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OUR CHALLENGE

Emergency Planning

He then outlined in perfect detail exactly what would happen during a viral pandemic, including the medical, economic, social, behavioural and psychological consequences. I taught pandemic preparedness on the basis of his example for the next 12 years. It is by no means an isolated illustration. Then it came to pass.

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Can we stop the rot in academia?

Emergency Planning

During the worst of the pandemic there was, no doubt rightly, a huge emphasis on student welfare. In effect, the pandemic saw the triumph of the marketisation of higher education, a process that had been steadily accelerating for decades before Covid-19 struck. Nevertheless, it remains an ideal, even if a distant one.

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September is National Preparedness Month: Is Your Community Ready to Respond to a Severe Weather Event or Emergency?

National Fire Protection Association

Ready, a national public service campaign, has earmarked September as National Preparedness Month and urges those of us tasked with protecting people and property from fire, electrical, and related hazards, to work together, help educate, and empower the public to prepare for, respond to, and mitigate emergencies before they become tragedies.

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A Proposed Strategy to Advocate for Improved Civil Protection in the United Kingdom

Emergency Planning

The lessons of the Covid-19 pandemic, alas largely negative, show that a good civilian system designed to protect the public against major hazards and threats can save thousands of lives and billions in losses and wasted expenditure. Non-seasonal influenza retains the potential to cause a pandemic on the level of that of 1918-1920.

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More on the Covid-19 Academic Gold Rush

Emergency Planning

Times Higher Education , April 9, 2020. But beyond that, the only valid survival technique is to try, perhaps vainly, to learn how to be ultra-selective on what one does read. References Baker, Simon, 2020. Huge Covid-19 output prompting ‘sea change’ in access to research.

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Top 10 Resources to Help You Become a BCM Ninja 

MHA Consulting

Related on MHA Consulting: Become a Master of Disaster: Educate Yourself With These Key BC Resources A Golden Age for Quality BC Information We talk a lot in our MHA Consulting blog about aspects of BCM that are getting harder these days: the weather’s getting weirder , global turmoil is up , cyberattacks are on the rise , management is indifferent (..)

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Emergency Preparedness Week reminds us of importance of self-sufficiency for 72 hours

CCEM Strategies

They could include: avalanches pandemics/disease outbreaks earthquakes floods hazardous material spills landslides power outages extreme weather tsunamis wildfires Make an emergency plan Make sure you and your loved ones are on the same page about how you’ll respond to a disaster.