August 2023 Disasters and the Ever-Increasing Need for Emergency Preparedness
Fires. Tropical storms. Floods. Excessive heat. With so many major emergencies recently occurring across the country, your community or organization may be asking “what if” and questioning its own emergency preparedness. It’s certainly understandable. Weeks ago, no one would [...]
DHS Makes Additional $374.9M Available in Funding to Boost State and Local Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity threats are steadily on the rise nationwide, not just for the business community but for state, local, and territorial (SLT) governments as well. They appear to be a sweet spot for cybercriminals, especially when it comes to ransomware [...]
Healthcare System Falls Victim to Ransomware Attack, Reinforces Need for Emergency Preparedness Nationwide
As written in a previous blog post from BOLDplanning, a division of Agility, today's hospitals and other medical facilities face unprecedented challenges when responding to and recovering from critical events. These extend beyond health emergencies, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, [...]
Funding Allocations for FY 2023 Preparedness Grants Announced by DHS
Federal grants can play a significant role in helping state, local, tribal, and territorial governments (SLTTs), nonprofit agencies, and the private sector realize their emergency preparedness goals. Since 2002, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded more than [...]
Shasta County, California, and BOLDplanning Partner to Update Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan
Just ask anyone involved in emergency management, and they will tell you—developing a hazard mitigation plan (HMP) is no easy task. Neither is updating its contents regularly as required by FEMA. So when it came time to revise its [...]
Risks to Public Safety and Business Continuity Rise with Soaring Temperatures
Much of the country is contending with an extraordinarily long bout of extreme heat. Daytime temperatures are well into the 90s, heat indices are soaring to 100-110+ degrees, and humidity levels are almost unbearable. What’s worse? There’s little to [...]