Stakeholder Engagement: A Crucial Part of Preparedness Planning
Writing an emergency, continuity or mitigation plan is no easy task. And, it certainly doesn’t take place in a vacuum. It is a lengthy and complicated process—one that oftentimes involves a lot of different people or organizations, aka stakeholders. These [...]
Does Your Emergency Management Organization Have a Strong Internal Culture of Preparedness?
The term "culture of preparedness" has grown in popularity over recent years in emergency management circles. Generally, the term is used to describe the goal of instilling readiness principles into community residents in order to minimize the loss of [...]
Are Your Organization’s Emergency, Continuity and Mitigation Plans Interactive?
Interactive. If that’s not a word that comes to mind when you think of your organization’s Emergency Operations Plan (EOP), Continuity of Operations (COOP) plan, or Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP), you might be missing something. And, that something could [...]
BOLDplanning’s Hazard Mitigation Planning (HMP) Module Makes Developing and Updating Plans Easier
Hazard mitigation planning is a necessary, but painstaking process. There’s extensive research and risk assessments to be done, stakeholder meetings to be facilitated, HAZUS®-MH maps to be run, and copious amounts of information to be shared. Plus, in order [...]
EPA Now Accepting Applications for Environmental Justice Small Grants Program
The partial government shutdown may continue, but certain departments and certain programs, remain open and available. Among them is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Just days ago, the Agency announced that its FY2019 Environmental Justice Small Grants (EJSG) [...]
Can A Planning Consultant Add Value to Your Organization’s COOP, EOP or Hazard Mitigation Plan?
It depends. How receptive are you to the idea of bringing an outsider into your organization, and then revealing critical planning gaps and weaknesses to them? Do you think they are going to dig in and be a real [...]