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Washington State Emergency Management

Disaster Zone Podcast

Washington State is one of the most high hazard states here in the United States. In this podcast we review what the state’s hazards are, how emergency management at the state level is organized and then get Robert’s take on a number of issues facing the State and how it is responding.

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What's Happening with the Fire Service?

Disaster Zone Podcast

To give you the depth and breadth of his experience I’m including much, but not all, of his biography. Commissioner Thiel is responsible for leading the Philadelphia Fire Department’s 3,000+ members in every facet of protecting our Nation’s 6th-largest city from fires and emergencies arising from all hazards.

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The 2019 Global Assessment Report (GAR)

Emergency Planning

An example of this for the 2013 GAR can be found in Di Mauro (2014). It could be argued that political decision making is the greatest barrier of all to successful disaster risk reduction. Unofficial voices have suggested that the 'cure to damage ratio' for natural hazards is 1:43. The 'should ratio'. link] Di Mauro, M. (ed.)

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Amazon Solar Shutdown Provides Opportunity for Praise and Reflection on Safe Solar Installations

National Fire Protection Association

According to recent reports from CNBC and other major news outlets, Amazon temporarily shut down all solar power generation at their North American facilities last year as they worked to investigate potential fire safety issues with these systems. Learn more about all of NFPA’s resources on PV and energy storage systems at nfpa.org/ess.

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

Emergency Planning

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.

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Conspiracy Theory Brewing Over Chicken Farm Fires Is False, Experts Say

National Fire Protection Association

The numbers don’t lie According to data included in a recent Fire Protection Research Foundation (FPRF) report on fires in animal housing facilities, an estimated average of 930 fires occurred annually in livestock or poultry storage properties—which include spaces like barns, stockyards, and animal pens—in the US from 2014 to 2018.

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3 Steps to Prepare for 2024 and Beyond with the Risk Maturity Model

LogisManager

From economic fluctuations to cybersecurity threats, from regulatory changes to environmental hazards, the risk landscape is constantly evolving, and organizations must be agile and proactive to stay ahead. We all have software vendors. References: 1 The Valuation Implications of Enterprise Risk Management (Farrell, Gallagher, 2014)