Written by: OnSolve During an emergency, you need to know how to send alerts to the public and provide life-saving information efficiently and effectively. Fortunately, today’s officials have much better options than ringing a bell in the town square — … read more

Written by: Darrell Smith, The Sacramento Bee (TNS) — A critical emergency alert system designed to warn UC Davis students and staff failed to fully notify the campus until more than an hour after Davis police Officer Natalie Corona was … read more

Written by: David Raths Wildfires that broke out late the night of Oct. 8, 2017, in Sonoma County, Calif., burned nearly 5,300 homes and killed 24 people. Many survivors received no warning about the fire’s spread, and a review by … read more

  Written by: Robin Hattersley-Gray, Editor-in-Chief of Campus Safety On Tuesday the U.S. Department of Education published the final report of the Federal Commission on School Safety in which it outlined best practices relating to a wide variety of school … read more

  Written by: Megan O’Matz and Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, December 18, 2018   (TNS) – Fresh details emerged Monday about another of the key blunders in the response to the Parkland massacre — miscommunication about video footage that led … read more

  Written by: Amy Rock The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a healthcare cybersecurity guide on Friday in an effort to create consistency in mitigating cyber threats. The department describes the voluntary guidelines, titled ‘Health Industry Cybersecurity … read more

  Written by Michael Dorn, October 10, 2018 – Safe Havens International Blog Mass casualty school shootings are neither a new phenomenon nor a type of violence unique to American schools.  Though American school shootings predate the Civil war, the … read more

Written by: Anna Gorman, Kaiser Health News The number of people hospitalized because of amphetamine use is skyrocketing in the United States, but the resurgence of the drug largely has been overshadowed by the nation’s intense focus on opioids. Amphetamine-related … read more

  Written by: Katie Malafronte Authorities have confirmed that Tuesday’s active shooter scare at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., was a drill gone awry. The Navy, which runs the hospital with the rest of the U.S. … read more

Written by: Michael Dorn, Chris Dorn, Steve Satterly, Dr. Sonayia Shepherd and Phuong Nguyen for Campus Safety Magazine Five of our analysts reviewed the Sandy Hook School Shooting summary report that was released by Newtown, Conn., officials Nov. 25, 2013. Our … read more