6/21/2001· Crisis Management
Crisis Management Teams: Who Needs Them?
By: Peter G. Power
Experience has shown that when suddenly faced with a catastrophe, crisis managers have a tendency, from the outset, to try and follow familiar or routine systems. The more disturbing the situation the stronger the urge to take refuge in familiar procedures
6/17/2009· Crisis Management
By: Peter Power, BA FIRM FCMI FBCI
It might have been 30 years ago but in a new age of immediate and global communications there is a message here for 2009: Any world leader is on a stage these days and the audience compared to 1979 is not just one country
10/15/2004· Crisis Management
Dealers, Healers, Brutes And Saviors: Eight Winning Styles For Solving Giant Business Problems
By: Gerald C. Meyers
Strong, well-organized labor can quickly cripple a miscalculating company.Any company bent on progress with a minimum of labor interference must keep its workforce watered and well-fed, and keep labor relations in apple-pie order
11/23/2010· Crisis Management
Hummingbird Syndrome: Why Disasters Occur
By: Luiz Hargreaves, AAS, MD, Msc
There once was a fire in a forest, the animals were in panic… they saw a hummingbird going towards the river, picking up some water in order to try to extinguish the fire. He repeated this gesture frequently and thoroughly.
7/16/2013· Crisis Management
By: Bo Mitchell
Plan, train and exercise your organization's emergency team on premises before, during and after the hurricane.
9/9/2015· Crisis Management
Mass Casualties Related to Major Events Since 1900: Why the Tragedies Are Still Happening
In 1903, a fire killed more than 600 people in the Iroquois Theater in Chicago. Most of the victims were children. Among the causes of this tragedy were inadequate emergency exits, insufficient and poorly signposted, overcrowding, lack of fire protection equipment and even suspicion of bribery of persons responsible for overseen the safety conditions of the Theater.
10/21/2015· Crisis Management
Some articles have been written over the years about panic in disasters and fires. The idea that panic rarely occurs in disasters has been readily accepted. When disasters happen, usually, people act in such a way to show solidarity with the other victims. It is common to see some degree of organization in order to assist searches and reconstruction work.
8/1/2013· Crisis Management
By: Bo Mitchell
More than one-in-four U.S.residents are students, attending kindergarten through college. Most of these 75.8 million children, teenagers and adults-not counting faculty and staff members- are on campuses with written emergency plans.
1/27/2016· Crisis Management
Self-dispatching in Emergencies and Disasters
As an emergency professional, we are prepared to deal with unexpected situations, including disasters. Every time we hear about potential or real crisis, we automatically review the procedures in our minds and the desire to help is enormous. On many occasions, I would like to go directly to a scene to assist the victims and my peers. I believe that this feeling is not different among everyone involved in this field.
5/6/2014· Crisis Management
Standards for Creating a Campus Emergency Plan
By: Bo Mitchell
More than one in four U.S. residents are students, attending kindergarten through college. Most of these 75.8 million children, teenagers and adults - not counting faculty and staff members - are on campuses with written emergency plans.
by Edward J. Priz, et al
by Joe Carlen
by Robert G. Rose, PhD
