Emergency Communication

When the War Is Everywhere at Once

When financial instruments become weapons, prayer apps become psychological operations platforms, and misinformation spreads faster than your approval process, crisis communicators need a fundamentally different intelligence model — as the 2026 Middle East conflict has made brutally clear.

Can Emergency Managers Trust AI-Generated Crisis Messages? Research Meets Reality

Storm Kristin: When National Crisis Communication Excellence Meets the Last-Mile Problem

A Crisis Communicator's Field Notes from Six Days Without Power

Navigating the Polycrisis: An Insights Report for CCOs and Strategic Communicators

The World Economic Forum's 2026 Global Risks Report reveals how interconnected geopolitical, technological, and societal crises are reshaping communication strategy—here's what CCOs need to build, practise, and resource now.

When Your Emergency Alert System Becomes the Emergency: The CodeRED Ransomware Crisis

The November 2025 ransomware attack on Crisis24's CodeRED emergency alert system left US municipalities unable to warn residents about life-safety threats, forcing some to resort to door-to-door notifications while exposing critical gaps in crisis communication preparedness.

The Chernobyl/Fukushima Problem: Why Worst-Case Scenario Bias Makes Us Less Safe

Emergency preparedness experts default to Chernobyl and Fukushima when planning for radiological incidents, but this worst-case scenario bias causes panic, inappropriate responses, and potentially more harm than the radiation itself.

How Do You Maintain Crisis Communication When Infrastructure Fails?

Traditional crisis communication plans collapse when infrastructure fails. The Minimum Viable Crisis Communication (MVCC) framework provides a three-tiered response system that works even when phones, internet, and email systems are compromised or completely offline.

When Disasters Strike: How Emergency Communication Timing Determines Who Lives and Dies

When flames meet human nature: what forest fires reveal about risk and emergency communication

What 23 European studies reveal about human behavior in emergencies

The 8.8 Wake-Up Call: Emergency Communication Lessons from the Pacific Rim

What Russia's massive earthquake taught us about cross-border emergency communication response

I Fed AI My Emergency Alert Playbook. Here's What Happened.

From flooding alerts to Twitter posts: can AI really help us communicate faster when lives are on the line?

First UN Global Risk report: we're failing at the risks that matter most.

Why the world's first UN global risk report should worry every crisis communicator

OECD Report – Your crisis playbook won't work for what's coming next

Why the latest OECD research report on emerging risks is about to change everything you know about crisis preparedness

Three Cities, two continents, one truth: Crisis Communications in the Age of AI

How Trust, Speed, and Pattern Recognition Now Define Crisis Readiness

Why Communities, Not Agencies, Hold the Key to Emergency Resilience

What Aboriginal language groups and disaster survivors can teach us about real preparedness and resilience.

Report: The Crisis in Crisis Communications

Why the world is running out of the people we need most when crises strike.

European Blackout: When the Lights Went Out

How a Continental Power Failure Revealed Our Digital Fragility

Mastering Crisis Communication in Multilingual, Diverse Societies

How the UAE is redefining emergency response through cultural intelligence and multilingual communication.

Community First, AI Second: Dispatches from WCEMS 2025

Reflections on WCEMS 2025: What Global Leaders, Technologists and Crisis Experts Are Getting Right—and Where We Still Have Work to Do

Conceptual and Practical Differences Between Risk, Emergency, and Crisis Communication

Distinguishing Risk, Emergency, and Crisis Communication Across Theory, Timing, and Application

System Thinking in Crisis Communication: Boost Trust & Strategy Effectiveness

Explore how system thinking—using stocks, flows, feedback loops, and leverage points—can transform emergency communication in real-world crises.

Why 'Natural Disasters' Is a Dangerous Myth (+ What Smart Communicators Do Instead)

The Multihazard Reality: Preparing Your Message for Complex Crises

The Impact of USAID Suspension and WHO Withdrawal on Global Humanitarian Aid

Examining the consequences for communicators and the shift toward community-led solutions.

Crisis Communication in 2025: Key Findings from the Reuters Institute Report

From AI Misinformation to Platform Shifts: A Strategic Guide for Emergency Response Leaders

Resilience Redefined: Essential Strategies for Emergency Communicators

From Bounce Back to Bounce Forward: How Adaptation, Innovation, and Equity Can Transform Emergency Communication