One of the biggest issues in emergency work is the long hours and constant interaction with hurting people who drain the responder’s passion and desire to keep going. The unfortunate truth is, you have to keep going because people are counting on you to get the job done. We need to get them back to some form of normal. How do you move from a place where you are burnt-out, to one where you are refreshed and ready to keep working? There are many strategies to regain your pa

Everyday throughout the country there are hundreds of drills, exercises, and tests going on to assess our emergency plans. Regardless of our success at these, we continue to drill, exercise, and test. At what point will we just figure it out? When can we stop testing and work on something else? Obviously, I am being sarcastic, and believe that we should never stop tweaking our emergency plans through exercise and drills. Knowing what to do in an emergency is critical. Pre