We have arrived at a momentous time during the pandemic when the next steps we take may prove to be critical in terms of the outcome of our societal response. Internal information sharing and coordination between all levels of government will be key as well as communicating a clear uniform message to the public. Now […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
IDC’s #1 Public Safety Tech Trend of 2020 is “radically rethinking public safety workflow”. According to IDC, public safety agencies are fundamentally rethinking public safety workflow by integrating workflow processes while leveraging next-generation technology, including broader cloud adoption. As a consequence of COVID-19, “which created the space and urgency to radically rethink operations”, this trend […]
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 […]
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 […]