How to communicate non-emergency messages after a disaster is one of the main preparedness issues the Safe America Foundation has been working on since 2009. The desire to call loved ones after an emergency or disaster is natural; unfortunately these calls almost always overwhelm service provider capacity. As public safety agencies utilize more and more data rich content such as videos, pictures and audio, they're running into the same issues of "emergency-situation-bandwidth-overload" as the public.

Safe America Foundation’s Preparedness Campaign Presented at Annual National Governors Association Winter Meeting

First Spouses from 50 States Briefed on “Be Safe America”

Washington D.C. (Feb. 23, 2012) – The Safe America Foundation, a nationally recognized safety and emergency preparedness non-profit, showcased its Be Safe America national preparedness campaign to the nation’s First Spouses today at the 2012 National Governors Association (NGA) Winter Meeting.

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Waffle House As Private Sector Continuity Leader?

What does the Waffle House do to smother, cover, chunk, dice, pepper, cap, top and country disruptions that causemost businesses to shut down? According to the restaurant chain's CEO Walt Ehmer, the recipe for becoming a private sector, continuity leader is pretty simple – "Show Up!" "

No matter how bad it was, the first thing that got open invariably was a Waffle House," said Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Director Craig Fugate in an address to attendees at the International Disaster Conference and Expo in New Orleans this past week. The company's ability and resourcefulness in getting their restaurants back open after an emergency has almost become the source of legend for those in the emergency management community.