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Retired from a Paycheck

Disaster Zone Podcast

Rubin was affiliated with The George Washington University’s Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management from 1998 through 2014. Rubin is the author or editor of five books and more than 100 articles for professional publications. and occasionally in other countries. and occasionally in other countries.

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Artificial [Un]intelligence and Disaster Management

Emergency Planning

The advent of social media came with a wave of optimism about their utility in reducing disaster risks and impacts (Alexander 2014). One of the keys to this is the issue of trust in authority--or its absence. Scepticism induces me to prefer the latter. His conclusions are still perfectly valid:- ".close References Alexander, D.E.

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

Emergency Planning

Plans were made in the UK in 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2014. Local and regional authorities have been emasculated, and the result of this has been manifest in their inability to respond adequately to local needs. There were major exercises on pandemics in 2005, 2007 and 2016. The plans were not connected to anything.

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05/09/2014 The Importance of Debriefing

Plan B Consulting

I had the task, as the Emergency Planning Manager, to conduct a debrief of a multi-agency water contamination exercise involving the Local CCDC (doctor responsible for outbreaks in the local area), the Local Authority, a hospital and various people from Anglian Water.

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05/09/2014 The Importance of Debriefing

Plan B Consulting

I had the task, as the Emergency Planning Manager, to conduct a debrief of a multi-agency water contamination exercise involving the Local CCDC (doctor responsible for outbreaks in the local area), the Local Authority, a hospital and various people from Anglian Water.

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03/07/2014 Seven deadly sins of business continuity plans

Plan B Consulting

Perhaps the author knows the scope of the plans but has not put it into the document. The post 03/07/2014 Seven deadly sins of business continuity plans appeared first on PlanB Consulting. Sin 4 – Scope With many plans I see it is not clear what the scope of the plan is.

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03/07/2014 Seven deadly sins of business continuity plans

Plan B Consulting

Perhaps the author knows the scope of the plans but has not put it into the document. The post 03/07/2014 Seven deadly sins of business continuity plans appeared first on PlanB Consulting. Sin 4 – Scope. With many plans I see it is not clear what the scope of the plan is.