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Crisis Response Journal, along with its associated channels, is the global information resource that covers all aspects of human-induced disasters or natural hazards, spanning response, disaster risk reduction, resilience, business continuity and security

Can people trust what they don’t recognise?For many businesses and organisations, a crisis brings more than the immediat...
14/11/2025

Can people trust what they don’t recognise?

For many businesses and organisations, a crisis brings more than the immediate challenge of responding to what has happened, says Amanda Coleman.

According to her, smaller organisations, often invisible until an emergency strikes, must first establish who they are before explaining what has happened. She notes that without a clear online identity in an era of misinformation, others will define it for you.

What do you think? Read the full blog here and let us know in the comments: https://tinyurl.com/yt65njh8

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Zainab Farooqui interviews Derek Cheevers about his deployments in Poland and Türkiye with the EU Civil Protection Mecha...
14/11/2025

Zainab Farooqui interviews Derek Cheevers about his deployments in Poland and Türkiye with the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, reflecting on the challenges of co-ordination, information management, and humanitarian response in complex, multinational emergencies.

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First responders are inherently exposed to psychologically traumatic events, increasing their risk of developing mental ...
13/11/2025

First responders are inherently exposed to psychologically traumatic events, increasing their risk of developing mental health condition, writes Erik de Soir. According to him, in such cases, early psychological support interventions and psychological debriefing have been used in an attempt to mitigate the various mental health effects of critical incidents on soldiers and first responders.

He continues: The problem is that up until today, there is not a single guideline that states what should be done to support uniformed services personnel in the first golden hours after exposure to critical, potentially traumatic events. Researchers lack field experience, and field workers lack scientific knowledge, but one thing is certain: After major crisis situations, first responders will stay together, share experiences, and support each other.

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Diana Concannon looks at vicarious targets, their neurological responses, and their role as a hidden, but potent risk fa...
13/11/2025

Diana Concannon looks at vicarious targets, their neurological responses, and their role as a hidden, but potent risk factor in today’s threat landscape.

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What kind of intelligence can navigate a world that refuses to be predicted, asks Nashin Mahtani. According to her, as o...
12/11/2025

What kind of intelligence can navigate a world that refuses to be predicted, asks Nashin Mahtani. According to her, as old patterns of prediction based on ecological cues unravelled due to the climate crisis, new signals emerged and converged on the phone screen; however, the sheer volume of information sharing made it difficult to filter through the noise.

She adds: To meet this challenge, our team developed Situational Intelligence Open Source Software to transform the noise of social media into a crisis response network. Our software plugs directly into existing social media channels and listens for disaster-related keywords. The system immediately displays verified reports on a live, web-based map, PetaBencana.id, making it freely accessible to all residents, first responders, and government agencies.

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In today’s warfare, hybrid threats are no longer abstract debates for defence ministries; they shape the supply, reputat...
12/11/2025

In today’s warfare, hybrid threats are no longer abstract debates for defence ministries; they shape the supply, reputation and very existence of private organisations, says Sophia Klewer. According to her, these threats combine military and non‑military instruments and are deliberately designed to stay below the threshold of declared war.

She adds: There is a fundamental shift in conflict dynamics where private organisations become proxy targets. Nation-state actors increasingly target companies, not for commercial gain but to undermine state capabilities indirectly. To tackle this, effective response requires fundamentally reimagining crisis management structures and capabilities. Traditional models assume clear incident boundaries, identifiable adversaries, and discrete response phases, assumptions that hybrid threats systematically violate. Crisis management leaders must drive organisational transformation while managing immediate operational demands

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Continuing on from their discussion on the 5x5 risk matrix in CRJ 20:2, Chris Needham-Bennett and Iman Chaudhry devise a...
11/11/2025

Continuing on from their discussion on the 5x5 risk matrix in CRJ 20:2, Chris Needham-Bennett and Iman Chaudhry devise a matrix that highlights the dangers of the HILP event. According to them, while the real probability of an event remains obscure or, at best, subjective, the effect of an event is far easier to forecast and is far less subjective.

They continue: One can, effortlessly, assess the probability of a random person on any given day losing their wallet. However, this fails to take into account so many factors as to make forecasting the probability impractical. What level of care is taken of the wallet? What is in it, cash, cards or both? Where is it lost? To whom is it lost? And perhaps most importantly, in what context was it lost?

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In theory, organisations rely on rational choice models that assume decisions are made logically to maximise utility or ...
11/11/2025

In theory, organisations rely on rational choice models that assume decisions are made logically to maximise utility or group interest, writes Matt Ireland. However, according to him, organisations are messy, contradictory ecosystems that often make rational choice models overly simplistic.

He continues: If the dissonance within systems guided by rational models (like strategy, governance and resource allocation) isn’t addressed, it can propagate across the organisation, leading to fragmented, distorted and inconsistent individual and collective decisions.

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Andrew B Brown looks at how his experience as a young police officer in Scotland influenced his approach to overseeing ...
10/11/2025

Andrew B Brown looks at how his experience as a young police officer in Scotland influenced his approach to overseeing humanitarian operations and the importance of local cultural wisdom in achieving sound community acceptance

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As Russian aggression increases in Europe, is the UK becoming its defence keystone?Matt Minshall suggests that the UK’s ...
10/11/2025

As Russian aggression increases in Europe, is the UK becoming its defence keystone?

Matt Minshall suggests that the UK’s position, physically separated from mainland Europe, politically independent of the EU, yet bound by a ‘special relationship’ with the United States, places it at the heart of the Western response to Russian destabilisation.

The UK’s accelerating defence investments, including new missile systems and a modernised naval strategy unveiled at DSEI 2025, mark a decisive shift from planning to preparedness.

As Europe re-arms and old alliances are tested, the UK could act as the stabilising bridge between transatlantic partners. But can it sustain leadership in a divided Europe?

What do you think? Read more here and let us know in the comments: https://tinyurl.com/2s43p7xk

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Could we monitor the world’s land in near real-time to prevent hazards before they happen?A new satellite-based system c...
07/11/2025

Could we monitor the world’s land in near real-time to prevent hazards before they happen?

A new satellite-based system called DIST-ALERT provides near-real-time monitoring of land surface disturbances worldwide. Unlike traditional monitoring systems, which utilise imagery from one satellite system, DIST-ALERT obtains images from two systems, Landsat 8/9 and Sentinel-2A/B/C, that have five total satellites, allowing it to have a faster revisit rate. This enables scientists to track both natural events (such as fires, floods, and droughts) and human-led changes (such as deforestation or crop shifts) almost as they happen.

If we can detect changes this quickly, should governments and organisations be required to act immediately, or is there a risk of misuse of this information? Read the full piece here and let us know in the comments: https://tinyurl.com/ys4n37xj

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Tabasom Mahjub argues that humanitarian intervention has long stood at the intersection of moral duty and legal restrain...
06/11/2025

Tabasom Mahjub argues that humanitarian intervention has long stood at the intersection of moral duty and legal restraint. According to her, the international community often faces a recurring dilemma – when, if ever, is it permissible to use force to prevent mass atrocities without the consent of the host state?

She continues: While the United Nations Charter enshrines state sovereignty and prohibits the use of force except in self-defence or when authorised by the Security Council, modern crises have repeatedly tested these limits, beginning with Kosovo in 1999 and lately, by Russia. If humanitarian intervention is to remain viable, it is essential to have a clear framework to address these issues.

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