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Leader of nation’s largest disaster program joining Merit to spearhead emergency services team

Chris Walker, former Senior Vice President of WSP's Emergency Management division, has joined Merit as the President of the company’s Emergency...

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3 Preparedness Templates Emergency Managers Need Now

Everyone thinks your crew will save them…right now

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Strategic Data Across the Emergency Management Stages: How Dragging Three Lifeboats Across Antarctica Can Help You Recover from Disasters

Nobody was lost when the Antarctic pack-ice finally splintered the Endurance. The immediate threat to life ceased when Sir Ernest Shackleton's crew...

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Strategic Data Across the Emergency Management Stages: How Winning Three Super Bowls Can Teach You to Prepare for Disasters

Bill Walsh, who coached the San Francisco 49ers to three winning Super Bowls, was obsessed with preparedness. In his management classic, "The Score...

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Automating Volunteer Hour-Tracking with Merit Lets You Do Less Paperwork and More Life-Saving Work

This post was originally written for the Winter 2019/2020 CERT Responder Magazine by Volunteer Florida's former Emergency Management Director, Ken...

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Four Steps to Quick License Reciprocity with Merit ReadyNow

The usual process of interstate licensing is known to be a long, manual, and paperwork-heavy process, but COVID-19 is striking an urgency that many...

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Why Interstate Medical License Reciprocity is Fundamental During COVID-19

With recent city-wide shutdowns, travel restrictions, and limited testing availability throughout the country, many Americans are worried that...

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University of Utah & National CERT Association Launch Online Emergency Response Training Program Supported by Merit

The program is the first-of-its-kind to issue merits, allowing greater communication, real-time information sharing between state agencies and...

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Share Your Merits for Easy Verification

Our vision at Merit is for every person to get a fulfilling way to capture and gain greater access to their life’s merits in order to have the...

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