The Department of Homeland Security Office of Emergency Communications (OEC) released the first ever National Emergency Communications Plan (NECP) on July 31, 2008. This plan is and will continue to ...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’s) Office of Emergency Communications (OEC) has developed the nation’s first National Emergency Communications Plan (NECP). The plan will be the center ...

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Plan incident communications in advance to reduce confusion and protect people during emergencies. Define clear communication roles and authority, so messages are accurate, timely, and consistent.

A crisis never seems to occur at 11:30 a.m. on a Wednesday when your management team is already huddled for a regular meeting. Accidents, storms, outages and fires all seem to happen in the wee hours ...