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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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More Tornado Info from ASCE

Recovery Diva

From the American Society of Civil Engineers, Wind Hazard Damage Assessment Group: The StEER report on timpacts from 10 December 2021 tornado outbreak and accompanying media repository can be accessed below. Washington Post Guest Essay: Prevatt (2021) “We can build houses to survive tornadoes like Kentucky suffered. We just haven’t.”

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The 7 critical elements of a business continuity plan

Online Computers

Its primary objectives are to minimize downtime, maintain business functions, and mitigate potential financial and reputational losses. By knowing the specific threats to your organization’s continuity and how exactly they can disrupt day-to-day operations, you can better design a BCP that mitigates these risks.

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Canada's costliest catastrophe is flooding. Is your business prepared?

CCEM Strategies

So, what can you do to help mitigate the effects of flooding? List in the recovery section of your emergency plan a damage assessment process and include contact information for restoration companies and document re-processors. By understanding the risks, you can better prepare your business.