everbridge

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The global landscape has experienced an undeniable surge in hazards over the past decade. Natural disasters, pandemics, cybersecurity events, and other crises have wrought devastation on communities worldwide, leading many to question whether the hazard environment is changing for the worse.

Resilience 52

Resilience All-Hazards Hazard Vulnerability 52

Emergency Planning

OCTOBER 23, 2020

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. The exercises revealed, for example, that special attention needed to be given to protecting the residents of care homes (PHE 2017, pp. I have taught it every year since then. Murphy, S.,

Civil Emergency 130

Civil Emergency Pandemic All-Hazards Logistics 130

Emergency Planning

OCTOBER 21, 2022

In some instances, notably the Manchester Arena bombing and the Grenfell Tower fire (both in 2017), the shortcomings have been nothing less than scandalous (Kerslake 2018, Moore-Bick 2019). They lack consistent funding and have little executive authority. Report of the Public Inquiry Into the Fire At Grenfell Tower on 14 June 2017.

Management 231

Management Emergency Planning All-Hazards Transportation 231

Emergency Planning

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Yet, faced with natural hazards, relative isolation, economic deprivation and cultural decline, it badly needs social solidarity, and that is something it lacks. For example, the survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire of June 2017 are united in their quest for justice and decent living conditions.

Risk Reduction 130

Risk Reduction Resilience Natural Hazard Hazard 130

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.

Pandemic 52

Pandemic Disaster Preparedness All-Hazards Government 52

Alternative Resiliency Services Corp

JUNE 27, 2017

With respect, I disagree: 2017 (and the next couple of years) have the potential to be severely risky to businesses, infrastructure and people. The attackers even used technology to deliver disinformation to the authorities – “hey guys, we’re going to XYZ” when they were really going to ABC. Media presence?

Risk Management 130

Risk Management Management Internet All-Hazards 130