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Social Media’s Increasing Importance in Building Trust During Meningitis...
In watching the news about the recent fungal meningitis outbreak that resulted from tainted steroid medication, we were struck by one fact that escaped notice of many people who aren’t in public...
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Keep Company Data and Files Offsite. Way Offsite
In a recent blog post, we discussed the importance of companies getting into the habit of backing up their data and storing it in an offsite facility. We based that on a report by Sage North America’s...
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Sandy Shows Hospitals Unprepared for Their Own Emergencies
Superstorm Sandy revealed a lot about New York hospitals when disaster struck: according to a Reuters story, many of them were unprepared for dealing with their own emergencies. Several hospitals that...
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Do We Lack The Will to Prepare?
Bobby Knight once said, “The key is not the will to win. Everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important.” A recent blog post on ABetterEmergency.com (which also featured that...
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Three Social Media Crisis Communication Lessons from 2012
Social media has certainly been in the news a lot this year, whether it was Facebook’s poor IPO or Donald Trump’s post-election Twitter meltdown. When you start to look at some of the social media...
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Does Your COOP Cover The Flu?
It’s an early start to flu season, says the CDC, and they’re expecting this season to be a hard one. We’ve already wrapped up National Influenza Vaccination Week (December 2 – 8, 2012), and the CDC...
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Encourage Employees to Take Time Off When They’re Sick
A couple days ago, we talked about how the CDC is reporting higher than normal flu activity in some parts of the country, which at this time of year are already higher than they were for the entire flu...
View ArticleWhat To Do In An Active Shooting Situation (Jay Dotson on WXIN)
Our expert trainer, Jay Dotson, recently spoke with WXIN59, our local FOX affiliate, about what to do during an active shooting situation, in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting...
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Why You Need An Emergency Plan
The recent shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, CT demonstrated, if nothing else, the urgent need for every business, every school, and every organization to have an emergency plan to...
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Three Disaster Preparedness Resolutions For 2013
New year, new resolutions, new procedures. The end of the old year and start of the new year always brings new promises and cleaning out of methods and plans. So this year shouldn’t be any different....
View ArticleFree Webinar for 2014 HICS Updates
Lighthouse Readiness Group has been trained in the new changes and improvements made this year to the Hospital Incident Command System (HICS). We would like to share those with you in a free webinar....
View ArticleNew Incident Command & Emergency Management classes added
Registration is now open for 5 additional Incident Command & Emergency Management classes at our Training Center: BASIC – June 3-4 (added previously) – June 24-25 – July 8-9 – August 13-14...
View ArticleNew: OSHA 10 & 30-Hour Training, CHEP Certification
Lighthouse Readiness Group is proud to bring you two new service offerings: OSHA 10- and 30-Hour General Industry Outreach Training Programs and Certified Healthcare Emergency Professional (CHEP)...
View ArticleNew Dates for OSHA and CHEP Training
We have added new dates for OSHA 10- & 30-Hour Training and the CHEP (Certified Healthcare Emergency Professional) Certification program: OSHA 10-Hour Training: January 28-29, 2015 (1.5 days)...
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