May you live in interesting times. It seems more of a curse than a prophecy as a second COVID-related lockdown seems to be approaching some of us. Government, healthcare, and businesses are rightly concerned about the health and...
Blog Articles
Data Will Empower Emergency Responders in 2021
As many of us experienced, quarantine was a good time to pause and think about the journey we are on. I took some time to reflect on the past 12 months at inFRONT, and it gave me time to recall many of the lessons learned from our work in...
The Eye of the Storm: AllClear During a Real-Life Disaster
Before the storms, we purchased new portable accountability readers for our site but were having trouble with them staying online. Since we were relying on a Wi-Fi connection, we switched to FirstNet from AT&T, and inFRONT helped us...
inFRONT Launches AllClear 7: Emergency Readiness as a Service
The new model provides greater accessibility, even more cost savings, and additional flexibility in emergency readiness for the critical infrastructure. August 19, 2020 (New Orleans, LA) – New Orleans-based inFRONT announced the launch...
Adapt, Listen, Have Fun
“Adapt or die.” “Listen to your customers.” “Have fun at work.” These three mantras have been part of my career from the start. I was able to work for companies like Disney and a major league baseball team as a college student and just...
Now That National Safety Month is Over, Welcome to the National Safety Month Blog
June is traditionally recognized as National Safety Month in the business world. It’s a great time to continue to raise awareness, discuss current trends in safety (COVID 19, anyone?), and refocus our efforts. But what changes on July 1?...
Safety and Financial Criteria: Short Term vs Long Term
Recently, I was looking through our content files and came across a post I wrote in 2014. As I read it, it struck me how it could apply almost exactly to the situation we find ourselves in today. Here it is: “The realities of our industry...
What Now?
Emergency Readiness in the Industrial Market Uncertainty, Opportunity, and Necessity Converge It’s May 21st. Here in Texas, my family and I have been “at home” since March 15. Our two older children have finished their college semesters...
Why Emergency Readiness at Your Site is Even More Important in the Midst of a Global Emergency
I spent some time on a call with a new AllClear customer this morning. His site is in a unique situation, in that they have a functioning AllClear system, but they have not yet run their first drill with AllClear. In fact, the COVID-19...
Continuous Improvement – Emergency Readiness While the Business World is on Pause
With the world on “Pause”, the rhythm of daily life has changed. Penalties and opportunities come with the change. The fact that very few are driving or flying means that major parts of our industry are suffering. At the same time, being in lockdown opens time to do things that we’ve been meaning to do.