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Emergency Response Program: A Holistic Approach
In light of recent corporate aviation accidents and significant world events, I have seen many business aviation operators look solely to an Emergency Response Plan (ERP) as a holistic solution…
Sorry, There’s No App For That
Experiential Learning and Achieving Cerebral Retention Since when did we become an industry of passive learners, perfectly content to sit quietly through another lectern-leaning, talking head presenter? Even if he…
Emergency Response Planning – Integrating a Family Assistance Service Provider
Ask any organization with a solid culture what they would do if faced with an aviation accident, and the answer will often be “take care of the families.” These same…
The Missing Component of a World-Class Flight Department
Your business aviation professionals represent a high-caliber, safety-conscious demographic. Your flight department hires only the best pilots, with flight time exceeding regulatory guidelines. You have recurrent training programs with a…
Key Considerations When Building a Family Assistance Team
“This is what you do for a living? Why on earth would you subject yourself to this over and over again?” Those two questions came out of the blue and…
Beyond Notification and Family Assistance
Organizations that make it a top priority to take care of people after an accident are to be commended for their commitment to humanitarian response. But there should also be…
Emergency Response and Fast-Moving Media
“Reporters thrive on the world’s misfortune. For this reason they often take an indecent pleasure in events that may dismay the rest of humanity.” —Russell Baker As fast as air…
NIMS Resource Management
Welcome back to our continuing discussion of the National Incident Management System (NIMS). We first introduced you to NIMS in the fourth quarter newsletter of 2011. Subsequent NIMS articles appeared…
Gaining Situational Awareness in your EOC
You don’t need to look at too many NTSB Probable Cause Reports to see this alarming and reoccurring text, “…loss of Situational Awareness…” as the cause or contributing factor of…
