National Center for Disaster Prepardness

MARCH 27, 2025

The disaster highlighted the need for disaster preparedness and offered valuable lessons as governments adapt to the new normal of increasingly extreme events. Dr. Pierre Gentine , the Director of LEAP , was in Valencia at the time of this natural disaster, working at the University of Valencia during his sabbatical.

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Emergency Planning

MAY 30, 2019

On 1 May 2019 it was renamed the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. 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.

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National Fire Protection Association

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

While Preparedness Month focuses on natural disasters that most likely occur in the months ahead, any event that can cause catastrophe within a community year-round should be included in these plans as well. Our CRR digital tool CRAIG 1300® serves as a powerful platform for identifying leading risks within a given area.

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