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A Proposed Strategy to Advocate for Improved Civil Protection in the United Kingdom

Emergency Planning

Increasing dependency on critical infrastructure makes the country ever more vulnerable to proliferating technological failure, whether it is caused by cyber attack, sabotage or natural forces. For years, local authorities have been starved of funds and resources. The local level.

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You Are On Your Own Mateā€¦

Plan B Consulting

After the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Indonesia, which suffered approximately 130,000 deaths, was funded to set up a tsunami early warning system, using buoys to monitor the sea for tsunamis. The tsunami reduced the rest of the town to matchwood. The post You Are On Your Own Mate… appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

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You Are On Your Own Mateā€¦

Plan B Consulting

After the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Indonesia, which suffered approximately 130,000 deaths, was funded to set up a tsunami early warning system, using buoys to monitor the sea for tsunamis. The tsunami reduced the rest of the town to matchwood. The post You Are On Your Own Mate… appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

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Interpreting Covid-19 as a Disaster

Emergency Planning

Distribution of vulnerability. Plenty of evidence exists to show that disasters have a disproportionate impact upon poor and vulnerable people. In some countries we may add the military authorities as well. Covid-19 is no different in this respect.

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SIA New Member Profile: FDI

Security Industry Association

This milestone was crucial to the company’s success on the French market and, in particular, allowed it to join, in 1995, the very closed circle of five manufacturers authorized by the national French postal services to manufacture VIGIK access control systems to allow professionals to access the common areas of buildings.

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SIA New Member Profile: IDCUBE

Security Industry Association

Divyakant Gupta : Blending the Internet of Things (IoT) with operational efficiency was my forte, as I used IoT-based sensors to automate data collection and analysis at large forestry sites in 2004 as part of my thesis at Michigan Tech University. We look forward to networking opportunities as well.