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Artificial [Un]intelligence and Disaster Management

Emergency Planning

What we need is more research on its impact, research that is detached from the process of generating applications for AI and which looks objectively at how well it is working and what problems it either encounters or produces. A fantasy, perhaps, but an enjoyable story just the same. It is more genuinely "too early to tell" with AI.

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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. Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, New York and London. ISBN-hardcover: 978 0 367 42398 8 ISBN-electronic: 978 0 367 82394 8; Pages: 381; on-line price $52.95 for paperback., for hardback, $42.36 for etext USD.

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Book Review: Disaster Management and Information Technology

Recovery Diva

Published by Springer Publishers; ISBN-10 3031209389; Price is $100. Overview: “Disaster Management and Information Technology” is an enlightening read that not only addresses the current technological applications in disaster response but also provides a robust mapping of challenges and solutions, both current and future.

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Gartner Names Pure Storage a Leader in the 2021 Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage

Pure Storage

This is all enabled by our built-from-the-ground-up approach to delivering multi-dimensional performance and multi-protocol support with software and hardware designed around development principles for modern applications. Many of these applications require fast file and fast object storage—and the demand will continue to increase.

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Fire Protection Research Foundation Hosts Annual Suppression & Detection Conference Highlighting Research in Energy Storage Systems, Special Suppression Applications, Storage Applications, & Foam

National Fire Protection Association

To collaborate with researchers and other industry stakeholders, The Fire Protection Research Foundation hosts a technical conference held annually called “SupDet”, which focuses on specific research applications in the Suppression (hence “Sup”), and Detection (“Det”) industries.

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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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Pure Storage at VMware Explore 2022

Pure Storage

But these are less applicable than they once were because what we were really talking about was the application. And the application had a 1:1 relationship with a virtual machine. . (1) 1) VM = (1) application. A given VM always equaled the same application. One VM does not equal one application.