In the United States, today is Thanksgiving. The holiday means a lot to people. Today, I find myself thankful for service people: Law Enforcement, Firefighters, Public Works, Emergency Management, Delivery People, my building’s Doormen, and many others. With the California Wildfires, I am especially thankful for those firefighters. Having helped fight much smaller wildfires, I … Continue reading Wildfires: Giving Thanks and Support
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What are the things that you worry about when thinking about safety? What about with your family? With my background and interest areas, stuff that comes to mind for me includes fires, violent people, and medical emergencies. The basics of home and family safety include some things like working smoke detectors (one per floor and … Continue reading Family Safety: Codewords
Elevator Entrapment Protocols and Considerations What to do when someone is stuck in an elevator? This question comes up on occasion in campus safety and emergency management conversations. I asked some colleagues in higher education emergency management via the Disaster Resistant University Listserv about this and got a lot of great responses. After reviewing … Continue reading Elevator Entrapment Protocols and Considerations
Never Forget? We always do - Book Review for I Can't Save You But I'll Die Trying: The American Fire Culture by Burton Clark ______________________________________ Firefighters have to die, right? Isn’t it part of the job? Dr. Burton Clark, EdD, EFO has been arguing in his new book (and for decades) that this is not … Continue reading Never Forget? We always do – Book Review for “I Can’t Save You But I’ll Die Trying”: The American Fire Culture by Burton Clark
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