Tag Archive: Crisis planning

Apr 29 2010

Schools ready for crisis

from Pierce County Herald.com In this day and age of mass shootings and terrorism, besides the continuing possibility of natural disasters, Ellsworth school officials are ready to respond. A school crisis plan has been compiled by district administrators and approved by the local school board. The 35-page document is intended to guide officials through the …

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Aug 10 2009

Catastrophic Workplace Accidents: It Could Happen To You

By Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., manufacturing.net While the American workplace is safer than ever, hardly a week goes by without a news report concerning a plant explosion, a chemical release or a fatality arising out of a workplace accident. The most recent government data shows that there were approximately 5,500 workplace fatalities in 2007, which …

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May 27 2009

Crisis management: Keep calm and carry on

from PersonnelToday.com Defusing potentially violent situations in the workplace is something that all employers need to be prepared for. Phil Boucher talks to those taking a proactive approach. Most employers have to deal with angry customers and irate members of staff at some stage, but very few go down the route of some London schools …

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Mar 13 2009

Preventing Workplace Shootings

By F. John Reh, About.com I am so tired of writing about this senseless violence. Almost a dozen dead in Samson, Alabama. Another 16 dead at a school in Winnenden, Germany. Events like these bring into focus the potential for similar events in our workplaces. Take a moment now, before you need it, to read …

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