Facility emergency response plans identify specific types of hazards, risks and circumstances that could harm people or the environment. They also document the tools and tactics that will be used to ...

Safety response protocols are foundational to creating a culture of safety in schools. District leaders should adopt and implement response protocols that cover all types of emergencies. Schools ...

When workers are hired, their first days, weeks or even months may be spent learning how to do their jobs correctly. This training often is multi-faceted and can include everything from where to put ...

How do you create a national strategy to protect people in a nuclear or radiological emergency based on lessons learned, scientific evidence and good practices? A new IAEA publication, Considerations ...

EPA is launching the Emergency Response Initiative (pdf) (415.03 KB) to enhance EPA's ability to respond to natural and man-made emergencies with greater speed, precision, and effectiveness. Each year ...

The Emergency Operations Plan establishes the policies, procedures, and organizational structure for response to emergencies that cause a significant disruption to all or portions of the university.

IT leaders must be prepared to deal with unplanned incidents. When a disruptive event threatens the organization's operations, there should be a plan in place to assess the event and determine its ...

When crises escalate, security risks increases sharply but the UN and humanitarian operations cannot wait. ERT provides the rapid multi functional expertise, operational support and surge capacity ...

The federal government's responsibilities for emergency response are established by statute and by executive orders issued by the President. The Stafford Act (PL-93-288) provides the authority for the ...

Passengers each year rely on the airline industry to get to their destination safely. Their safe passage is due to the tireless efforts of industry stakeholders. Working together, we have made ...