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Election Security

Disaster Zone Podcast

Election security has been in the news since 2020. You will find that he is knowledgeable of the topic area and articulate in explaining all the tools used to protect the integrity of the elections system, both from a physical security and from a cybersecurity perspective. Election security has been in the news since 2020.

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Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado, Boulder

Disaster Zone Podcast

All forms of science can be beneficial to people working in the emergency management and disaster related fields of endeavor. Lori Peek, a professor in the Department of Sociology and director of the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado Boulder is the guest for this podcast.

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A Better Understanding of NFPA 70E: Part I – Comparing Four Decades of Electrical Injuries and Fatalities

National Fire Protection Association

To assist all employers in reducing, if not eliminating, workplace electrical injuries and fatalities, I decided to investigate how far electrical safety has progressed over the last 40 years. Information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) database has been used for 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2020. What has happened since?

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Hawaii Emergency Management

Disaster Zone Podcast

The State of Hawaii has a unique geographical location among all states—an island state! We discuss the hazards the state faces and also their jurisdictional arrangement with a total of four counties. Supply chain dependencies and being reliant on shipping for all your goods is another dynamic they have to deal with.

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Crises On The Rise: 5 Focus Areas For Greater Resilience

everbridge

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.

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Managing Emergencies: The Challenges of the Future

Emergency Planning

What does all this mean for Britain? He went on to promulgate a law, the Coronavirus Act of March 2020, that is perhaps even more 'extreme', although mitigated by its incomprehensibility. This document is periodically updated and the latest edition came out in 2020. So much for the personal reflections.

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Book Review: Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management

Recovery Diva

The principles establish a high and, for all the authors of this volume, a necessary standard for the aspirations of emergency managers and the communities they serve, to work toward disaster recovery processes and practices whereby: #1 ….all The Chapter 1 Introduction by Jerolleman and Waugh sets forth four principles of “Just Recovery.”