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When Seconds Count: Emergency Management Lessons from the Impact Plastics Flood

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When Seconds Count: Emergency Management Lessons from the Impact Plastics Flood

October 25, 2025 Posted by in Location-Based Alerts, Business Continuity, Crisis Communications, Mass Notification, Internal Communications, Resident, Tenant & Vendor Communications tagged emergency alerts, natural disasters, emergency management

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The day the water rose On September 27, 2024, Hurricane Helene brought flash flooding to Erwin, Tennessee. At 10:39 a.m., Impact Plastics lost power as water began pooling outside. By 10:51 a.m., supervisors told workers they could leave if they felt unsafe, but it wasn’t issued as a clear evacuation order. Within the next hour, conditions changed fast. By around …

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How to Communicate With Employees, Tenants, and Customers During Extreme Winter Weather

November 12, 2025 Posted by in Location-Based Alerts, Business Continuity, Crisis Communications, Mass Notification, Resident, Tenant & Vendor Communications tagged natural disasters, extreme weather, employee safety, tenant safety

Winter storms, blizzards, ice storms, and polar cold now affect nearly every region of North America at some point each year making it difficult to communicate with tenants, employees, and customers. High winds, freezing rain, heavy snow, and dangerously low wind chills can strand people at home or on the road, knock out power for days, and create real threats …

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