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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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Disaster Zone Podcast: Washington State Emergency Management

Disaster Zone

Learn about the hazards and the organization charged with all aspects of emergency management.

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The Emergency Management Institute at 70

Recovery Diva

The Emergency Management Institute at 70;From Civil Defense to Emergency Management in an Education and Training Institution. This report traces the 70-year history of the Emergency Management Institute (EMI) from the founding of its predecessor in 1951 to the present.

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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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Conversation with a Documentary Film Maker about Volcanic Risks_mixdown

Disaster Zone Podcast

As individuals we are the sum total of all our experiences. Emergency Management for Dynamic Populations (DyPop): Hot Mess Express: An emergency management leadership course focusing on response tactics during terrorist attacks. So it is with Michael Lienau. A close encounter with Mt. Rescheduled January 2025!

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Book Review: Disaster and Emergency Management Methods

Recovery Diva

Disaster and Emergency Management Methods; Social Science Approaches in Application by Jason Rivera. Key words: environmental governance, sustainability, resilience, climate risk, natural hazard, disaster risk reduction, building regulation. Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, New York and London. for paperback.,

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A Resilience Charter

Emergency Planning

Safety’ refers to protection against major hazards such as storms, floods and industrial explosions. The term ‘civil protection system’ describes coordinated national, regional and local arrangements designed to plan for, manage and respond to major emergencies, and to initiate recovery from them. The state 3.1