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Artificial [Un]intelligence and Disaster Management

Emergency Planning

Come what may, emergency management is a human activity that requires human input and human reasoning. It is unlikely that this need will ever be satisfied by artificial intelligence. The human mind is too versatile and flexible to be displaced.

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Disaster Recovery Solutions with AWS-Managed Services, Part 3: Multi-Site Active/Passive

AWS Disaster Recovery

The post also introduces a multi-site active/passive approach. The multi-site active/passive approach is best for customers who have business-critical workloads with higher availability requirements over other active/passive environments. You would just need to create the records and specify failover for the routing policy.

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New Book Review

Recovery Diva

Publisher : Routledge – Taylor & Francis Group, New York and London. Book Review: Cultural Competency for Emergency and Crisis Management. Editors : Claire Connolly Knox and Brittany “Brie” Haupt Title : Cultural Competency for Emergency and Crisis Management: Concepts, Theories and Case Studies. link] April 2020.

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More on the Covid-19 Academic Gold Rush

Emergency Planning

This reminded me that perhaps 70 per cent of academic publishing is for personnel reasons (to get a job, keep a job, obtain a salary raise, or achieve promotion). I cleave to the old-fashioned view that publishing should take place to further the sharing of good ideas. We confront a new phenomenon: intra-disaster research publication.

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The United Kingdom's National Risk Register - 2023 Edition

Emergency Planning

This document was first published in 2008 and has been updated (somewhat irregularly) at roughly two-year intervals. e) The risks are prioritised by giving most weight to those associated with hostile activity. This is a simple example: others are more complex, but the intricacies do need to be confronted. (e)

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Updated 2022 edition of NFPA 1582, Standard on Comprehensive Occupational Medical Program for Fire Departments, now published and available

National Fire Protection Association

NFPA has now published an updated 2022 edition of NFPA 1582, which includes the changes from TIA 1582-22-1, establishing a single set of medical requirements and evaluations that are equally applicable to both members and candidates.

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SIA’s Cybersecurity Advisory Board Closes Out Cybersecurity Awareness Month

Security Industry Association

Additionally, the committee guides SIA advisory boards, subcommittees and working groups on cybersecurity activities. 23, 2024) Resources The Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency publishes a Cybersecurity Awareness Toolkit and has a lot of resources on their website from large business to small business.