In development or review of emergency and response plans for campuses, it is prudent to review and consider the security of your substations and power grid connections. - LDA HOMELAND SECURITY Small-scale power grid attack could cause nationwide blackout, study says http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/03/13/us-risks-national-blackout-from-power-grid-attack-study-says/ The U.S. could suffer a national blackout if attackers knocked out just nine of the country's electric-transmission substations on a hot summer day, according to a previously unreported study by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
All parties at all levels of the federal, state and local levels of government responsible for planning for such an event should recognize and implement a strategic proactive communications and community relations outreach strategy
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Darryl ARMSTRONG and Associates Behavioral Public Relations LLC proposes that the best approach to helping any organization review and renovate their plans is to first conduct a crisis audit leading to a step-by-step planning process. This process leads to the development of a comprehensive business continuity plan with sub-plans dealing with emergency operations, crisis and media and social media management
Too often, an organization’s emergency planning focuses more on procedures and property rather than on how people may be affected by a natural or man-made disaster
An effective crisis communication plan puts you in control of what may be a very volatile and confusing situation
The safety plan’s other components include: • On-site safety lectures to school staff by experts on how to immediately respond to campus threats while awaiting police response; • A drill by school staff of those lessons; • Refining existing emergency response contingency plans and training levels to boost effective response; • Develop synchronized response plans. The Redwood City Police Department is also focusing on protection of middle and elementary school students — the youngest and most defenseless children, according to the announcement — by reviewing security plans and making recommendations at all school sites, having day shift patrol officers meet with the administrators of each school within their beats to establish good working relationships, conducting walk-throughs of each school to familiarize themselves with the layout and surrounding areas and, when work permits, stop by each elementary school in their beats at least once during each school day. The plan is in keeping with the advice we share with our clients at L
Also for those of you with Medical centers or hospitals, what precautions do you have in place for your Security or Police who work in the ER?