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Vermont, Massachusetts, Hawaii Top Best States For Disaster Preparedness

Continuity Insights

experienced 10 or more separate billion-dollar disasters for the 14th consecutive year , according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The data set ranges from disaster relief charities per capita to the presence of an enhanced disaster mitigation plan to the community resilience score.

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Transforming Wildfire Management with AI

Disaster Zone Podcast

This podcast is about how artificial intelligence (AI) is being used to promote disaster resilience in communities threatened by wildfire. Guy Bayes, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) works at Vibrant Planet where he is focused on using data and AI to power natural climate solutions management, in order to mitigate and roll back climate change.

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Washington State Emergency Management

Disaster Zone Podcast

He serves as Director of the Washington Military Department’s Emergency Management Division (EMD), which is responsible for leading and coordinating mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery activities to minimize the impact of disasters and emergencies on the people, property, environment and economy of Washington State.

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Emergency Management on the Southwest Border

Disaster Zone Podcast

He leads the Office of Emergency Management’s mission to cultivate a resilient community through collaborative partnerships to prevent, prepare, mitigate, respond and recover from large-scale emergencies and disasters. He has held that position for over seven years. He has held that position for over seven years.

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AI for Wildfires and Heatwaves

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

Image credit: Bellwether LEAP Wallerstein Panel Series: AI + Extreme Weather Preparedness Based on panel presentations and discussions by Ali Ahmadalipour, Elena Xoplaki, Jatan Buch, and Jorge Pérez Aracil. Accessed 25 May 2025 [link] The post AI for Wildfires and Heatwaves appeared first on National Center for Disaster Preparedness | NCDP.

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What is the Climate Finance Vulnerability Index (CliF-VI)?

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

By: Amy Campbell, Student Researcher, National Center for Disaster Preparedness (NCDP) Adaptation finance is critically underfunded, with existing finance skewed toward mitigation and middle-income markets. Blended finance primer: Risk mitigation. appeared first on National Center for Disaster Preparedness | NCDP.

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Is your business ready for any disaster? Review this 5-point disaster preparedness checklist

Online Computers

That's why it's important for you to have a disaster preparedness plan (DPP) to help prevent or lessen the damage of a disaster and quickly resume normal business operations. But how can you be sure that your strategy to mitigate disasters will actually work?