everbridge

MAY 9, 2024

By leveraging advanced technologies and data-driven approaches, they can ensure a more targeted, efficient, and inclusive response to disasters, ultimately enhancing community resilience and well-being.

Communications 105

Communications Alert Transportation Disaster Recovery 105

Zerto

AUGUST 18, 2022

Savvy business leaders begin with a small but easily scalable BCP or DRP and rigorously test to identify loopholes and minimize vulnerabilities. However, testing each new iteration of the disaster recovery or business continuity plan is essential to its success. Both Require Testing Regularly to Ensure the Plans Work.

BCP 95

BCP Disaster Recovery Impact Analysis Continuity Planning 95

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

MAY 12, 2021

Thus, in addition to having a clear strategy and response plan, it is essential to identify the most vulnerable populations and hazard areas, and to have a strong framework for coordination among emergency management and public health agencies. You can check the status of your state or local hazard mitigation plan here.

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Hazard Mitigation Pandemic Natural Hazard 64

National Fire Protection Association

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

And while disasters impact all of us when they do occur, underserved regions tend to bear the brunt more than others. With the focus of this year’s Preparedness Month campaign on vulnerable populations, making sure those areas have the support and resources needed to remain protected and safe is critical.

Risk Reduction 53

Risk Reduction Disaster Preparedness Vulnerability Mitigation 53

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

MARCH 27, 2023

Of those cases, 42% were children, who are more vulnerable to CO poisoning due to their higher metabolic rates. Low-income and BIPOC households, who already carry a disproportionate burden of energy costs, are more likely to reside in unsafe structures , and may no means of escaping disasters.

Outage 52

Outage Disaster Preparedness Vulnerability Publishing 52

MHA Consulting

OCTOBER 12, 2023

And formerly tranquil areas are increasingly vulnerable to extreme weather events. Other places are seeing threats that are almost unprecedented for that locality, such as southern California receiving its first-ever tropical storm watch. These shifts mean that many facilities that have long been in harm’s way now face even greater risks.

Emergency Response 111

Emergency Response Emergency Response Transportation Continuity Professionals 111

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.

Pandemic 52

Pandemic Disaster Preparedness All-Hazards Government 52

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

MAY 13, 2020

As the world scrambles each week to grapple with the seemingly insurmountable number of positive cases and deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic, public policy is failing some of America’s most vulnerable communities. The post Racial Disparities and COVID-19 appeared first on National Center for Disaster Preparedness | NCDP.

Healthcare 40

Healthcare All-Hazards Disaster Preparedness Vulnerability 40

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

MAY 4, 2020

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, isolation, confinement, and lack of escape for victims compounds the additional stressors of economic vulnerability, limited access to social support systems, and shifts in daily routines that led to increased violence in past catastrophes such as Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Harvey.

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Pandemic Vulnerability Disaster Preparedness Hospitality 52

Disaster Recovery

AUGUST 6, 2019

Experts have now started raising concerns that these and other regions in the Pacific Northwest might be more vulnerable to wildfires than before. Moreover, the relatively infrequent fires mean that local residents and establishments lack adequate disaster preparedness.

All-Hazards 40

All-Hazards Hazard Disaster Preparedness Disaster Recovery 40

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

MAY 20, 2020

With low-income earners also significantly more likely to be severely rent-burdened , the current crisis has left many increasingly vulnerable to housing insecurity. The post Housing Protections are an Essential Part of COVID-19 Response and Recovery appeared first on National Center for Disaster Preparedness | NCDP.

All-Hazards 40

All-Hazards Pandemic Hazard Disaster Preparedness 40

Risk Management Monitor

AUGUST 4, 2022

While these issues may have been the fuel, it is certainly the COVID-19 pandemic that was the spark for the current challenges facing the supply chain, as the pandemic affected the global supply chain in many ways.

Logistics 45

Logistics Transportation Pandemic Capacity 45

Risk Management Monitor

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

By identifying areas of vulnerability and taking actions to prepare, businesses can potentially reduce the impacts of a catastrophic hurricane. With potential maximum wind speeds of 200 mph and the ability to drop more than 2.4 trillion gallons of water in a single day, hurricanes are not to be taken lightly.

All-Hazards 40

All-Hazards Hazard Insurance Insurance 40

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

OCTOBER 23, 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 do something to make our nation and the world less vulnerable.

Disaster Preparedness 52

Disaster Preparedness Hospitality Vulnerability Publishing 52

everbridge

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Lessons Learned: Exploration of Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities: In 2023, a surge in cyberattacks exposed vulnerabilities across various sectors. These incidents highlighted the vulnerability of such systems to cyber threats, necessitating urgent security enhancements.

Management 59

Management Travel Vulnerability Cybersecurity 59

Solutions Review

JANUARY 25, 2023

One way of mitigating today’s vulnerabilities is to provide rigorous identity-based access control. Unfortunately, both external and internal bad actors are now exploiting VPN’s inherent vulnerabilities. Ransomware now simply searches for that one crack, that one vulnerability, that will allow it entry to your network.

Backup 116

Backup Government Application Security 116

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

It is also a time for us, particularly in the disaster preparedness community, to reflect on what has changed since 9/11 and what has not. The state of preparedness in the United States is evolving. Unravelling and repairing this societal blight will not be easy, but there is momentum.

Disaster Management 98

Disaster Management Disaster Preparedness Management Pandemic 98

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

AUGUST 8, 2019

Failures of levees in the historic flooding from the recent “Bomb Cyclone” that affected some of the same areas as this recent outbreak of extreme weather is just one example of disasters amplified by the lack of investments in infrastructure. We know what needs to be done. We just need to do it.

Disaster Preparedness 52

Disaster Preparedness Vulnerability Insurance Insurance 52

Recovery Diva

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Government agencies and scientific experts expect these trends to continue due to climate change and increased development and population in areas vulnerable to hazards.

Disaster Preparedness 100

Disaster Preparedness Hazard Capacity Vulnerability 100

Emergency Planning

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Each new disaster reveals the shortcomings of hazard mitigation and disaster preparedness. According to a recent report by the European Commission, Italians feel vulnerable to extreme weather but have low levels of awareness and preparedness compared to the average for the 27 EU member states.

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All-Hazards Natural Hazard Hazard Disaster Preparedness 130