Written by: Alex Harris and Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald • November 30, 2022  (TNS) – When there’s a hurricane coming, one iconic image fills TV screens and social media feeds: the cone of uncertainty. But as shown by the confusion and … read more

Written by: Theresa Braine, New York Daily News • November 30, 2022  (TNS) – Hoax active-shooter alerts sent some Georgia schools into lockdown on Wednesday, drawing huge emergency responses as frantic parents tried to locate their kids. It started at Savannah … read more

Written by: Robin Hattersley-Gray The Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is warning hospitals that they must protect their employees and patients from violence that is increasingly happening at healthcare facilities. The memo, … read more

  Date/Time: November 10, 2022, 2:00 PM Register Today Student-parent reunification is the most complex, least practiced emergency operations process in a K-12 school. It can be particularly daunting during a lockdown or other life-threatening crisis when parents and students … read more

  By Renuka Rayasam and Colleen DeGuzman AUSTIN, Texas — After Britt Kelly’s son participated in a lockdown drill two years ago in his Lamar, Texas, kindergarten class, he had nightmares and wet his bed. Now 8, he can sleep … read more

  Written by: Caitlin Dewey, Stateline.org   (TNS) – In the wake of the devastating shooting in Uvalde, Texas, one of the latest tragedies in a decades long surge of violence in schools, some state lawmakers are embracing a bipartisan … read more

  Written by: John Nemerofsky It’s not unusual for larger organizations to operate multiple campuses — ranging from a headquarters facility to satellite locations and even highly remote substations. Employees, students, faculty, administrators, clinicians, and patients at each site deserve … read more

  Written by: Amy Rock Healthcare workers continue to face some of the most challenging times in recent history. They are still dealing with COVID on a daily basis, and hospitals are treating a growing number of violent crime victims. … read more

  Written by: Jessy Sears The National Incident Management System (NIMS) established by FEMA in 2004 includes the utilization of a standardized approach to managing critical incidents through the use of the Incident Command System (ICS). Essentially NIMS and the … read more

  Written by: Robin Hattersley-Gray The numbers from this year’s Campus Safety Access Control and Lockdown Survey have been crunched, and the May 2022 Robb Elementary School mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, appears to have prompted many K-12 schools to … read more