Industry Highlights

CrowdSource Rescue is a new web-based platform created in the spirit of emergency response.  It was most recently used in the Florida panhandle to locate people after Hurricane Michael, as the [...]

Recent hurricanes and tropical storms have resulted in a unique problem – the overflow of millions of gallons of untreated wastewater into areas surrounding treatment facilities, including into [...]

I still remember it well – all hell broke loose in March 2011 when the largest earthquake Japan has ever seen (magnitude 9.0) created an equally massive tsunami that leveled the country and [...]

At long last, the bill known as America’s Water Infrastructure Act (AKA Senate Bill 2800) has been approved by both the House and the Senate and is now under presidential review.  Talk about [...]

I recently read an article that described a mass casualty event drill conducted by Lakeland Hospital in September 2018.  The hospital conducts similar drills annually, each time focusing on a [...]

According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), both the path and the size of a hurricane are the biggest factors that determine its impact on oil and gas production.  It’s [...]

On Wednesday, 10/3/18, tens of millions of U.S. citizens received a text from the president as part of a test of FEMA’s Wireless Emergency Alert System (WEA).  The objective of the WEA is to send [...]

Emergency crews should be cognizant of how to deal with polluted floodwaters in order to preserve their health and safety.  This is just one of many challenges that crews must be aware of [...]

New advances in computer technology could push SCADA systems out of the way in favor of substation virtualization.  What is substation virtualization and how can it help emergency preparedness?  [...]

According to The Hill, the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) is currently in the process of being reauthorized, pending the normal negotiation that needs to happen within [...]