by Jon Kern | 9 December 2017 | Article
Is your airport ready for an emergency? Airports vary widely in size and complexity; from small general aviation airports, to mid-size regional airports, to large-hub airports. However, they all have one thing in common, the potential for emergencies. An airport...
by Jon Kern | 15 November 2017 | Article, Guest Speaker
Every year, on Christmas morning reenactors cross the Delaware River from Pennsylvania to New Jersey at Washington’s Crossing, recreating the historic event of George Washington crossing the Delaware to attack the Hessian troops stationed in Trenton New Jersey. ...
by Jon Kern | 15 November 2017 | Article
In high risk, high reward research environments facilities staff, environmental health and safety, and risk managers understand the need for pre-incident plans at several levels. First, nothing can go wrong! Unlike many other business functions, the R&D and...
by Jon Kern | 7 November 2017 | Article
I got the call early one Labor Day morning, “Can you come into work early? There has been a foam release at one of the hangars and we need some extra manpower.” I’m an Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) Captain at a small regional airport in New...
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...
