by Rebecca Innes Consulting | Aug 8, 2024 | Blog, Disaster Management, Emergency Planning
Four Common Gaps in Root Cause Analysis Methods in After Action Reports Each community disaster is a learning opportunity. As disasters become more frequent, leaders need a system to assess what happened and how to improve. This will help strengthen their disaster...
by Rebecca Innes Consulting | Jul 27, 2024 | Blog, Disaster Management
Disability and Disaster Management In an emergency, no one should ever be left behind. Emergency response plans must be inclusive and provide strategies for supporting every individual in your community—including those with disabilities. When it comes to disability...
by Rebecca Innes Consulting | Jul 18, 2024 | Blog, Disaster Management, Emergency Planning
Crisis Leadership During a Community Disaster Effective leadership during a crisis is multifaceted. The crisis leadership style that works for one type of community may not work for another. This is why emergency management teams must tailor crisis leadership training...
by Rebecca Innes Consulting | Jun 28, 2024 | Blog, Disaster Management
Four Barriers to Community Disaster Resilience Long-term community disaster resilience hinges on effective leadership, teamwork, and project management. In the wake of a disaster, individuals across organizations, levels of government, and industry sectors as well as...
by Rebecca Innes Consulting | Dec 4, 2023 | Blog, Disaster Management
What it Means to Build a Disaster-Resilient Community Resilience doesn’t look the same for every community. Those in rural areas have different resources, needs, and cultural values than communities in urban centres. Indigenous communities have important traditional...
by Rebecca Innes Consulting | Oct 13, 2023 | Blog, Disaster Management
Five Keys to Securing Disaster Financial Assistance Securing funding for disaster recovery can be a challenge for small emergency management teams, especially those in Indigenous communities. In addition to identifying funding options, teams are often faced with...