As Security and Emergency issues continue to merge, one issue needs to be clear.
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Bruce Lee was talking about adaptation and adjusting to suit the situation at hand when he articulated the famous quote to be ‘like water’. The emergency manager that sticks rigidly to emergency instructions or procedures
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Something surprising is surfacing throughout Western society and becoming more apparent to me every day. We, as a supposedly modern, educated, liberated, domesticated 1st world society, are outsourcing our responsibility.
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By most standards including the Australian Fire Authorities Council (AFAC) there are 4 stages of a fire. These stages are incipient, free burning, fully developed, and smouldering. The following is a brief overview
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The third version of the Melbourne CBD Safety Plan has recently been released. This was developed from lessons learned from the World Trade Center attacks and also following on from CBD emergency response plans such as ‘Sydney Alert’.
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Each and every facility is different. Different design, different size, different location, different occupants, different alarm system, different .... well you get the picture. So why then, is there still a market in the Australian Emergency Management planning and training industry for a one size fits all emergency plan?
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Not all emergency plans are created equal. Calling something a “plan” doesn’t make it one.
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