How to be an Emergency Ninja

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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The First Rule of Problem-Solving

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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Decision-making issues: Framing

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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Three Disaster Myths Busted

The ‘myths’ that the mass media relies on for those attention-grabbing headlines after the impact of a disaster, are generally found by studies to be largely unfounded. The media would have us believe that disasters

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The Fireman’s Carry – Not a Disabled Solution

We’ve all seen it, our favourite television action or drama show. Someone gets injured or is rendered unconscious and our valiant hero somehow gets the victim over their shoulder and carries them to safety. Usually..

Russell Boon25 August 2014 Comment

Car Park Accidents - A Crash Course

Does your facility have an underground car park? Are you surrounded by car parks? Or is there a car parking facility within your site like at a university campus or hospital? If so, do your emergency response

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Six Tell-Tale Signs Your Business Continuity Plan is ‘Tanking’

In previous articles I’ve contested that the act of planning is more important than the plan itself. I know not all Plans are created equal. Calling something a “Plan” doesn’t make it one. Real planning should

Russell Boon15 June 2014Resilience, continuity, planningComment

Everything Decays. Here's How to Fix That.

One thing I've noticed is that Property and Facility Managers like having a solution that solves a particular problem forever. I've felt this way. In the rare instance you've found the solution you thought would..

Russell Boon18 April 2014networking, decay, relationship, cntrl + shift + k, scheduleComment

Time to (Re) Consider Taking Some Risks?

Sometimes we're asked questions about emergency management or implementation of changes to procedures, and we give honest answers that the questioner or audience doesn't always like or agree with.

Russell Boon10 March 2014Risk, capacity, capacity-building, deepwater horizon, decision, decision-making, LeadershipComment

Planning for Floods and Fires now the Recipe for Disaster has Changed

If we are plucking people from their roofs, we’re not communicating about disasters properly. The floods in Queensland and Northern New South Wales and the extensive January bushfires which caused destruction..

Russell Boon3 January 2014communication, disaster, language, rescue, bushfire, floods, earthquake, communityComment

Breathing Fire. Dont temp it.

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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7 Tell-tale Signs of a Concealed Weapon

Recognising a security issue or threat before it become critical can make all the difference. Security personnel therefore should learn to identify specific indicators that a person may be armed. Here are seven signs everyone responsible for security should know about a weapon being concealed.

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