The Important Role ICS Plays in Agricultural Emergencies

In the article, “Agriculture Incidents and Effective Multi-Agency Coordination” by Frank Castro-Wehr and Mark Ghilarducci,  the authors discuss the uniqueness of agricultural emergencies versus other disasters and the importance that Incident Command System (ICS) plays in managing and coordinating the short and long-term response.   ICS can be c...
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The Blue Cell’s Virtual Training Best Practices VALIDATED!

In reviewing the EMI Monthly Newsletter (March 2021), I was not surprised to see EMI coming to many of the same conclusions on best practices with virtual delivery as we have.  The first take away from the newsletter is that virtual training is here to stay!  Certainly, there are some curriculums that are better suited for a virtual delivery tha...
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