Partnerships, Planning and Preparedness: It All Comes Together at PIEPC in Lynwood, Washington, April 17-18, 2019
Emergency preparedness is not something that is accomplished easily, much less in a vacuum. It requires much collaboration between “partners” representing businesses, schools, government agencies, the nonprofit sector, emergency management, volunteer organizations and others. So, when opportunities like this [...]
Are You “All In” for EMAG’s 2019 Emergency Management Summit & Training Sessions in Savannah, Georgia?
If you’re a member of the Emergency Management Association of Georgia (EMAG) and you’re in (or headed to) Savannah, Georgia, this week, you probably are. All in, that is. “All In” is the theme of EMAG’s 2019 Emergency Management [...]
Dam Failure: Is Your Community, City or County at an Increased Risk and What Can You Do to Better Protect Residents?
The March 2019 failure of Nebraska’s Spencer Dam has a lot of public officials wondering the same thing, and justifiably so. There are now 90,000 dams nationwide, and a high number of them have received less than favorable Dam [...]
BOLDplanning Kicks Off COOP Initiative with Oregon’s Clackamas Fire District #1
As one of the largest fire protection districts in Oregon, Clackamas Fire District #1 serves over 220,000 citizens and covers nearly 235 square miles. Each year, its career and volunteer firefighters respond to tens of thousands of incidents from [...]
BOLDplanning Facilitates Durham, North Carolina COOP Workshops; Courthouse Shooting Causes Brief Interruption
Earlier this week, April 2 and 3, 2019, BOLDplanning facilitated Continuity of Operations (COOP) workshops in beautiful Durham, North Carolina. The workshops, led by BOLDplanning Senior Project Manager, James Woulfe, CBCP, CHEP, CHPCP, and Regional Business Development and Customer [...]
April is National County Government Month, Keep Those Essential Services Coming!
This month, BOLDplanning, along with thousands of counties across the country, is recognizing National County Government Month (NCGM). The annual observance, first acknowledged by the National Association of Counties (NACo) in 1991, is meant to raise public awareness and [...]