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Drones and Advanced Air Mobility (AAM)

Disaster Zone Podcast

Aviation technology is making huge strides toward a future with unmanned drones and electric aircraft that will move people and goods via air transportation. Aviation technology is making huge strides toward a future with unmanned drones and electric aircraft that will move people and goods via air transportation.

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7 Best Practices for Emergency Managers

everbridge

By recognizing that hazards, including severe weather events, are unpredictable and cannot be completely prevented, emergency managers can instead focus their efforts on promoting a resilient organization. Preparing for hazards can involve planning and training with departments, jurisdictions, agencies, and community members.

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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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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.”

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Double trouble: When climate change and cyber crime collide

everbridge

Additionally, the vulnerability of critical infrastructure like power grids, communication networks, and transportation systems during times of crisis makes them prime targets for state-sponsored cyberattacks. This is hazardous thinking. Those who forget history…. Think beyond single scenario planning.

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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.

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Threat Intelligence: A Key Capability for Our Turbulent Times

MHA Consulting

Threat intelligence empowers organizations to proactively identify, assess, and mitigate risks associated with threats of all types, thus helping them protect their assets, reputation, and business continuity. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program, and Department of Homeland Security. By creating a funnel. Human tipsters.