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Damage Assessment Traffic Lights

Plan B Consulting

I also thought this approach could have helped Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council) after their cyber attack, enabling them to communicate the status of their services to the public. While Aruba has not faced a severe hurricane in living memory, such a system could still be valuable after an event causing widespread damage.

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Transforming Disaster Management: The Promise and Challenges of AI in Wildfire Damage Assessment

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

The aftermath of a major wildfire presents a grim landscape: communities devastated, homes reduced to ash, and recovery teams racing against time to assess the extent of the damage. a preliminary damage assessment supports a request for federal assistance through a Stafford Act Presidential Disaster Declaration.

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Public Information Strategies in the Pandemic

Disaster Zone Podcast

The guest interviewed in this podcast is Meredith Li-Vollmer is the risk communication manager at Public Health – Seattle & King County where she has responded to a wide range of public health concerns, including the H1N1 flu pandemic, measles outbreaks, Ebola, and currently COVID-19. This episode is sponsored by Unearth.

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The 7 critical elements of a business continuity plan

Online Computers

These include protocols for evacuation, communication, emergency contacts, and initial damage assessment. It lists key personnel and their designated roles and responsibilities, decision-making processes, and communication channels to ensure an organized response.

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Emergency Response Planning Tasks

MHA Consulting

Emergency response and triage (medical, evacuation, search, and rescue, etc) Create an Emergency Operations Center An Emergency Operations Center (EOC), sometimes called a “war room” is a physical place where all communications of the recovery effort are focused.

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Hurricane Planning – New Learning Points

Plan B Consulting

This allows appropriate communication with staff before they are sent home and ensures that staff who are needed in support roles are not sent home too early. This briefing is very important, especially as during Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico all communication lines were destroyed. As well as coordination, we considered the shutdown.

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Hurricane Planning – New Learning Points

Plan B Consulting

This allows appropriate communication with staff before they are sent home and ensures that staff who are needed in support roles are not sent home too early. This briefing is very important, especially as during Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico all communication lines were destroyed. As well as coordination, we considered the shutdown.