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emergency response
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 2 years old
Ensure Your Crisis Communications Plan Is Ready for Action
Benjamin Franklin once expressed, "If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail." These wise words outline…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Healthcare: A Speedier Response for Stroke Patients
Through its Get Ahead of Stroke campaign, SNIS hopes to save lives and reduce disability by ensuring stroke…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Safety: Connected First Responders
The Monitoring Association is advocating for nationwide use of technology that would give first responders access to audio…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
ER Doctors Group Offers Member-Focused Resources, Support Following Shootings
As it’s done following prior mass shootings, the American College of Emergency Physicians is once again offering its…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
American Heart Association Will Harness Health Data to Speed Emergency Response
The association is teaming up with the emergency technology firm RapidSOS on a new voluntary tool to make…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Avoid These Four Crisis Communications Mistakes
When bad stuff happens—whether it be a financial scandal or a cyberattack—associations need a communication plan. An expert…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
New Tech Tool Uses Social Media to Improve Emergency Response at Events
Researchers at Purdue University have created a new real-time social analytics tool that police departments and other first…
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
Electric Companies Mobilize in Response to Hurricane Irma
The Edison Electric Institute’s network of members and industry partners are helping restore power to the millions affected…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Partnership Looks to Increase Cardiac Arrest Survival Rates
The International Association of Fire Chiefs and the PulsePoint Foundation join forces to highlight a mobile app that…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Organizations Help Communities Gear Up for Hurricane Season
Hurricane season kicked off June 1, and with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecasting that this season…
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
Association Responds to Bomb Threats at Jewish Community Centers
When 16 Jewish community centers received bomb threats on the same day, JCC Association of North America kept…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Heart Association Issues Updated CPR Guidelines
The American Heart Association recently released updated recommendations for performing CPR that include new suggestions for chest compressions…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
In the Wake of Disaster, Associations Lend a Helping Hand
When disaster struck Nepal, associations there and around the world swung into action. The 7.9-magnitude earthquake that hit…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Public Safety Groups Disagree on Deal to Boost 911 Location Accuracy
While two public safety groups have signed on to help wireless providers deliver more accurate cellphone location data…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Progress From Tragedy: 911 Campaign Gains Momentum
A young mother's murder in a hotel room last month—a tragedy complicated by a phone system which required…
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
Edison Electric Institute: Let There Be Lights
The Edison Electric Institute had a super-response to a superstorm that made sure the lights weren't out for…
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
Recovery in Colorado: Groups Move in as Floodwaters Retreat
After a week of downpours and record flooding, rescue efforts continue and cleanup is underway in Colorado. Associations…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Lack of Location Data Puts Mobile 911 Calls at Risk, Group Says
After discovering a large percentage of 911 calls made in California are failing to deliver location data, the…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Associations Join Sandy Recovery Effort
With resources and expertise to support local efforts, associations are springing into action in the storm zone.
