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Archive for August 27th, 2009

Importance of Inter-Department” Cooperation

Gordon Graham here again, and thanks for taking the time to glance at my little corner of the Credit Union site. There are a lot of great people providing some comments for you to read and perhaps glean a couple of thoughts for your usage – and I am honored to be able to give you my “nickel’s worth” on a monthly basis.

And the focus of my brief piece today is the importance of “inter-department” cooperation. When a major event occurs – and there are a lot of them on the horizon
including a terrorist attack, a technology failure, a transportation tragedy, a mass casualty event, or an Act of God (and I wonder who came up with that description) – will your fire department be able to work with other responders – like police – and will your efforts be complementary and fully integrated – or will it end up in a “clustermess” – and I just invented that word to get it past the editor of this piece. (more…)