Robin Hattersley AUSTIN, Texas – More states, school districts, cities, and counties across the nation are adopting school safety anonymous tip lines, and in many cases, the programs are receiving a record number of reports. Texas is just … read more

Written by: Lt. Joseph Pangaro, CSO, CPM One thing we must understand when it comes to identifying a person considering violence, such as an active shooter attack on a school or business: The people who do it very rarely wake … read more

Written by: Sabrina Stratford – September 6, 2024 In the quiet suburbs of Denver, a young woman named Emily lived a seemingly normal life. She was close with her family, enjoyed school, and had a tight-knit circle of friends. However, … read more

September/October 2024 • Nikki Davidson In 2021, North Carolina became the first state to prohibit public ransomware payments, even going so far as to ban negotiations with cyber criminals. It was a groundbreaking move. Florida followed suit in 2022, but its legislation … read more

August 23, 2024 • Alan Halaly, Las Vegas Review-Journal (TNS) – Wildfires and the pain they cause to people, property and the planet are here to stay. And if Western management practices don’t change to anticipate more and more record fire years, … read more