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Oil spill response exercise: Co-operation between authorities and volunteers 

Crisis Response Journal

Reita Waara describes how the inclusion of large numbers of volunteers in a large oil spill exercise in the Finnish city of Kemi is so important to future emergency responses of this type. By Reita Waara

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Emergency Response Planning Tasks

MHA Consulting

There are numerous risks a company can face that will require an Emergency Response Plan. Rather than creating a separate plan for every type of event that could occur, it is advisable to create a basic emergency response checklist that can be used regardless of the emergency.

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Post Earthquake: Managing the Situation in Christchurch NZ

Disaster Zone Podcast

He has had multiple roles in leadership ranging from ten years in the New Zealand Navy, to positions with Queens Town Lakes District Council and the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA). Like many of us, he Played a regional role inthe Whole of Government emergency response in the COVID-19 Pandemic.

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Emergency Response Planning Tasks

MHA Consulting

There are numerous risks a company can face that will require an Emergency Response Plan. Rather than creating a separate plan for every type of event that could occur, it is advisable to create a basic emergency response checklist that can be used regardless of the emergency.

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Public Information Strategies in the Pandemic

Disaster Zone Podcast

Meredith is also active in the field of graphic medicine, as a cartoonist and author of Graphic Public Health: A Comics Anthology and Roadmap. Meredith is also active in the field of graphic medicine, as a cartoonist and author of Graphic Public Health: A Comics Anthology and Roadmap. This episode is sponsored by Unearth.

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Book Review: Disaster Management and Information Technology

Recovery Diva

Funding and Contributions: Includes insights into various sources and players promoting innovative IT solutions like the European-funded project FASTER, or the wisdom from authorities like Peter T. Gaynor (Acting Secretary DHS).

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The Role of Public Safety Communication in Local Communities

everbridge

Using Technology to Accelerate Emergency Response and Improve Efficiency. Everbridge 911 Connect provides public safety alerting authorities and ECC dispatchers with life-saving incident-specific information about the caller that they are not receiving today (ex. to accelerate emergency response and improve its efficiency.