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Artificial [Un]intelligence and Disaster Management

Emergency Planning

At the present time, perhaps the greatest potential of AI in disaster management is in its presumed ability to use its algorithms and data banks to provide synthesised information quicker than traditional methods can do so. 2024) suggests that in this it is close to disaster management but not quite part of it.

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A brief critique of UK emergency arrangements in the light of the Covid-19 crisis

Emergency Planning

Most striking is the abyss between plans and the ability to implement them with emergency response measures. In the United Kingdom, the status of emergency planning has declined while it has been enhanced in other countries. Failure to utilise the basic law is an indication that it is not fit for purpose.

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Unlocking Climate Change Resilience Through Critical Event Management and Public Warning

everbridge

This is what, in the climate environment, the World Meteorological Organization and Disaster Management Agencies at national Government levels are doing. As you audit your emergency plans, you are likely to have identified areas for improvement. They are investing in data collection from spatial and hyper-local data.

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Common Misconceptions about Disaster

Emergency Planning

Myth 45: Emergency responders will not know what to do during a disaster or crisis. Reality: It is to be hoped that training and experience have turned emergency responders and disaster managers into highly capable professionals. Myth 46: Disasters always happen to someone else. Men are better.

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The 1980 Southern Italian Earthquake After Forty Years

Emergency Planning

It is salutary to reflect that many of those scholars who have studied this disaster are too young to have experienced it. The year 1980 was something of a watershed in the field of disaster risk reduction (or disaster management as it was then known).

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Community Emergency Managers: Maximize Impact with B.C.’s New Indigenous Engagement Funding

CCEM Strategies

s new Emergency and Disaster Management Act (EDMA) was passed, replacing the previous Emergency Program Act. With this new legislation comes substantial new requirements for community emergency managers – many relating to Indigenous engagement.

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The Hidden Costs of Ransomware

Plan B Consulting

I did my PhD in Emergency Planning and Disaster Management at the University of Hertfordshire; therefore, it is the latest in a long line of universities that caught my eye. This week I wanted to share my thoughts and alert you to the hidden costs of ransomware attacks.