Posts tagged: emergency management

Using SMS in an Emergency is No Guarantee of Establishing Successful Communication

Some agencies are advising the public to use text messaging (SMS) in a large-scale emergency. The rationale is that the voice lines will be overloaded, but the little data packets for text messaging will get through. Conceptually this sounds nice. In fact, I used to advise this in the past, too. But based on my understanding [...]

Wednesday February 10th, 2010 in , , , | Comments Off

Logistics will Make or Break Your Emergency Management Efforts

Amateurs talk about tactics, but professionals study logistics.  That is a military maxim that applies to endeavours emergency management.  It’s easy to concentrate on tactics: the front line, where the rubber meets the road.  It’s easy to forget that there is no rubber and no gas in the engine without the right logistics behind the [...]

Monday December 14th, 2009 in , , , , , , , | Comments Off