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Enhancing inclusive emergency communication: Addressing access and functional needs communities amid disasters

everbridge

Instantaneous visualization of community needs: A crucial capability for emergency managers Emergency managers face the daunting task of rapidly assessing and responding to community needs before, during, and after disasters.

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Weathering the Storm: Tips for Coping with a Disrupted Climate

MHA Consulting

These checklists should be incorporated in the business continuity or emergency management plan, with lists being created at the level of individual departments and also for the organization as a whole. This step is frequently overlooked but very important.

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Prepare Your Organization for a Hurricane

everbridge

They are responsible for ensuring public safety, emergency response, and timely community awareness. Hurricane preparedness considerations for hospitals include the same requirements as corporate and government entities. Hurricane Preparedness on Campus. How to Prepare Your Business for a Hurricane.

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The 2023 Hurricane Season Outlook

Risk Management Monitor

Organizations have gone through massive change over the past few years, including different work locations due to hybrid or remote work , staffing changes, and new technology that may aid in emergency response. Do a dry run.

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The 9 Best Books for Disaster Recovery Managers in 2022

Solutions Review

Description: “This new edition of a bestseller book addresses the complexities of disaster preparedness and business continuity. Description: “Exercises are a mainstay in the field of emergency management and business continuity planning.

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National Preparedness Month Highlights the Move from “If” to “When” in Preparedness Planning

Castellan

For 2021, the theme aligns with President Joe Biden’s Executive Order on Racial Equality and has strategies that include ways to empower diverse communities that have often been underserved when it comes to disaster preparedness.

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Testing, Testing: Our Best Blogs on BC Testing and Mock Disaster Exercises

MHA Consulting

In today’s post, we list, link to, and sum up MHA’s best blogs on recovery testing, IT/disaster tests, and mock disaster exercises. In business continuity, testing of all types can lay claim to a rare distinction: it is simultaneously one of the most important parts of any program, and one of the most neglected.