Those who develop and write emergency management plans should be familiar with the Moltke the Elder quote, “No plan survives contact with the enemy.” While there are several versions of it floating ...

Emergency management is, at its heart, a profession obsessed with the future. We model storms that have not yet formed, train for attacks that have not yet occurred, and write plans for cascading ...

Comment: A standing commission of inquiry into adverse events would give NZ a permanent, independent capability to learn from ...

There are plenty of challenges to overcome in our effort to write all the required disaster plans that are “on the menu” of our to-dos. In this article, the author proposes that you “Ditch the Plan ...