After disasters in California, it’s not unusual for the state to take action to fast-track rebuilding. Remember how quickly freeways reopened after the Northridge earthquake of 1994? This year, before ...

There are a few stories that I often tell when the subject of leadership in disasters is discussed. I figured I’d put them down on paper so I can stop repeating myself. It was pre OPA90, a single-skin ...

Time has not been kind to the law enforcement first responders in the Uvalde, TX, school shooting massacre. From initial (and brief) reports of uncommon bravery has come a steady torrent of criticism ...

The Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI) recently published its two-volume semi-annual lessons report focusing on protection of civilians and civilian harm mitigation and response.

Have the children relax; they could perhaps rest their heads on their arms on their tables. Read to them the selected passage, encouraging them to picture in the minds what is happening in the story.