Emergency Planning

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Hospitals need to develop very substantial surge capacity and greatly increase their infection control measures. When hospital capacity is absorbed by large influxes of people suffering from Covid, the tendency is to defer treatment of patients with other illnesses. Emergency planning is an essential tool in the response to a pandemic.

Pandemic 176

Pandemic Hospitality Logistics Tourism 176

Emergency Planning

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Expansion, competitivity and the desire for hyper-visible progress induce university administrators to pile on the tasks with no attention either to a person's capacity or his or her priorities. The huge expansion in non-academic staff has created a large cadre of people who spend their time thinking up tasks for academics to perform.

Pandemic 216

Pandemic Education Activation Government 216

Emergency Planning

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Civil protection, in the form of locally-based disaster response capacity, would begin to emerge in the following decade, which would end with the inauguration of the United Nations Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction.

Natural Hazard 130

Natural Hazard All-Hazards Automotive Risk Reduction 130

Disaster Safety

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

. Due to COVID-19, businesses may not be operating at a normal capacity. Some may still be vacant, while others are operating at a reduced capacity or with strict COVID protocols. Emergency plans for loss of heat, electricity, fuel, and protection system impairments are necessary.

Capacity 59

Capacity Backup Pandemic Vulnerability 59

CCEM Strategies

JANUARY 10, 2024

The goal of this initial stream of funding is said “to support capacity needs, relationship-building and collaboration” and is a step toward meeting the new obligations under the EDMA. A long-term funding and capacity building framework is still needed to support First Nations and local authorities in meeting the new EDMA requirements.

Management 64

Management Capacity Strategic Risk Reduction 64

Emergency Planning

JUNE 9, 2019

Migration could conceivably be the result of major disasters, not merely of climate trends (as they affect the carrying capacity of areas of land) and of conflict, oppression and political hostility. Warming has already begun to have a substantial effect on the magnitude and frequency of meteorological hazards.

Risk Reduction 130

Risk Reduction Natural Hazard All-Hazards Hazard 130

CCEM Strategies

JULY 24, 2018

This is because, long before an incident occurs, CI operators work with governments to create and test emergency plans to ensure adequate response procedures and business continuity practices are in place, to deal with unforeseen disruptions.

Resilience 52

Resilience All-Hazards Hazard Authorization 52