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Safeguarding your people and business from winter threats starts with understanding the risks and having a plan.

Keep your remote employees safe, productive, and engaged this winter with these safety best practices.

On December 16th, AlertMedia hosted a live webinar about how organizations can prepare for a new year of unpredictability and change. Read the recap and watch the on-demand version of the webinar to learn the steps that your business can take to remain resilient in 2021.

Read this article to learn how to create a crisis management plan and explore the role communication plays in keeping people safe and businesses running before, during, and after a crisis.

This winter season will be unlike any we’ve seen before. With the COVID-19 pandemic altering how we work, convene, and communicate, it will be more important than ever to ensure your workplace is prepared for the cold months ahead.

On November 10, meteorologists from the National Weather Service joined AlertMedia to discuss how to prepare for winter weather during the pandemic. Read the recap and access the recording of the webinar.

Follow the three steps included in this article to ensure your organization is prepared to communicate effectively with employees during any emergency or business interruption that may arise.

When you need to communicate critical information to employees, a one-way text messaging tool doesn’t compare to emergency communication software.

When used correctly, a wildfire map can be a valuable resource for your business. This article discusses the three types of wildfire maps—and when to use each one.

Businesses face many communication challenges during wildfire season. Keep your employees safe this wildfire season with these 7 steps.

Wildfire season is here and businesses have a lot at stake. The impact of wildfires on business is astounding, and proactive companies need to be ready.

Gain useful insight on HR best practices that can be utilized to fulfill an organization’s duty of care and keep employees safe.

Preparing your people for impending damage and responding to community needs after a storm can help you overcome far-reaching consequences for your business.

Modern threat monitoring capabilities can show you the storm as it’s approaching and help you identify and communicate with at-risk employees.

Hurricanes can impact businesses far inland. Read this article to learn the various precautions your business should take regardless of where your offices are located.

Preparing for an emergency requires a strong emergency communications plan. If a critical event arises, you must respond with confidence.

If your organization finds itself in the path of a hurricane, you need to react swiftly and decisively. Several of AlertMedia’s customers understand this reality all too well and were kind enough to share how they use our product to keep their people and business safe during all phases of a storm. Several ingredients must…

Building your hurricane preparedness plan will help your organization to navigate a dangerous storm as well as keep employees calm during a hurricane.

Learn how your business should message hurricane emergency communications through all phases of a hurricane: before, during, and after the storm.

Hurricane season is upon us. Learn how you and your business can be prepared with hurricane notification templates as part of an emergency notification system.

Before a hurricane hits, it’s important that you prepare in advance and develop a hurricane communication plan that the entire organization can depend on.

Knowing the different hurricane categories and what they mean can help you prepare your business for hurricanes of any size.

Gain useful insight on communication best practices that can be utilized as we approach hurricane season in order to ensure employee safety. Check out our recap of our hurricane preparation webinar.

You can’t control when a storm hits, but you can ensure that you’re ready when it happens. Learn how to prepare your business for a hurricane.

The COVID-19 Pandemic is all we think about these days, but there are other threats—such as hurricane season—that we need to keep in mind. Follow the four steps in this article to prepare your organization for this uniquely challenging hurricane season.

Experts agree that there will most likely be three stages to this pandemic. Read this article to learn how your business can prepare for every stage.

To facilitate an agile response to the pandemic, learn how to form central teams dedicated to pandemic response, known as COVID-19 task forces.

Read this article to learn how to boost your company’s risk intelligence so you can anticipate, plan for, and respond to a wide array of different risks.

In the sea of information regarding Coronavirus, though, it can be hard to identify what your organization can do to prepare for the spread of the disease. In this post, we will discuss the practical steps you can take today to prepare your business for the Coronavirus.

One of the most powerful tools included in modern communication systems is location-based services, which include GPS tracking, map views, and geofencing. Read this article to learn how to leverage this tool to keep your employees safe at all times.

Today, AlertMedia formally announced 24/7 Emergency Hotline. This new offering provides organizations with a dedicated phone number their employees can call in case of any emergency, at any time.

Here are the four steps to conducting a business threat assessment so you can reduce risk to a level that is acceptable to your organization.

In this post, we describe what an all-hazards approach to emergency planning means and how to leverage it to protect your business.

Not all maps are created equal. In this post, we’ll walk you through the three different types of travel safety maps—and when to use each one.

Explore the impacts of severe weather and learn tips on how to effectively prepare businesses for winter weather events through effective communication.

Is your company ready to overcome winter challenges? AlertMedia has the capabilities to help your organization manage every phase of a winter storm.

The economic impact of a simple snowstorm can be upwards of $1 billion. Use this guide to winter storm preparation to minimize the impact on your business.

Traveling for business introduces a host of unique problems. Following these four corporate travel security tips will get you headed in the right direction.

In this blog post, we evaluate the most common method taught in the United States to mitigate active shooters: “Run, Hide, Fight.” Although this method is widely taught, the way it is taught has become highly controversial.

Most companies never want to think about the potential for an active shooter event at their workplace. But with no active shooter response plan, companies fail to provide their employees with the proper protection and safety.

