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Reflections on the Turkish-Syrian Earthquakes of 6th February 2023: Building Collapse and its Consequences

Emergency Planning

Vox clamantis in deserto : to examine this aspect of the disaster one would have to face up to difficult issues, such as corruption, political decision making, people's expectations of public safety, fatalism versus activism, and more. How much simpler to attribute it all to anonymous forces within the ground! Ozmen, H.B.

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Community Resilience or Community Dystopia in Disaster Risk Reduction?

Emergency Planning

With regard to the last of these points, it is worth considering the criticisms of the concept of social capital, which is often used in conjunction with community-based DRR (Haynes 2009, Inaba 2013). In Florence, by contrast, there is a living, active concept of fiorentinesimo. I need not repeat them here. Disaster subcultures.

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State of the Nation - a UK Perspective on Covid-19

Emergency Planning

The scenario for this pandemic (excluding the recovery) was fully formulated over the period 2003-2009. Civil protection, when it works, is a form of participatory democracy, in which the citizen has an active stake in his or her own safety and security. I have taught it every year since then.

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Security Industry Association to Present Kim Hooper, Bobby Louissaint, Ron Martin and Eddie Reynolds With 2022 Jay Hauhn Excellence in Partnerships Award

Security Industry Association

She founded iluminar in 2009, and the company has become a leading manufacturer and global supplier of infrared and white-light illuminators and license plate recognition products. SIA will present the award to Hooper, Louissaint, Martin and Reynolds at the SIA Market Leaders Reception , which will be held March 22 during ISC West.

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Top Four Takeaways: Evolving Resiliency Strategies Report

Castellan

Executives showed increased scrutiny of resilience management capabilities and became actively involved in program reviews, resulting in increased financial support of resilience (via staffing, software automation, and technology). Get the Evolving Resiliency Strategies Report. DOWNLOAD NOW. Executive engagement surged in 2021.

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Business Continuity as a Business Strategy

Disaster Recovery Journal

The investigation and cleanup activities forced changes in business operations. The common elements between the two businesses are a well-communicated business strategy, pro-active managers, and a lack of an established business continuity plan.

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Ten Years of Teaching the CBCI Certification Course – What Has Changed?

Plan B Consulting

What I think is especially interesting, is how the points I emphasised and thought were important in my first course in Glasgow June 2009, have changed since then. This has meant that there is less need for Work Area Recovery, and if staff can easily work from home the impact on delivery of activities is minimised.

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