Remove 2020 Remove All-Hazards Remove Mitigation
article thumbnail

OUR CHALLENGE

Emergency Planning

By 2020 it had forgotten or ignored most of the lessons, sold off or destroyed the equipment and drugs, and turned its attention firmly to lesser contingencies, despite the fact that pandemics consistently topped the list in the national risk register. Natural hazard impacts are becoming fiercer, more extensive and more frequent.

article thumbnail

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.”

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

An Electrical Inspector’s Role in Reducing Electric Shock Drowning

National Fire Protection Association

It has been said that ESD is the catch-all phrase that encompasses all in-water shock casualties and fatalities. Adding equipotential planes and bonding of equipotential planes that could help mitigate step and touch voltages for electrical equipment that supply power to the equipment.

article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

Make Rapid-Fire Reporting Standards Work for You

FS-ISAC

Specified goals vary by jurisdiction, but the main aims are to be able to leverage public sector resources in mitigation and attribution, as well as to encourage more robust operational resiliency. Roles and responsibilities of the incident response team and all other teams involved. T he Shortest Reporting Time frame Yet.

article thumbnail

What is a Business Impact Analysis (BIA)?

Stratogrid Advisory

Last Updated on May 31, 2020 by Alex Jankovic. The BIA engagement will require a partnership with business stakeholders across all business units and departments. The Risk Assessment can be completed by using a traditional Operational Risk Management (ORM) methodology, or an All-Hazards Risk Assessment (AHRA) approach.

article thumbnail

IRM, ERM, and GRC: Is There a Difference?

Reciprocity

Are there differences at all? Not long ago, risk managers concerned themselves mainly with hazards such as fires and floods; or in the financial sector, loan defaults (credit risk). They’re all critical, Scheitlin says. How are you going to put it all together? Again, nobody is quite sure.). Which is best?