COVID-19 Operational Guidance for Hurricane Season Now Available from FEMA
The Atlantic Hurricane Season officially began on June 1st, and we’ve already seen one tropical system, Cristobal, trek from the Gulf Coast to Canada. It was the third named storm of the season and may actually go down on [...]
What’s the Status of Your Hazard Mitigation Plan?
According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 87% of the nation’s population lives in communities with current hazard mitigation plans. These communities benefit from such planning through a better understanding of natural (and oftentimes, human-caused) hazards, the development [...]
Orders of Succession in a Continuity of Operations (COOP) Plan: Definition and Key Questions to Ask
What happens if key senior personnel are not available or incapacitated during a disruption? Who has the authority to make decisions? These are the questions answered by Orders of Succession. A more technical definition of Orders of Succession is: [...]
Case Study: Calhoun County, MI Hazard Mitigation Planning
Calhoun County, Michigan selected BOLDplanning to update its existing Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP). After only a few months, BOLDplanning delivered to the county a fully updated HMP for local, state and federal review. The plan passed both the State of [...]
Cyber Attacks are Steadily on the Rise for Hospitals During COVID-19 Pandemic
As if we all don’t have enough to think (or worry) about with the COVID-19 pandemic, now we have to be even more concerned than ever about cybersecurity. This is especially true for today’s hospitals, as they are ideal [...]
Get Ready! An Above-Normal 2020 Atlantic Hurricane is Expected
The 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season officially starts on Monday, June 1st, and unfortunately, it may be a doozy. Forecasters with NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service, are forecasting an above-normal season. And, that could [...]