Emergency Planning
APRIL 24, 2022
It is obvious that military instability is likely to complicate and retard the process of getting natural hazard impacts under control. As an example, consider the impact of the Fukushima Dai’ichi nuclear release in Japan in 2011 on nuclear energy policy in other countries (Wittneben 2012,Kim et al. References Fukuyama, F.
Emergency Planning
AUGUST 22, 2019
I am the founding editor of the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (IJDRR), which began publishing in August 2012 with just four papers. Seven years later, the submission rate is equivalent to about 1,500 manuscripts per year (although the rejection rate is over 80 per cent).
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National Fire Protection Association
DECEMBER 14, 2022
In 2012, Colorado and Washington became the first two states to legalize recreational use of cannabis. Having the area classified properly is an important initial step as we move into Parts II and III of Article 512 to determine how wiring and equipment installations must be performed in and around the hazardous locations.
Emergency Planning
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
Powerful floods struck Puerto Lumbreras again in 2012. In 2021 a colleague who studies natural hazards wrote to me that "our institute is all but destroyed and colleagues have lost their homes". Each new disaster reveals the shortcomings of hazard mitigation and disaster preparedness. Why has this not solved the problem?
BCP Builder
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
of ISO 22301:2012) these can be sourced (in part) from the risk register and Enterprise Risk Management and evaluated with a Business Continuity Management lens. So, if you have the ability to recover from a specific hazard, that same strategy could be employed for a wide variety of threats. not the risk itself. not the risk itself.
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. 1] [link]. [2] 1] [link].
Security Industry Association
OCTOBER 11, 2024
SIA supported an amendment adopted to exclude “security and life safety systems and equipment” defined as “A product designed to prevent, detect, protect against or respond to security incidents or safety hazards impacting individuals or property, including, but not limited to: (1) A fire alarm. (2) 2) A medical alert. (3)
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