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OUR CHALLENGE

Emergency Planning

Emergency planning excluded emergency planners and was put in the hands of a consortium of medical doctors and politicians, yet half the battle in a pandemic is to manage the logistical, social and economic consequences. Natural hazard impacts are becoming fiercer, more extensive and more frequent.

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Foresight

Emergency Planning

A principle of cascading disasters is that the world is ever more closely linked by networks on which we all depend for communications, commerce, enlightenment and entertainment. It is obvious that military instability is likely to complicate and retard the process of getting natural hazard impacts under control.

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The 2019 Global Assessment Report (GAR)

Emergency Planning

It could be argued that political decision making is the greatest barrier of all to successful disaster risk reduction. Globally, about a thousand times as much is spent on hydrocarbon exploration and extraction than on the mitigation of the climate change that results from burning fossil fuels (Mechler et al. GNCSODR 2015. Blaikie, T.

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September is National Preparedness Month: Is Your Community Ready to Respond to a Severe Weather Event or Emergency?

National Fire Protection Association

Ready, a national public service campaign, has earmarked September as National Preparedness Month and urges those of us tasked with protecting people and property from fire, electrical, and related hazards, to work together, help educate, and empower the public to prepare for, respond to, and mitigate emergencies before they become tragedies.

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Unlocking Climate Change Resilience Through Critical Event Management and Public Warning

everbridge

There has also been a rise in geophysical events including earthquakes and tsunamis which have killed more people than any of the other natural hazards under review in this report. While people always come first, it is as important to locate all of your organization’s assets. Where is your inventory?

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Is it Possible to Keep Up with the Literature?

Emergency Planning

I replied that, as there are more than 80 dedicated journals in the disasters, risks and hazards fields, and more than 500 others that occasionally publish papers on such themes, no such need existed. Fortunately, there are some mitigating factors, for example, the lack of innovation in most published research.

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Top 10 Resources to Help You Become a BCM Ninja 

MHA Consulting

All you have to do is take the initiative and go get it. Top 10 BCM Resources All that being said, here are my top 10 resources to help you become a ninja-level BCM practitioner: 1. A great place to get an overview of the whole BC field, from Program Administration to Exercises to Risk Management and Mitigation.

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