Author: Alejandra Dean

We at COSTEP MA invite you to join us for our blog series on writing – or updating – your disaster plan. Over the next month and a half, we will be posting tips and guidance each Tuesday on emergency management and disaster planning. The culmination of this series will be our live tabletop exercise … Continue reading TTX Tuesdays: Wrapping it up

Happy Tuesday! Last week, you worked through your salvage priorities and procedures, and gave some thought to a command center from which to coordinate your recovery efforts, as well as designated a safe space to gather during an evacuation. This week, we’ll think through supplies and services needed for response and recovery. We’ll provide suggestions … Continue reading TTX Tuesdays: Supplies and Services

We at COSTEP MA invite you to join us for our blog series on writing – or updating – your disaster plan. Over the next month and a half, we will be posting tips and guidance each Tuesday on emergency management and disaster planning. The culmination of this series will be our live tabletop exercise … Continue reading TTX Tuesdays: Response and recovery, part 2

We at COSTEP MA invite you to join us for our blog series on writing – or updating – your disaster plan. Over the next month and a half, we will be posting tips and guidance each Tuesday on emergency management and disaster planning. The culmination of this series will be our live tabletop exercise … Continue reading TTX Tuesdays: Response and recovery, part 1

We at COSTEP MA hope our TTX Tuesdays tips and guidance are inspiring you to work on your disaster plan. On September 22, 2020, we’ll wrap up our TTX Tuesdays series with a live tabletop exercise (TTX) where your Massachusetts organization can put your completed disaster plan to the test. Register soon – seats, even … Continue reading TTX Tuesdays: An Ounce of Prevention

Last week, we covered two important steps to take before you begin putting together your disaster plan: conducting an institutional risk assessment and gathering information and resources on emergency preparedness. We also highlighted two free disaster plan templates: dPlan and the NEDCC Worksheet for Outlining an Emergency Response Plan. An additional template we’d like to … Continue reading TTX Tuesdays: Drafting your Disaster Plan

We at COSTEP MA invite you to join us for our blog series on writing – or updating – your disaster plan. Over the next month and a half, we will be posting tips and guidance each Tuesday on emergency management and disaster planning. The culmination of this series will be our live tabletop exercise … Continue reading TTX Tuesdays: Write your Disaster Plan with us!