Last week we finished a project with a large Pipeline company surrounding its emergency preparedness and planning. This 9-month project was not my first foray into the private EM realm, but it was the most informational. I had always know that private emergency management was strong, but I had just assumed that when the heat was on, most of the work and responsibility would fall back on the public sector. After last week’s emergency exercise, I quickly realized I was wrong

Erie Prep staff participated in a full-scale emergency exercise on September 18, 2018 at the Ohio Emergency Management Agency EOC in Columbus Ohio. The exercise tested the emergency operations at the Perry Nuclear Power Plant (PNPP) where a simulated met-down event had occurred. Erie Prep assisted with the Mass Care responsibilities alongside our friends at the American Red Cross and the Ohio VOAD.

In the wake of massive disasters, fears about crime and other forms of disorder usually rise. However, while some people do take advantage of the collective distraction, the fear of crime — particularly looting — typically outstrips the reality, said experts who study storms and recoveries.[1] According to a report from the University of Delaware, looting is rare — an exception to the rule of communities’ pro-social responses to disaster. Despite fears to the contrary, disa

As I sit here on Labor Day morning drinking a cup of coffee, I have to ask myself, “How important is planning?” While many are scheduling their day off or readying the grill for a cookout, I am here planning for an upcoming emergency exercise. Does all this pre-event planning work really pay off? In my field for a 3 or 4-hour emergency exercise, you might have half a dozen or more meetings to discuss the actual event. In fact, many of these meetings are built into the mode