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DRI Updates Commitment to Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction

DRI Drive

As a leading resource in disaster recovery and business continuity, DRI International has updated its written voluntary commitment to the United Nations Office of Disaster Risk Recovery’s Sendai Framework 2015-2030. “The Sendai Framework created a shift from managing disasters to managing risks.

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Post Earthquake: Managing the Situation in Christchurch NZ

Disaster Zone Podcast

He has also led an expert recovery team to Kathmandu, Nepal post-2015 earthquakes, and he is a member of the deployable New Zealand Emergency Management Assistance Team (EMAT). Additionally, he successfully managed widespread and large-scale demolition and land management – in a disaster recovery context.

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A review of the San Bernadino public safety response to 2015 terrorist shooting incident 

Crisis Response Journal

A critical incident review titled Bringing calm to chaos, looks at the San Bernardino public safety response to the 2015 terrorist shooting incident at the Inland Regional Centre, reports Roger Gomm for CRJ. By Roger Gomm

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Anniversary of the 2015 Paris attacks

Crisis Response Journal

Last Friday, November 13, France marked the fifth anniversary of terrorist attacks in Paris. Six multifaceted, co-ordinated attacks were carried out by nine IS suicide terrorists and gunmen, taking the lives of more than 130 people and leaving more than 3 By Lina Kolesnikova

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Implementing the HFA at a local level in Europe: Towards the Post-2015 Framework 

Crisis Response Journal

Patrícia Pires provides an overview local level resilience in Europe, and how priorities set under the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015 should be continued and evolve in the future. By Patrícia Pires

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Rebroadcast: Space Weather Warnings

Disaster Zone Podcast

The podcast guest is Mr. Shawn Dahl, a physical scientist who has worked at the Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) since 2015 as a space weather forecaster. The podcast guest is Mr. Shawn Dahl, a physical scientist who has worked at the Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) since 2015 as a space weather forecaster.

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FEMA Updates its Hazard Mitigation Assistance Program and Policy Guide

Recovery Diva

This guide details “the policy and procedural requirements of HMA’s programs over the lifecycle of an activity,” and replaces the last comprehensive policy guidance released in February 2015.

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