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October 5, 2020
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Ontario Disaster & Emergency Management Conference (DEMCON)

Hi Folks – I’m excited to be attending the virtual Ontario Disaster and Emergency Management Conference (DEMCON) this week on October 7th and 8th!  I’m looking forward to learning from some of the sessions and networking with my peers across the country.  I also look forward to contributing to the forums and getting the word […]

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September 28, 2020
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Implementing Virtual EOC Software During a Pandemic

Hi Folks, In case you’re wondering if this can be done, the whole end-to-end process of implementing a turnkey virtual EOC software solution can be accomplished both remotely and quickly – even during a pandemic. Discovering whether a particular cloud-based incident management solution will meet your requirements can be explored online and tested in a […]

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September 21, 2020
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Accelerating Capability Development While Exploring the Art of the Possible

If you know what you want with respect to an incident management system (IMS) solution but are constrained from moving forward soon for budgeting or procurement reasons, or you’re not yet sure what you need in an IMS, it may be possible to do one or both of the following: implement a more affordable and […]

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September 16, 2020
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Technology as a Force Multiplier

In Canada, the next wave of COVID is building.  We have anti-mask protests and police de-funding protests.  We have smoke from wildfires in the west.  And who knows what is going to happen on November 3rd, or what it is going to mean for Canadians?  We live in a great country, but we are not […]

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September 8, 2020
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Emergency Management Tech Survey

In an August 2020 survey conducted by CounterCrisis Tech, a large majority of emergency managers from across Canada told us they are finding it a challenge to comply with relevant government guidelines and industry standards.  This same majority also said that, although they have a need to share information with other organizations in a timely […]

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August 4, 2020
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A Message about Data Interoperability from our Founder & CEO

Hi, Folks – Here’s an old picture of me as a smokejumper. I was trained by the US Forest Service at the North Cascades Smokejumper Base (NCSB) in Winthrop, Washington – ‘the birthplace of smokejumping’.  Some of you may know that the Incident Command System (ICS) was developed in the 1970’s following massive wildfires in […]

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July 27, 2020
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Closing the Canadian Emergency Preparedness Capability Gap: Data Interoperability Is the Key  

Some experts think that COVID-19 is a wake-up call to the more negative societal impacts we can expect to experience soon because of climate change as well as other potentially damaging trends such as cyber security attacks.  By all accounts, it seems reasonable now to expect, for example, more severe weather events, more demonstrations as […]

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May 22, 2020
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Announcing the Launch of IC4W

CounterCrisis Tech is pleased to announce the release of our new product – IC4W!  IC4W is a next generation SaaS software solution designed for crisis and emergency management. The product is cloud-based allowing government and industry users to access and utilize the software from anywhere including in an EOC, in the field or at home.  […]

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March 1, 2020
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CounterCrisis Tech

I am pleased to announce the formation of CounterCrisis Technology Inc. and my role as Founder & CEO. CounterCrisis Tech works with government, industry, indigenous and NGO customers to develop strategies and technology solutions to optimize operational readiness for emergency management.  With a relentless increase in the negative impacts of climate change, and the expansion […]

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