By Kerry Painter, CVE, CMP, CEM Our venues have always been a reflection of the best of our community by providing memorable moments for its citizens, iconic events as well as places of support such as fundraisers, economic impact, or in the recent decade, places of refuge from weathe

By Michele Remenschneider As part of our annual All Employees Meeting, the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum invited IAVM Director of Education Mark Herrera to talk to our staff members. When we were in the planning stages Mr. Herrera suggested we could include some of our local venu

By Jana DeGeorge Verizon Arena in North Little Rock, Arkansas, was the latest venue to receive quality Situational Awareness and Trained Crowd Manager training from IAVM Director of Education/Life Safety Mark Herrera. COURSE OVERVIEW Situational Awareness: This course is designed to e

There’s still time to register for the Columbia (SC) Metropolitan Convention Center’s Emergency Preparedness and Risk Mitigation Safety Training on June 18. Maybe you’re still deciding, which is why we want to let you know FIVE reasons you should attend this summer&#

The Visit Anaheim Customer Advisory Board (CAB) in conjunction with the Anaheim Convention Center recently underwent situation awareness training under the guidance of IAVM Director of Education Mark Herrera. “This was a great group of industry leaders sharing best practices,