This guide will help you and your business react to fires better by outlining a process for how to conduct a fire drill at work.

Incidents of fire in the workplace can be devastating. Protect your organization from the threat of a workplace fire by learning life-saving fire prevention tips.

As a leader, you need to be prepared with a fire evacuation plan for your business. These 7 steps will make sure your people and property are protected.

A workplace fire can become a nightmare scenario for any organization. This blog will provide you with tips on how employees should react during a fire or emergency.

There are many types of workplace violence, from verbal abuse to homicide. How can you mitigate these risks to make your workplace safe?

While workplace fires are sometimes out of an organization’s control, understanding risk will help dramatically reduce the likelihood a fire will occur.

This is a guide to business continuity aimed at financial institutions. With millions of dollars at risk, the need for an effective plan is mission-critical.

Automated emergency notifications can be a powerful tool in certain circumstances. In this post, we’ll explore the ways you can automate critical alerts.

Save precious time with emergency notification message templates you can build ahead of the emergency and send across multiple channels.

Here are some tips on how to select a mass notification system to ensure a painless process when implementing new emergency alert technology.

A tabletop exercise is a low-cost but high-impact emergency planning event. This guide will show you how to do a tabletop exercise effectively.

In this post, we unpack the fundamentals of NFPA 1600: what it is, what it means for your organization, and how you can benefit from it.

“Organized emergency” can sound like an oxymoron, but if you follow these steps beforehand, you will be prepared if a critical event does arise.

Any plan is only as good as the technology that supports it. Here are 5 signs that you need to upgrade your mass notification system.

Facilities managers are usually the first to return after a hurricane. This article details 3 post-hurricane safety precautions they should keep in mind.

Follow these best practices for hurricane preparation and response from companies who know how to withstand the storm.

Event Pages significantly reduce the amount of time and energy required to provide important information during an ongoing critical event while simultaneously ensuring the right messaging gets to the right people at the right time.

Learn how to create a CMS compliant emergency plan that ensures patients, residents, clients, and participants are safe and informed during critical events.

With new guidelines from CMS, organizations are faced with new challenges to stay compliant. Read on for some suggestions to build your now plan.

With the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services enacting new guidelines on emergency preparedness, your organization might have questions. We have answers.

Being able to communicate quickly and easily with your employees is key to a successful emergency plan. Learn how to improve your plan with location data here.

When was the last time you surveyed your employees to learn which communication channels and devices they most use?

Thinking about an emergency notification system? Here are 14 features you should consider before you invest.

Integrating systems and technologies is the only way to effectively deliver real-time emergency notifications across multiple devices.

Mass notifications are a vital part of any emergency response plan—but hospitals are most at risk without an effective emergency response strategy. Learn how mass notifications can act as a lifeline for healthcare facilities during an emergency.

Recovery after a disaster isn’t easy or cheap but it can be eased when communications flow back and forth between business leaders, support staff, and employees.

With so much campus violence, schools are realizing the necessity of mass text software as part of a comprehensive emergency notification strategy.

If you’re a business owner or manager, particularly in a role related to security, it’s time to look at mass notification software for your emergency plan.

As we approach the end of this year’s National Preparedness Month, now is the perfect time to talk about how a modern, mass notification system can benefit your business.

When Was the Last Time You Practiced Your Plan? Plenty of companies have some sort of emergency plan in place and even a few of those practice the plan on a regular basis with their employees. Yet, nearly 60 percent of American adults say they have never practiced what to do in a disaster at…

Do your employees feel safe when a hurricane is on the horizon? Leveraging mass communication software will give them peace of mind.

A critical event can be stressful, and if you aren’t prepared to communicate when disaster strikes, a critical event can escalate quickly. Templates help ensure that you always send out the right message at the right time.

As you’re evaluating emergency notification system vendors, be on the lookout for these seven must-have features of an emergency notification system that will make your communications easier.

Leveraging user groups in an emergency notification system facilitates a more efficient, faster, and simpler communications process.

The secret to effective mass notifications lies in the simplicity of sending the notification and streamlining all the activity into one experience.

When setting the foundation for employee safety and communication, one essential resource to establish is a secure emergency phone number.

Two-way communication gives organizations the benefit of audience participation during emergencies, critical events, and important company-wide announcements.

The right mass communications partner is critical to your success. When reviewing a system to protect your organization lookout for these core components.

AlertMedia conducted a survey of 400 organizations—including schools, healthcare facilities, municipalities, and large enterprises—and learned some interesting statistics about emergency communication and the need for a modern solution.

AlertMedia, the developer of next-generation emergency communication technology, has announced the launch of the first “any-channel” notification platform.

In order to have a successful response during a real emergency, your practice should mirror a real emergency management situation as much as possible.

Good crisis communication planning requires that you identify potential crisis risks that can affect your business before they occur.

Managing emergencies requires effective employee communication tools that ensure accurate messages are sent, received, followed-up, and tracked.

A tornado can strike at any point. A modern mass notification system can help save lives during the short period of time you may have to communicate with your community.

Every airport needs to have a robust, modern mass notification system in place. Read on to learn why.