Emergency Planning

APRIL 24, 2022

A principle of cascading disasters is that the world is ever more closely linked by networks on which we all depend for communications, commerce, enlightenment and entertainment. It is obvious that military instability is likely to complicate and retard the process of getting natural hazard impacts under control.

Natural Hazard 199

Natural Hazard All-Hazards Entertainment Transportation 199

Recovery Diva

MAY 12, 2022

Review by Donald Watson, co-author with Michele Adams of Design for Flooding: Resilience to Climate Change (Wiley 2011). all community members…be provided with the ability exercise their agency fully through free and informed choice in support of their personal well-being. #2 Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management.

Management 113

Management All-Hazards Transportation Authorization 113

everbridge

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Although an extreme case, the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan should be a lesson to corporate risk and security leaders everywhere. This is hazardous thinking. But government action alone is not enough. Businesses must ensure that they have the infrastructure, plans, and operational capacity to manage polycrisis events.

Malware 52

Malware All-Hazards Response Plan Cybersecurity 52

Emergency Planning

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Since 2008, pandemics have been top of the list of 96 threats and hazards in the UK National Risk Register of Civil Emergencies in all editions. Plans were made in the UK in 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2014. I have taught it every year since then. There were major exercises on pandemics in 2005, 2007 and 2016.

Civil Emergency 130

Civil Emergency Pandemic All-Hazards Logistics 130

Emergency Planning

AUGUST 22, 2019

In 2011, when I was approached by Elsevier about establishing the IJDRR, the first question was, "Is there a need for a new journal in this field?" All over the world, academics are under great pressure to teach more, do more research, advise students more, apply for more grants, cope with more bureaucracy and participate in more initiatives.

Publishing 130

Publishing All-Hazards Risk Reduction Education 130

National Fire Protection Association

JUNE 20, 2023

According to Weszely, “As a standard, it means that the condition of maintenance for electrical equipment is recognized as a hazard. And training, they say, is the key to getting us all there. His personal story of surviving an arc flash explosion while on the job in 2011 is one that all electrical professionals should hear.

All-Hazards 52

All-Hazards Hazard Management 52

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

JANUARY 19, 2022

Preparedness funding has ebbed and flowed over the years, peaking a few years after 9/11 and gradually decreasing with health security grant programs decreasing by a third to as much as half from their peaks, with similar reductions across all-hazards emergency management grant programs.

Pandemic 52

Pandemic Disaster Preparedness All-Hazards Government 52

Alert Media

DECEMBER 20, 2016

I was surprised to learn that the federal Emergency Alert System (EAS) was only used at the local level until November 9, 2011 at 2 pm eastern. All of the television and radio test sirens you have ever heard were initiated by your local authorities. The truth is, we don’t read all of our emails. The Government’s Take on Alerts.

Alert 52

Alert Communications All-Hazards Government 52

Emergency Planning

JULY 29, 2019

Vast resources are now devoted to distorting the picture, and all three superpowers are busy utilising them (Druzin and Gordon 2018, Merrin 2019, Rudick and Dannels 2019). 2007, Ambraseys and Bilham 2011) suggest that the principal cause of earthquake disasters is corruption, which weakens or prevents defensive anti-seismic measures.

Risk Reduction 130

Risk Reduction Internet Media All-Hazards 130