The process of creating and implementing a school emergency operations plan (EOP) can seem so daunting that it can be hard for school officials to know where to begin. And, unfortunately, if officials ...

Lafayette Consolidated Government today announced the completion and official publication of its newly updated Emergency Operations Plan —described by officials as a major milestone in enhancing ...

MICHIGAN (WNEM) - The Michigan State Police (MSP) Office of School Safety (OSS) has new resources for K-12 schools to develop or update its Emergency Operations Plan (EOP). An EOP details the actions ...

Standard emergency planning is often boring. While full-scale exercises and fancy equipment grab our attention, most emergency operations planning consists of dry meetings that sometimes seem mundane ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In response to recent severe weather that has battered communities across Missouri since July 29, Gov. Mike Parson signed an executive order Saturday to activate the Missouri State ...

Little training is given to new emergency managers as it relates to the different types of documents or plans that are the foundation of preparedness and response. Over time this has led to confusion ...

Planning is an important avenue to community emergency preparedness. The practice of emergency response planning is best thought of as a process - a continuing sequence of analyses, plan development, ...

This week, officials from a number of Platte County schools — including Lindsay Holy Family, Humphrey St. Francis, Scotus Central Catholic and Lakeview Jr/Sr High School — participated in an emergency ...

BOSTON - Massachusetts has launched an emergency operations plan in response to the financial problems with the Steward health system that affects several hospitals in the state. The hospital group ...

A COMMAND CENTER NOW ACTIVATED TO DEAL WITH THE FALLOUT FROM THE FINANCIALLY TROUBLED STEWARD HEALTH CARE. WHAT STEWARD LEADERSHIP DID WAS TERRIBLE AND REALLY IRRESPONSIBLE, AND WE KNOW IT’S PUT ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) -WKYT isn’t the only one tracking the weather. Governor Andy Beshear ordered on Wednesday that the Kentucky Emergency Operations Plan be in effect. This includes the activation ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD)- The City of Charleston is one step closer to adopting a new emergency operations plan. The plan was presented to the city’s Public Safety Committee and Charleston Mayor John ...