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Building Flood Resilience: A Grand Challenge for U.S. Water Policy

The Rand Blog

Since 2000, flooding events occur almost daily and the cost of inland flooding alone in 2023 was nearly $200 billion. Flooding has become the most expensive and frequent disaster in the United States. Managing flood risk requires transformations in land use, regulation, insurance, and financing.

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Will the New 988 Hotline Be a Game Changer for Mental Health or a Missed Opportunity?

The Rand Blog

Someone dies from suicide in the United States every 11 minutes, a rate that has increased almost 30% since 2000. The 988 mental health hotline will launch on July 16 but states need to clear significant hurdles: funding the expanded crisis response system and making sure people know it's available.

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EP21:Reaching the Next Generation of Planners | Burley & Navarro

The Failover Plan Podcast

Joel has been working in business continuity management since the early 2000. Crisis Communications. Human Impact/People Support/Workplace Violence. IT Disaster Recovery. Joel Navarro. He's an experienced business continuity executive with proven success in managing global resiliency programs.

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In Memoriam: Ron Spiller, Principal, R.F. Spiller & Associates

Security Industry Association

Spiller, who started his consulting business in 1994, served as president of SIA in the early 1990s and as SIA’s executive director from 1995 to 2000. In 1974, he became vice president and general manager of Morse Products Manufacturing, and when the company was acquired by Optex in 1992 he became president of Optex-Morse USA.

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Seeing and Hearing: Underrated Skills?

Emergency Planning

Palladio, Andrea 2000. References Forcellino, Antonio 2009. Michelangelo: A Tormented Life. Polity Press, Cambridge UK, 344 pp. Gombrich, Sir Ernst Hans Josef 1950. The Story of Art. Phaidon Press, London, 688 pp. The Four Books of Architecture ( I quattro libri dell'architettura , 1570). Dover Press, New York, 110 pp.

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Unlocking Climate Change Resilience Through Critical Event Management and Public Warning

everbridge

In the period 2000 to 2019, there were 7,348 major recorded disaster events claiming 1.23 The report “The Human Cost of Disasters 2000-2019” also records major increases in other categories including drought, wildfires , and extreme temperature events. million lives, affecting 4.2 Floods and storms were the most prevalent events.”.

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Some Cities Are Requiring Alarm Verification for Response – What It Means for the Security Industry

Security Industry Association

Verified Response Beginning in 2000 in Salt Lake City, Utah, similar verified response policies have been heavily promoted by some local law enforcement agencies. SIAC has helped local alarm associations address this type of issue for more than 20 years.