Robin Blandford

Crisis Fatigue or Dangerous Disregard? Navigating Extreme Weather's Edge Once-in-a-millennia floods. Historic heatwaves. Record-breaking storms. What used to be rare is now routine. Yet proactive measures — from early warnings to preemptive shutdowns — come at a cost, ...

🥵 As extreme weather becomes more common, we all face challenges - and so do our businesses.

🎙️ I will be debating "Crisis Fatigue vs Dangerous Disregard" at **The Situation Room - Live Debates** on July 30 - so make sure to subscribe & tune in: thesituationroom.bettermode.io/live-debates...

Ever wonder how a search and rescue team operates in a city like Toronto?

Join us live on June 26 for a conversation with Gavin Bequiri from Respond SAR, covering everything from event medical response to public safety support.

🔗 d4h_respond_sar.eventbrite.com

#SearchAndRescue #GTA #D4H

Clinton County EMA: Progress and Preparedness - 2025 and Beyond Tune in for a live stream with the Clinton County Emergency Management Agency, discover the advancements they've made in recent years!

It’s happening this week! Clinton County EMA goes live with D4H

📅 Thursday 12th June
🎙️ Real rural EM insights w/ Thomas Breckel
🔗 Save your spot: d4h-clinton-county-ema.eventbrite.com

#EmergencyManagement #LiveStream #D4H #ClintonCounty #BravoZulu

May is Wildfire Awareness Month, perfect timing for the release of the #D4H Wildfire Extension Pack 🔥

Built for real-world operations; fast, mobile, and field-ready.

Video overview 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsRj...
More info 👉 www.d4h.com/blog/2025-wi...

#WildfireAwarenessMonth #IncidentCommand

British Airways chief says ‘game-changing’ AI has helped cut delays Flights delayed more than an hour still exceed pre-pandemic numbers

British Airways chief executive Sean Doyle said the airline’s performance had improved after it invested £100mn in its “operational resilience” on.ft.com/4mdM5EI

Festivals to hurricanes - Lincoln County, NC plans for it all with the same dedication.

Excited for our next D4H live stream with Joshua Holland from Emergency Services, hosted by Billy Pappas.

🔗 d4h-lincoln-nc.eventbrite.com

#EmergencyManagement #CrisisPreparedness #D4H #BravoZulu #PublicSafety

Learn to be an Alerting Admin | Live Interactive Training Join us for our first expert-led training session hosted by D4H specialists Marie and GP, focusing on a product overview of D4H Alerting.

Register here 👉 expert-led-training.eventbrite.com

Here's to building smart, simple tools—and making sure you get the most from them.

#D4H #LiveTraining #EmergencyComms #CustomerSuccess #AlertingTools

Our first-ever live interactive training session kicks off next week.

Marie and GP from the D4H team will walk through everything you need to know about D4H Alerting—from setup and templates to new features like long text alerts and delivery sequences.

Excited for tomorrow’s live stream with Steve from Kaufman County OEM 🎥

They’ve done an incredible job modernizing their #emergencymanagement with @D4H.com—moving beyond paper, Teams, and manual work to something much easier.

📩 Sign up here: kaufman_county_oem.eventbrite.com

New Feature! 🏃 Alert Delivery Sequences Your alerts now have a very particular set of skills! Depending on the alert severity, chase your alerting recipients across multiple channels in a timed sequence with, auto-retry, auto-skip, and simu...

"I will find you, and I will alert you" #emergencymanagement #crisismanagement #emergencyresponse www.d4h.com/blog/alert-d...

💬 One of the biggest limitations of alerting using SMS text alerting or push notifications in a #crisis is the character limit when sending. We've solved it by just launching long text alerts in @d4h.com so your next activation, page, or team alert can be in full. www.d4h.com/blog/long-te...

I almost blackout every time I think about how ~every single state~ needs to be hiring ~hundreds~ of more people to work on emergency management (and some states need to hire thousands) to even begin to compensate for what it would be like to manage a major disaster without FEMA.

Water shortage threatens the world’s most abundant lithium reserves Global lithium demand is expected to grow by 40 times by 2040.

Freshwater essential to lithium mining is running low in the world’s “Lithium Triangle,” a mineral-rich region in the Andean Plateau that stretches across parts of Argentina, Bolivia and Chile and contains more than half of all global lithium reserves.

Search and rescue operations continue as night falls Follow live updates after a powerful earthquake rocked central Myanmar, damaging buildings and forcing people to flee into the streets in neighbouring Thailand.

• Powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocks Myanmar
• 144 people dead, 732 injured, says Myanmar's junta chief
• Tremors felt across region including in Thailand, China and Bangladesh
• Three killed, 81 trapped after 30-storey building under construction collapses in Bangkok
www.rte.ie/news/asia/20...

Seismic activity detected in Ireland from Myanmar quake The magnitude 7.7 earthquake which struck Myanmar this morning has been detected by seismic instruments stationed in Ireland.

Seismic activity detected in Ireland from Myanmar quake www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

Seismic activity detected in Ireland from Myanmar quake The magnitude 7.7 earthquake which struck Myanmar this morning has been detected by seismic instruments stationed in Ireland.

Seismic activity detected in Ireland from Myanmar quake www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

For the first time on record, Boston will go the entire month of March without recording even a "trace" of snow (dating to at least 1891)

Very quiet stretch we're in. 6 years yielding only 3" of snow. By far the least snowy such stretch (next lowest is 14.1" over 6-years)

Preparing Future Emergency Managers at Pennsylvania College of Technology | LinkedIn

🔴 Live Now! Don't miss "Future Emergency Managers at Pennsylvania College of Technology" with William Pappas, PMP®, CBCP®, CEM®... lnkd.in/esx67V4x

📳 NEW: Critical Alerts in D4H! 📳

Our latest update introduces Critical Alerts – a powerful push notification that overrides ‘Do Not Disturb’ with an alarm sound, ensuring you’re always notified when it matters most.

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#D4H #CriticalAlerts #EmergencyManagement #CrisisManagement

Many states have fewer than a dozen full-time emergency management employees. Think about that for just a moment - a dozen people expected to handle a massive flood, terrorist attack, or tornado outbreak. With no federal support. No backup. No cavalry. This stupidity will get Americans killed.

I’d love to hear more about what you’ve seen/think could go wrong. The world is going in this direction (fast) and I’d like to deeply understand the risks.

Come see how Pennsylvania College of Technology has integrated D4H into the curriculum of its bachelor’s degree in emergency management and homeland security on March 25th!

Save your spot: pennsylvania_college_of_technology.eventbrite.com

#LiveEvent #EmergencyManagement #D4H

YouTube video by D4H FEMA’s role is changing, but your responsibility isn’t.

FEMA's role is changing, but your responsibility isn't. youtube.com/shorts/ITq2A... #emergencymanagement

D4H: Ensuring HIPAA Compliance for Secure Healthcare Data Management At D4H, we understand the critical importance of safeguarding sensitive health information. That’s why we’ve built our platform with robust security controls and procedures to ensure full compliance w...

www.d4h.com/blog/d4h-ens... D4H is HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) compliant Emergency & Crisis Management software.

New maritime security unit to address threats to Ireland A new maritime security unit has been set up at the Department of Defence to look at ways to address maritime threats and risks to Ireland.

"Prepare a more aggressive procurement strategy for acquiring new military capabilities.

This includes the acquisition of interceptor jets, as well as radar and sonar capabilities to allow the skies and seas to be monitored by Ireland's Defence Forces."

www.rte.ie/news/2025/03...

London's Heathrow Airport closed for day following fire Britain's Heathrow Airport said it would be closed for the day after a huge fire at a nearby electrical substation wiped out power, disrupting flight schedules around the world.

Britain's Heathrow Airport said it would be closed for the day after a huge fire at a nearby electrical substation wiped out power, disrupting flight schedules around the world

Doing More With Less: Innovative Solutions for Budget-Conscious EMAs Emergency Management Agencies (EMAs) often face the daunting task of maximizing impact with limited resources. In today's landscape, budget constraints are a reality for many, making innovation and…

In an era of evolving challenges and fluctuating budgets, innovation and adaptability are paramount.

D4H's latest blog post explores how technology, strategic partnerships, and creative resource management can enable EMAs to do more with less. www.d4h.com/blog/doing-m...

#EmergencyManagement

From day-to-day operations to incident command, @D4H.com adapts! See how Medicine Hat makes it easy for their teams.

Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3Wz...

#Usability #EmergencyManagement #Uncomplicated #D4H

Atmospheric river to wallop California as study finds storms getting worse Authorities are preparing for flooding and debris flows after recent wildfires have stripped vegetation from hillsides

⛈️ "This is still small relative to the changes that we think are going to happen in a future warmer world"

The climate is coming for everybody.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Join me TOMORROW for a live chat with emergency management expert Merrick Brown.

🔗 Register here d4h-medicine-hat.eventbrite.com

If you can’t make it live, sign up anyway and we’ll send you the recording!

#EmergencyManagement #EmergencyPreparedness #D4H #DisasterManagement