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Who’s the Boss? Successful Risk Mitigation Requires Centralized Leadership

MHA Consulting

Many companies spend millions of dollars implementing risk mitigation controls but are kept from getting their money’s worth by a disconnected, piecemeal approach. Successful risk mitigation requires that a central authority supervise controls following a coherent strategy. I wish it were true.

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Crisis Management Explained: A Comprehensive Guide

Bernstein Crisis Management

Pre-Crisis The pre-crisis stage involves identifying potential crises, assessing their likelihood and potential impact, and developing strategies to prevent, mitigate, or prepare for them. Externally Caused Crises These crises are triggered by external forces beyond the organization’s control.

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Nearly two decades after Hurricane Katrina swept through the Gulf Coast, what policies have changed?

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

Read more about some of the key policy developments since Hurricane Katrina made landfall below: Post-Katrina: Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act (2006) – This act fundamentally re-vamped the role of a national emergency management agency, giving FEMA greater flexibility and clearer authority in a post-9/11 environment.

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Book Review: Case Studies in Disaster Recovery

Recovery Diva

This new book is the first released book (volume) of the four-volume series of Disaster and Emergency Management Case Studies in Adaptation and Innovation with three books forthcoming, each representing one of the four phases of disaster management (mitigation/prevention, preparedness, response, recovery). link] Contributors: Lucy A.

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Crisis Management Team, Assemble!

Bernstein Crisis Management

An informed and practiced response will typically ensure damage is prevented or mitigated as much as possible while safeguarding your good name. Finance Experts: To manage and mitigate financial risks and implications. This might include: IT Specialists: For handling technological crises, such as cybersecurity breaches.

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Mitigating the Impact of Severe Weather

everbridge

The failure of transportation services amid the extreme cold event pushed authorities to call on military and rescue services. By assessing severe weather risk, organizations and governments can better mitigate the impact a severe weather event has, creating a more robust approach to layered severe weather emergencies. Approximately 4.5

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Book Review: Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management

Recovery Diva

Review by Donald Watson, co-author with Michele Adams of Design for Flooding: Resilience to Climate Change (Wiley 2011). More than twenty authors are represented in this timely book, edited by Alessandra Jerolleman and William L. He has since served in over thirty nations worldwide as consultant for United Nations, U.S.