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Discussion with FEMA Adminstrator on Building Codes

Recovery Diva

From Smart Cities Diva, this article on the outcome of a recent Wash Post live event last week: As billion-dollar disasters increase, FEMA evolves to keep up.The agency is reevaluating when to scale up staffing and eyeing building codes as a strategy to save on recovery costs.

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Optimize Your Emergency Response: Team Roles and Responsibilities

Alert Media

Do your people know who to call when an emergency arises? Find out how to cover all your bases with incident response plans and teams today.

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Some Personal Preparedness for Persons with Major Illnesses

Recovery Diva

Here is some advice for those with major illnesses to help anticipate and enhance their ability to cope with a major disaster. The source of this information is the Mesothelioma Center. Those who have been diagnosed or have a family member diagnosed with cancer can have a particularly hard time when natural disasters occur. This can range from not having the ability to refill a prescription to roadways being blocked so they can’t make it to the hospital to continue their treatment.

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Leading by (Bad) Example: Companies in the News Show What Not to Do 

MHA Consulting

It’s never very hard to find examples of companies whose casual approach to resiliency and crisis management has come back to bite them. Two of the latest are Ticketmaster and Southwest Airlines. Related on MHA Consulting: The Art of Explaining: MHA’s Best Crisis Communications Resources We business continuity professionals spend a lot of time telling our colleagues and clients about the negative impacts an organization can experience if it gives short shrift to the need to become resilient and

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The Complete Guide to Mastering Business Continuity

The Complete Guide to Mastering Business Continuity is a step-by-step resource for developing an effective Business Continuity Management (BCM) program and navigating challenges. Whether building from scratch or enhancing a plan, this guide offers practical tools, expert advice, and strategies to ensure resilience. What You’ll Learn: Key elements of BCM and resiliency Steps to build and test your Business Continuity Plan (BCP) Conducting risk assessments and BIAs Integrating cybersecurity into p

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Taiwan, Gun Violence, Fishing in the Arctic: RAND Weekly Recap

The Rand Blog

This weekly recap focuses on the potential for a Chinese attack on Taiwan, America's persistent gun violence problem, managing Arctic fisheries, and more.

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IntelligentSIA: New Awards Programs, Can’t-Miss Events, New Research and Other Offerings to Help You Maximize Your Membership

Security Industry Association

Hey SIA members! Here are the top 12 things you need to know about our latest activities and resources, upcoming events and opportunities and more. Welcome, New Members! The Security Industry Association (SIA) would like to welcome its newest members: BluePoint Alert Solutions , Digi Security Systems , FieldHub , Impact Recovery Systems , International Security Consultant, INID Readers USA, nSide , Risk Mitigation Technologies LLC , RS/M Risk and Security Management Consulting and Wicket.

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How to Create a Docker Image – Build and Run Your Own Containers

Pure Storage

How to Create a Docker Image – Build and Run Your Own Containers by Pure Storage Blog Lightweight, stand-alone, and secure, containers provide a reliable runtime environment that will work consistently from host to host. Looking to get started building and deploying your own containerized apps? In this article, we’ll explore how to create a Docker image so that you can build and deploy your own containerized apps.