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COLUMN: World Cup 2026: A Nationwide Stress Test for Emergency Management Systems - HSToday

We prepare for hurricanes, wildfires, and terror events as discrete incidents.   The 2026 World Cup does not behave that way.  The United St

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Multidisciplinary Team Training in Public Safety - Domestic Preparedness

Moving beyond traditional silos, multidisciplinary training builds a faster, more efficient response system that protects both first respond

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Project Management Approach in Emergency Management - Domestic Preparedness

  Emergency managers are project managers. While the intersection between the two professions is not often explicitly highlighted, navigatin

For fans of the Planning P. And who's not a fan of the Planning P?!

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Incident Command System (ICS): History, Structure, and Modern Applications

Learn how Silent Beacon has capitalized on the best ICS structures to bring forward their Enterprise Safety Solutions package.

A very good, plain-language explanation of the Incident Command System (ICS). The only part Glenn disputes is the assertion that ICS is not a panacea. ;-)

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Can AI close the language gap in disaster warnings? A federal watchdog raises concerns.

The National Weather Service lacks clear goals and a funding strategy as it attempts to scale AI-powered multilingual alerts, a Government A

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NOAA Hurricane Hunters fly from PDX to study atmospheric rivers over the Pacific

If you’re at Portland International Airport and see a blue-and-white jet, it’s likely NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters.

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Korea conducts four-day Eulji exercise to enhance national emergency preparedness

Korea conducts four-day Eulji exercise to enhance national emergency preparedness

Wow: 580,000 people participating in an emergency drill in a county of 51.7million people. The same scale would require 3.8million people to participate in the US.

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2025.04.30 Citywide Deployment Exercise (CDE) Prep: What does an Incident Team Leader (ITL) do?

Resources mentioned:

NET ICS Forms

NET Training Video: Managing Spontaneous Untrained Volunteers (SUVs)

Clackamas Fire After Action Report (AAR)

Scenario Village exercises

Presentation slides