Disaster Zone Podcast

MARCH 12, 2024

Take any emergency or disaster and you will find that communications is the key ingredient that needs to be present to have a successful outcome. Ivan also received his Masters at Arkansas State University in Emergency Management and Disaster Preparedness. This is the topic for this podcast.

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Emergency Planning

MAY 30, 2019

UNDRR has a recurrent initiative for assessing the state of disaster preparedness around the world, and this results in a document, the Global Assessment Report (GAR), which is issued biennially to coincide with the UN's Global Platform on DRR. International Journal for Disaster Risk Reduction 10(B): 403-502. GNCSODR 2015.

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Emergency Planning

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

In 2021 a colleague who studies natural hazards wrote to me that "our institute is all but destroyed and colleagues have lost their homes". Each new disaster reveals the shortcomings of hazard mitigation and disaster preparedness. Powerful floods struck Puerto Lumbreras again in 2012.

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National Center for Disaster Prepardness

OCTOBER 26, 2023

In 2003, the National Center for Disaster Preparedness (NCDP), Columbia University, was founded to provide an academically based, interdisciplinary center focused on the capacity to prevent, respond to, and recover from disasters. and international disaster preparedness, response, and long-term recovery.

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Disaster Recovery

AUGUST 6, 2019

A wildfire in such a place could do more harm than if it occurred in a drier region as residents in Issaquah aren’t used to dealing with these hazards. Moreover, the relatively infrequent fires mean that local residents and establishments lack adequate disaster preparedness. Conclusion.

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Risk Management Monitor

JUNE 9, 2023

During the first week of June, New York had the worst air quality on Earth, and the air quality reached hazardous levels in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. are expected to dissipate soon but may still be present through the weekend. The AP noted that smoke from various Canadian fires has actually been showing up in parts of the U.S.

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National Center for Disaster Prepardness

JANUARY 19, 2022

In my role leading the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University’s Climate School, as well as through other positions, I have dedicated my career to fostering the impact of disaster research in the fields of policy and practice. Testimony Submitted January 16, 2022. By: Jeff Schlegelmilch, MPH, MBA.

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