It doesn't matter what you learn if you don't implement the ideas. As the saying goes, the person who CAN read but DOESN'T is no better off than the person who can't read at all.
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I suspect many of your colleagues (and perhaps your boss) look at it as pointless. It’s hard to see or quantify the cost when you can’t really see any actual difference or demonstrable improvement.
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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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Speaking with a friend of mine over Christmas highlighted how one influencing factor regarding decision-making can make a life saving difference. You may already know about ‘framing’ with regards
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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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Many organisations confuse emergency response with crisis management. In short, emergency management is generally used to describe preparation and response to physical incidents that create a risk to life safety. A crisis however, is...
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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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I was recently reminded of such by my wife who informed me the other day that I have some set rules that I regularly espouse when dealing with emergency related situations.
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