In this age of increasing emergency threats, informal volunteer emergency workers often provide critical first responder help, usually search and rescue, first aid, damage, and need assessment.
But because they tend to lack pre-established relationships with emergency managers, informal volunteers can also pose operational risks. Dispatchers, for one, can’t verify training or credentials, so they are unable to accurately match volunteer skills with service areas. And that’s not the only management challenge relief organisations face. What are they?
Availability Management Challenges in the Age of Increasing Threats
Topics: Emergency Management, Emergency Response, Emergency Management Newsletter, Emergency Operations
How Virtual EOCs Can Give Agencies Instant Access to Critical Information
Physical EOCs (Emergency Operations Centers) have proliferated in recent years. And it’s easy to see why. Physical EOCs help teams, individual organizations, and multiple agencies working in concert mobilize people and equipment for incident responses lasting the entirety of an emergency.
Topics: Emergency Management, Emergency Response, Emergency Management Newsletter, Emergency Operations