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March 31, 2026 Posted by Jordan Hand in Internal Communications, Business Continuity, Crisis Communications, Mass Notification

How can workplaces reduce confusion and misinformation during emergencies through standardized response communication? Responding is Daniel Wagstaff, founder, RedFlagAlerts.com, Dallas. The worst time to develop an emergency action plan is during an actual emergency. There’s simply no replacement for pre-planning. Most employers know this but often don’t know where to start. The truth is that an EAP can be as simple …

February 10, 2026 Posted by Jordan Hand in Business Continuity, Crisis Communications, Mass Notification, Internal Communications

  In late January 2026, tens of thousands of organizations across North America and around the world found themselves in an uncomfortable but now-familiar scenario: their primary communication and collaboration tools just stopped working. On January 22, 2026, Microsoft 365, the backbone of email, messaging, and productivity for countless businesses, experienced a massive outage that persisted for over nine hours, …

February 4, 2026 Posted by Jordan Hand in Crisis Communications, Internal Communications

  10 Critical Communication Templates Every Manufacturing Plant Needs Manufacturing plants operate in one of the most complex and high-risk environments in modern business. Heavy machinery, hazardous materials, large workforces, and tightly scheduled production lines mean that when something goes wrong, seconds matter. That is why emergency communication is not a “nice to have” in manufacturing, it is a critical …

January 27, 2026 Posted by Jordan Hand in Crisis Communications, Mass Notification, Internal Communications

How Modern Employee Alert Systems Reduce Risk, Downtime, and Confusion Industrial workplaces are inherently complex and high-risk environments. Factory floors, construction sites, distribution yards, utility plants, oil and gas operations, and multi-building campuses all share one defining challenge: when something goes wrong, communication must be immediate, precise, and reliable. Yet in many organizations, the biggest risk isn’t the machinery, the …

August 26, 2025 Posted by Jordan Hand in Crisis Communications

In today’s unpredictable world, organizations can no longer afford to simply react to crises—they need to anticipate, monitor, and act before disruptions put people and operations at risk. That’s exactly what RedFlag’s new Threat Intelligence feature delivers. During a recent webinar, RedFlag Senior Account Executive Lee Johnson walked through how Threat Intelligence extends the platform beyond mass notifications to become …

August 6, 2025 Posted by Jordan Hand in Crisis Communications

When flash floods swept through Kerrville, Texas on the morning of July 4th, James Avery wasn’t given advance warning. There were no alerts—just a rapidly rising river and an urgent need to account for hundreds of employees across multiple facilities. Thanks to RedFlag, they could. A Jewelry Brand with Deep Texas Roots—and a Crisis on Their Doorstep James Avery, the …