by Jon Kern | 31 October 2017 | Article
Gone are the days where institutions only had to worry about medical or weather emergencies. Today we see blatant hostility toward the religious rights of people of faith. This “open season” against religious facilities includes religious houses of...
by Jon Kern | 18 October 2017 | Article
Survey says? Nah, not Family Feud, that’s a Jeopardy question. What is… Building Information Modeling? Correct, BIM is both a best practice process and 3D modeling that building designers use to create a project with integrated information to be shared...
by Jon Kern | 18 October 2017 | Article
It’s 2pm in the afternoon and you get a call that your main corporate center is on fire with employees trapped on the upper floors. As a manager, panic starts to kick in as you mentally go through your preparation for this day asking, “Did I do...
by Jon Kern | 10 October 2017 | Article
August 4, 1989 just before midnight on a Friday night, a passing police officer notices smoke/fire coming from a large building on Philmont Ave in Lower Moreland, PA. The building was used for storing pool chemicals; and manufacturing/storing hot tubs. Previously, the...
by Jon Kern | 4 October 2017 | Article
How many more times will we need to see an active shooter at an event, a stage fail at a concert or a car go through a large gathered crowd before we start preplanning? Anywhere a large gathering occurs presents the possibility that an incident may happen that will...
by Jon Kern | 29 August 2017 | Article
Most states have codes that hold elected officials responsible for the protection of their citizens in case of a disaster. To accomplish this, the code most often requires that each municipality have an Emergency Operations Plan (EOP), and Emergency Management...
