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ISO 22336: The new standard for organizational resilience – A leader’s guide

everbridge

This standard offers a blueprint to enhance resilience, optimize risk management, and refine strategic planning. Strategic planning: ISO 22336:2024 encourages integrating resilience into strategic planning. It can also provide a comprehensive framework for resilience ensuring all avenues of resilience (e.g.

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What's Happening with the Fire Service?

Disaster Zone Podcast

To give you the depth and breadth of his experience I’m including much, but not all, of his biography. Commissioner Thiel is responsible for leading the Philadelphia Fire Department’s 3,000+ members in every facet of protecting our Nation’s 6th-largest city from fires and emergencies arising from all hazards.

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Crisis Communications as Damage Control

Disaster Zone Podcast

This episode's guest is Nathan is the CEO and Founder of Miller Ink , a full-service, award-winning strategic communications firm in Los Angeles. Merit is a first-of-its-kind, all-hazards, digital credentialing platform that equips emergency responders with innovative tools to securely manage their personnel on-site, no matter the situation.

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Leading Your Own Career

Disaster Zone Podcast

Laurie worked for many years in local government as a strategic advisor and security manager responsible for critical infrastructure protection and emergency management missions at the City of Seattle, Public Utilities Department, and served as the Planning Section Chief on a level 3 Incident Management Team.

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These 8 Risk Domains Are the Meat and Potatoes of Risk Management 

MHA Consulting

As a practical activity, enterprise risk management (ERM) centers on eight distinct risk domains, some strategic and some operational. Risk management is not one-size-fits all. Strategic : Involves assessing risks that may impact the achievement of long-term organizational objectives, guiding decision-making and strategic planning.

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Preparing for Safe Electrical Disaster Recovery During Hurricane Season Using NFPA 70B

National Fire Protection Association

Structural damage is likely to occur during all events, although it may escalate during an earthquake. Boarding up windows and doors as well as placing sandbags to try and stop water are all helpful and commonly done in preparation. All pertinent drawings and documentation should be made available to aid in this task.

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A Proposed Strategy to Advocate for Improved Civil Protection in the United Kingdom

Emergency Planning

The lessons of the Covid-19 pandemic, alas largely negative, show that a good civilian system designed to protect the public against major hazards and threats can save thousands of lives and billions in losses and wasted expenditure. 1] The best solution to this problem is to promote inclusiveness in emergency preparedness at all levels.