Disaster Zone Podcast

AUGUST 6, 2024

In this Disaster Zone Podcast we will be talking about the significant challenges New Zealand and Christchurch faced in the aftermath of their 2010-2011 Earthquakes. Like many of us, he Played a regional role inthe Whole of Government emergency response in the COVID-19 Pandemic. You can contact him at Brenden.Winder@ccc.govt.nz

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Management Disaster Recovery Emergency Response Emergency Response 130

Recovery Diva

MAY 12, 2022

Review by Donald Watson, co-author with Michele Adams of Design for Flooding: Resilience to Climate Change (Wiley 2011). More than twenty authors are represented in this timely book, edited by Alessandra Jerolleman and William L. He has since served in over thirty nations worldwide as consultant for United Nations, U.S.

Management 113

Management All-Hazards Transportation Authorization 113

Emergency Planning

MAY 6, 2024

The lessons of the Covid-19 pandemic, alas largely negative, show that a good civilian system designed to protect the public against major hazards and threats can save thousands of lives and billions in losses and wasted expenditure. Non-seasonal influenza retains the potential to cause a pandemic on the level of that of 1918-1920.

All-Hazards 100

All-Hazards Hazard Risk Reduction Emergency Response 100

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

JANUARY 19, 2022

Testimony to the House of Representatives Committee on Rules’ Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process for the Hearing: Using Budget Principles to Prepare for Future Pandemics and Other Disasters. Using this data, we summed the enacted budget authority for supplemental appropriations by year. Testimony Submitted January 16, 2022.

Pandemic 52

Pandemic Disaster Preparedness All-Hazards Government 52

Security Industry Association

MAY 9, 2022

To address this shortcoming, ThreatModeler launched its first intelligence-based threat engine in 2011 aimed at helping developers incorporate threat modeling into the software development life cycle. However, only few companies had the resources and money to do this exercise.

Architecture 104

Architecture Marketing Security Mitigation 104

Security Industry Association

JUNE 14, 2021

The challenge he faced was even more difficult than what he encountered after Japan’s Fukushima earthquake of 2011. There were several times throughout the pandemic where I had to do a personal “gut-check” and recalibrate my thought process and outlook to prepare for the long-game.

Education 52

Education Disaster Preparedness Pandemic Security 52

BCP Builder

JUNE 29, 2020

Prominent examples include the Deepwater Horizon Oil spill in 2010, the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster in 2011 or the sinking of the “Costa Concordia” cruise ship in 2012. Even events that are known and somewhat predictable like the SARS Cov2 Pandemic are ineffectively handled and preparation was poor.

Communications 52

Communications Continuity Planning BCP Alert 52