Industry Highlights

They say it takes a village, and the new Restore Program is a great example of this.  Recently joined by Duke Energy, the Restore Program is a consortium of 28 electric utilities that have come [...]

I recently stumbled onto an interesting article by a former Navy guy that puts forth some thought-provoking recommendations for fixing the power grid.  Much of the list is a rehash of things [...]

I recently read an excellent article from EHS Today that discussed the “five planning P’s” of emergency response.  The article was written from a facility manager’s point of view, but I think the [...]

Is your company’s SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) system at risk?  You bet it is! What is SCADA and Why is it at Risk? There are 3 primary risk factors for SCADA systems: [...]

It’s official, thanks to North Korea’s shenanigans, bomb shelter sales are soaring.  With the escalating war of words between Kim Jong-Un and Donald Trump, many people are assuming the worst-case [...]

When it comes to personal protective equipment or PPE, the 3 top priorities are generally your head, eyes and hands.  I have covered similar topics around PPE and lineman safety before, including [...]

I spend a lot of time blogging about emergency preparedness in the electric utility industry, but water system operators face their own set of unique challenges.  One of which is the fact that [...]

Laser defense systems are all the rage these days, because they can be utilized in multiple situations to prevent manmade disasters – whether it’s shooting down drones or blasting North Korean [...]

I typically think about emergency preparedness in the context of electric, gas and water utilities, but I recently took a peek behind the curtain at how hospitals prepare for disasters.  And it [...]

I just read a great article describing how the US Forest Service developed the organizational model used by all utilities during emergency response – the Incident Command Structure, or ICS.  [...]