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International SOS

Disaster Zone Podcast

Josh oversees the integration and delivery of international operations, medical teams, security, and a global assistance network in the Philadelphia Assistance Center, one of 26 around the world. Prior to his service at FEMA, he served as the Director of Preparedness Policy for the White House Homeland Security Council.

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Book Review: The Invention of Disaster

Recovery Diva

Book Review: The Invention of Disaster: Power of Knowledge in Discourses of Hazard and Vulnerability. The book is part of Routledge Studies in Hazards, Disaster Risk and Climate Change. Author : JC Gaillard, Professor of Geography, University of Auckland, New Zealand. Series Editor: Ilan Kelman. For more information: [link].

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FREE NFPA virtual conference for global practitioners will cover fire protection, industrial hazards, regulatory concerns, healthcare facility issues, and more

National Fire Protection Association

Regardless of a country’s growth, capacity, and access to resources, it is critical for authorities, the workforce, and the public to keep pace with progress,” Olga Caledonia, NFPA director of international development said today. [[ This is a content summary only.

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Article by the Diva in South Korean Newspaper

Recovery Diva

“The current state of disaster management is reasonably responsive to common threats, but recent emerging hazards pose significant challenges to current U.S. She emphasized the importance of building disaster management capacity at the community level. preparedness and response efforts,” she said. “The U.S.

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Training Solutions: Enhancing Tribal Nations’ Readiness and Resilience

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

However, institutional barriers often limit many communities’ adaptive capacities. These are the most complex and challenging, whether caused by climate change, biological hazards, critical infrastructure failure, cyber-attacks, or nuclear threats.

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Double trouble: When climate change and cyber crime collide

everbridge

Businesses must ensure that they have the infrastructure, plans, and operational capacity to manage polycrisis events. This is hazardous thinking. The Department of Energy also just announced $23 million to secure energy systems against climate, cyber, and physical threats. But government action alone is not enough.

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The 1980 Southern Italian Earthquake After Forty Years

Emergency Planning

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.