Crisis Management Insights
Read up on our emergency preparedness advice for business owners and employees alike.
Your Holiday Safety Briefing
1. Know Your Risks and Create Simple Action Steps
Prepare for the basics:
Fire: Do you know your evacuation route? When was the last time you checked your smoke alarm batteries?
Power Outages: What’s your backup plan if the power goes out halfway through cooking the turkey? (OR do you have a backup pre-cooked turkey somewhere? I can neither confirm nor deny doing this…)
Natural Hazards: My hometown occasionally experiences earthquakes. They’re rare, but when they happen, my family tends to panic like headless turkeys. To prepare, I always review “Drop, Cover, and Hold On.”
Pro Tip: When my nieces and nephews were younger, they loved running through the house to find the best “safe spots” during our earthquake drills. It’s a surprisingly fun pre-dinner activity!
Internet Meltdowns: Slow internet can lead to big meltdowns. Break out the old board games early — it’s a lifesaver.
What’s in Your Mental Health Toolkit?
Building resilience takes time, and what works is unique for each of us. But every step we take, every tool we add, strengthens us for the challenges ahead. So, what’s in your mental health toolkit, and how are you taking steps to fortify your resilience?
Critical Training for Active Assailant Response: A Personal Account and The Resiliency Initiative’s Mission
I've spent many years in the emergency management field, designing training programs and responding to every type of hazard imaginable—countless fires, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, explosions, train derailments, and even cyber hacks and ransomware attacks. Yet, there is one type of incident that cuts deep every time: an active shooter situation. For me, these are the most mentally taxing to manage, especially from the vantage point of being in an Emergency Operations Center, where I often watch the tragedy unfold from a distance, helpless to intervene. The harsh reality is that most active shooter incidents are over in less than five minutes. In those moments, all I can do is hope that the training we provided takes hold, guiding those caught in the crossfire to safety.
From Y2K to CrowdStrike: Why Business Continuity Planning is Your Secret Weapon.
Operation disruptions and immediate revenue loss are not the only risks you need to consider. Think about the impact on your organization's brand if you do not have plans in place to respond quickly. Customers affected by a protracted business interruption are likely lost forever.
Quarterly Resiliency Forecast-Summer 2024
In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, risk planning is essential for every organization aiming to maintain operational continuity and achieve long-term success.
TRI’s CEO, Andrea Davis, published in Cyber Defense Magazine.
TRI’s CEO, Andrea Davis, published in Cyber Defense Magazine.
TRI’s COO, Lorraine Schneider, presents at FEMA’s Annual Higher Ed Symposium.
TRI’s COO, Lorraine Schneider, presents at FEMA’s Annual Higher Ed Symposium.
Tornado Reality Check: An Emergency Manager's Personal Experience and Preparedness Insights
I have responded to countless disasters of many different types, spent more hours than I have spent sleeping in some version of an emergency operation center or another and even had to use my life safety training, such as CPR, on more than one occasion. I would say that emergency response is part of who I am; even my initials are AED. However, though I have been in this field for half my life, I have always been the helper, NOT the one needing help.
TRI’s CEO, Andrea Davis, presents to the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center.
TRI’s CEO, Andrea Davis, presents to the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center.
Three Members of the TRI team Selected as IAEM’s 40 under 40 Honorees.
Three members of The Resiliency Initiative team selected as IAEM’s 40 under 40 Honorees.
TRI hosts inaugeral Resiliency Academy in San Antonio, Texas.
TRI hosts inaugeral Resiliency Academy.
TRI presents at the annual School of Rock Overdrive Conference.
TRI presents at the annual School of Rock Overdrive Conference.
TRI’s CEO, Andrea Davis, published in Rough Notes Magazine.
TRI’s CEO, Andrea Davis, published in Rough Notes Magazine.
The Imperative of Prioritizing Accessibility and Inclusion in Emergency Management Consulting
As the climate crisis escalates and many emergency managers are often in a constant state of response and recovery, more and more emergency management consultants have stepped in to assist in the preparedness and planning phase.
BBC News Online interviews TRI’s CEO, Andrea Davis.
BBC News Online interviews TRI’s CEO, Andrea Davis on the value of community sirens.
TRI’s CEO, Andrea Davis, was appointed to serve on the Global Consortium of Civil Society and Non-State Actors on Climate Change and the Conference of Parties (GCSCCC).
TRI’s President and CEO, Andrea Davis, was appointed to serve on the Global Consortium of Civil Society and Non-State Actors on Climate Change and the Conference of Parties (GCSCCC).
The GCSCCC is envisioned as a groundbreaking initiative aimed at fostering collaboration and amplifying the voices of civil society organizations (CSOs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), academic institutions, private sector entities, and other non-state actors in the global discourse on climate change.
The Resiliency Initiative Presents at the 2024 National Hurricane Conference.
TRI's CEO, Andrea Davis, and Director of Preparedness, Faith Newton, presented at the 2024 National Hurricane Conference.
Andrea and Faith shared lessons learned from their tenures with Disney and Walmart. They provided risk assessment tools that attendees could tailor to their organization and gave tips on engaging third-party vendors in their organization’s resiliency planning.
They concluded the session with an engaging tabletop exercise where participants played different sectors responding to a national fuel shortage.
TRI participates in the Commonwealth of Virginia’s, Department of Emergency Management’s First Vendor Fair.
TRI attends the Commonwealth of Virginia’s, Department of Emergency Management’s (VDEM) First Vendor Fair.
Quarterly Resiliency Forecast-Spring 2024
In the event of a crisis, having employees who can seamlessly transition into different roles ensures that essential functions can continue, even in the face of adversity.
Invest in the Right Risks
If a company conducts a risk assessment and then creates plans and strategies to mitigate and respond to those risks, it will see significant cost savings at the back end of the crisis. FEMA estimates that for every dollar spent reducing risk, six to seven dollars will be saved from economic losses associated with recovering from a crisis.