Standards, frameworks, and templates give us a shared language for crisis management. They align expectations and create consistency across organizations.  The risk is not in using them, but in optimizing for the document instead of [...]

Emergency management doesn’t fail because people don’t care, don’t train, or don’t know the plans. It fails because the systems we rely on to support decision-making degrade faster than we admit once pressure arrives. [...]

In today’s volatile and hyperconnected world, risks rarely occur in isolation. A single disruption — a cyberattack, extreme weather event, or supply chain failure — can quickly trigger a domino effect that spans continents [...]

Twenty years have passed since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, yet its legacy as a national tragedy and a critical learning moment endures. The Facts: 1,833 people perished, 1.2 million people were displaced [...]

The International Association of Emergency Managers announces August 2025 as the inaugural National Emergency Management Awareness Month! During August, emergency managers are conducting a coordinated, industry-wide awareness and advocacy campaign to promote the capabilities [...]

The Texas Hill Country floods left a path of destruction and heartbreak. For emergency managers and public safety professionals, it also brought immense challenges for our colleagues on the ground. As practitioners, we know [...]

Because spreadsheets don’t get tired, but your crisis team definitely does. Crisis management isn’t just built on backup generators, cloud platforms, and policy documents thicker than a Sunday roast. It lives and breathes through [...]

Crafting Business Continuity and Crisis Management programs that thrive in fast-paced aviation environments and the regulatory-heavy realm of Financial Services is a complex and nuanced endeavor. My approach is distinctly human-centered, designed not merely [...]

Chas Eby explains how the field of emergency management has significantly evolved since its inception. In his recent article at DomesticPreparedness.com he reminds us that the previous generation of emergency management was defined by [...]

For decades, Jack Cohen and Stephen Pyne have studied the history and behavior of wildfires. They spoke to The LA Times this week amid the unfolding calamity. The HUB’s editorial team felt this article [...]

After every disaster our team seeks to discover the lessons that are being learned.  There are still many unanswered questions. Daily we find more stories of heroism and generosity.  As we searched we have [...]