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The Emergency Management Institute at 70

Recovery Diva

This report traces the 70-year history of the Emergency Management Institute (EMI) from the founding of its predecessor in 1951 to the present. The story of these institutions’ development can inform current strategy about EMI’s future.

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

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

Recently, the exploration of artificial intelligence (AI) offers possibilities for enhancing the efficiency and speed of damage assessments, affording a shift toward more technologically integrated approaches in disaster management. 2022), focuses on extracting information about damaged houses following an earthquake in Yangbi, China.

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Book Review: Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management

Recovery Diva

The principles establish a high and, for all the authors of this volume, a necessary standard for the aspirations of emergency managers and the communities they serve, to work toward disaster recovery processes and practices whereby: #1 ….all 4 …is not possible without equal access to resources and programs.

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Unlocking Climate Change Resilience Through Critical Event Management and Public Warning

everbridge

The report “The Human Cost of Disasters 2000-2019” also records major increases in other categories including drought, wildfires , and extreme temperature events. There has also been a rise in geophysical events including earthquakes and tsunamis which have killed more people than any of the other natural hazards under review in this report.

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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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Inclement weather response demands attention

everbridge

Real-time information flows, mobile devices are ubiquitous, and forecasting methods have reached unprecedented accuracy. Despite our collective innovation, why do we struggle to keep our communities prepared, informed, and safe when disaster strikes? seems to be falling behind. It’s time for the U.S.

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Beyond Your Borders: Strengthening Resilience For The Greater Good

everbridge

This process goes beyond a one-time analysis and involves evergreen monitoring of emerging risks and changes in the hazard landscape. Leaders should actively participate in policy discussions, influencing decision-making processes to address systemic risks and enhance disaster management capabilities.