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T-Mobile's Emergency Response Team

Disaster Zone Podcast

In this podcast I interview two T-Mobile subject matter experts, Rodney Cooper and Casey Muilenburg who, along with others, are responsible for the T-Mobile Emergency Response Team (ERT). We discuss all the components that make up an ERT, both equipment and personnel.

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7 Skills Leaders Must Master for Effective Response to Critical Events

everbridge

Some critical events may be familiar to organizations, they may happen repeatedly or even on a set schedule. In a worst-case scenario, events could even happen concurrently, forcing responders to split their attention while trying to anticipate and account for the combined effects. Understanding the Three Types of Critical Events.

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Unlocking Climate Change Resilience Through Critical Event Management and Public Warning

everbridge

In the period 2000 to 2019, there were 7,348 major recorded disaster events claiming 1.23 Floods and storms were the most prevalent events.”. The report “The Human Cost of Disasters 2000-2019” also records major increases in other categories including drought, wildfires , and extreme temperature events.

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How to use your notification system during hurricanes

everbridge

During a hurricane Response team and Emergency Operations Center activation. Notify and assemble emergency response teams. Emergency operations directives. Enact emergency plans and policies. Coordinate briefings with internal teams, county services, PSAPs, and city officials.

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Emergency Response Planning Tasks

MHA Consulting

There are numerous risks a company can face that will require an Emergency Response Plan. Rather than creating a separate plan for every type of event that could occur, it is advisable to create a basic emergency response checklist that can be used regardless of the emergency.

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How to Create an Emergency Response Plan

MHA Consulting

Due to the rise in work-from-home, the last few years have seen a serious degradation in organizations’ emergency planning and response capability. In today’s post, we’ll look at why it’s important to have a solid emergency response plan and explain how to create one. Develop and write the emergency response plan.

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Business Continuity and ‘Emergency Response’

Plan B Consulting

This week Charlie looks at the relationship between business continuity and emergency response. Within many plans that I see, there is an emergency response phase which takes place from an incident occurring to it being brought under control, and the incident no longer being a threat to ‘life and limb’.