It’s National Hurricane Preparedness Week: Get Ready!
As if we don’t all have enough to stress over with the COVID-19 pandemic, now we also have to think about the Atlantic Hurricane Season. It doesn’t officially begin until June 1, 2020, but this week, May 3-9, 2020, [...]
Does Your Continuity of Operations (COOP) Plan Answer Four Key Questions?
Continuity of Operations (COOP) planning, as you know, is a federal initiative that encourages organizations to plan to address how critical operations will continue under a broad range of circumstances. These circumstances can include everything from natural disasters to [...]
Ready? May Brings Historically Largest Number and Greatest Severity of Tornadoes
April showers may bring May flowers but sometimes, unfortunately, they bring a whole lot more—hail, flooding rain, high wind, and yes, even tornadoes. In fact, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and its Storm Prediction Center, [...]
Michigan Region 7 Homeland Security Planning Board and BOLDplanning Safely Proceed with COOP Workshop During Pandemic
Even with the COVID-19 pandemic, life (and work) goes on. That’s why, even though the office doors of BOLDplanning are temporarily closed, our team continues to support the emergency, continuity, and mitigation planning needs of public and private sector [...]
Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians Hazard Mitigation Plan Receives FEMA Approval Upon First Review
Congratulations to the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians for developing (in partnership with Tennessee-based BOLDplanning) their very first Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan. And, just as importantly, congratulations for receiving plan approval from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) upon first [...]
Cyber Attacks Continue as Nation Battles COVID-19
While our nation’s healthcare facilities, government agencies, and businesses are contending the COVID-19 pandemic, ruthless hackers and scammers, are looking for vulnerabilities and hoping to take advantage of an already bad situation. They’re scoping out organizations that have inadvertently, [...]