How to Streamline Emergency Communications Through a Hurricane
Hurricane season officially begins June 1, and Colorado State University has predicted a historically active season for 2024.
Patrick Forand is a certified incident commander and FEMA instructor and was a contract manager at the Florida Department of Health for more than 16 years. He currently leads emergency management, disaster planning, and response for CAN Community Health.
In this episode, Patrick shares valuable lessons learned from two recent Florida hurricanes—Ian and Nicole.
Listen in to learn how:
- Streamlined communication alleviates stress for staff and patients
- Unified threat intelligence and emergency communications improves disaster response
- Two-way communication and multichannel notifications empower emergency managers
- CAN Community Health scales and improves their communication and response plans
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