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

The Failover Plan Podcast

Grace has nearly two decades of experience in the crisis management industry. She has managed comprehensive planning, training, and exercise programs for companies and organizations in various industries and has received her business continuity certification from Business Continuity Institute (BCI). Emergency Management.

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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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Isle of Coll Fire – A view from the frontline

Plan B Consulting

The local authority at Grenfell was overwhelmed with vans full of donated items to help the survivors, they were then criticised for their failure to manage these spontaneous donations. In Coll, a fund was set up to raise £2000 to help the couple with expenses that weren’t covered by insurance, and within two days the fund surpassed £13,000!