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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. This efficiency is critical when coordinating an emergency response.

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Article by the Diva in South Korean Newspaper

Recovery Diva

.” Claire Rubin, a researcher who works as a disaster prevention consultant in the U.S., emphasized training and education as an iteration of responding to various disasters on Sept. ” β€œThe nature and components of disasters vary widely, requiring training and ongoing education of key personnel,” she urged.

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Unlocking Climate Change Resilience Through Critical Event Management and Public Warning

everbridge

The report β€œThe 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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Book Review: Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management

Recovery Diva

In Chapter 5, β€œFederal Indian Policy and the Fulfillment of the Trust Responsibility for Disaster Management in Indian Country,” Samantha J. Richard Krajeski, presented with transcribed commentary by a dozen participants of a special session held in his memory as part of the July 2020 Natural Hazard Workshop.

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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

Byβ€― Brian Toolan , Everbridge VP Global Public Safety Despite technological advances, proactive steps remain to strengthen resilience and keep people safe Advances in inclement weather and communications technology are everywhere. The power of the possible in emergency alerting and disaster management is awe-inspiring.

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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.