by Maurice Ramirez | Jan 4, 2008 | Mitigate, Respond
Over the past two decades, who has saved more lives in home fire? You may be surprised to learn that more children have saved their parents than parents have saved children. Nearly two generations ago, the National Fire Safety Council created the Stop,...
by Maurice Ramirez | Nov 24, 2007 | Plan, Respond
Non-pharmacological response plans for pandemic include not only social distancing, but often some combination of school closures, cancelation of mass gatherings and travel restrictions. These last three hold significant financial implications for the communities and...
by Maurice Ramirez | Sep 26, 2007 | Lessons Learned, Respond
The newest catch phrase in human resource management and career development, it is “emotional intelligence”. Commonly defined as the insight into ones own reaction to the work place environment as well as the people and events in that environment emotional...
by Maurice Ramirez | Jun 18, 2007 | Respond
Research into transmucosal absorption of intranasal Vitamin B12 gel supports a significant absorptive capacity for Vitamin B12 by this route. Given that the mucosal thickness of the intranasal mucosa compared to the sublingual mucosa is approximately the same in that...
by Maurice Ramirez | Jun 15, 2007 | Lessons Learned, Respond
In the disaster field office, there are three simple yet absolute rules to managing media relations. Businesses, celebrities, and even hospitals have created for themselves foibles and catastrophes due to a basic lack of ability to manage media relations and the...
by Maurice Ramirez | Jun 8, 2007 | Mitigate, Respond
In addition to the thousands of U.S. service men and women whose full-time profession is the defense of our liberties through their service in the United States Armed Forces, a large number of our heroes in uniform come from the reserve forces in all five uniformed...