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OUR CHALLENGE

Emergency Planning

There have recently been some natural hazard events of extraordinary size and power, but they are no more than curtain raisers. Natural hazard impacts are becoming fiercer, more extensive and more frequent. We must also grapple with complexity and intersection with other forms of threat and hazard.

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The Emergency Management Institute at 70

Recovery Diva

The Emergency Management Institute at 70;From Civil Defense to Emergency Management in an Education and Training Institution. It also trains some federal officials and leaders in the nonprofit and private sectors and provides course materials for higher education. Be sure to read the Key Findings and Recommendations.

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Conversation with a Documentary Film Maker about Volcanic Risks_mixdown

Disaster Zone Podcast

On the way he has translated science into videos that inform and educate generations of people. On the way he has translated science into videos that inform and educate generations of people. From a childhood interest in film to a career as a documentary filmmaker, he has left his mark. A close encounter with Mt.

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A Resilience Charter

Emergency Planning

Safety’ refers to protection against major hazards such as storms, floods and industrial explosions. Emergency planning and management should be fully professionalised, with educational and training requirements, professional associations, credit for experience, a career path and an employment structure at all levels, from national to local.

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Plans Vs. Play Books

Disaster Zone Podcast

We have all manner of plans that need to be written, from general all-hazard plans to those that encompass special hazards like dams, pandemics, HAZMAT, school shootings, and on and on. Planning is one of the major tasks that all emergency managers undertake. Planning is one of the major tasks that all emergency managers undertake.

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Book Review: Case Studies in Disaster Recovery

Recovery Diva

This way the reader is given a roadmap to pick and choose from, if they wish so, the case studies written by various authors whose chapters span a wide variety of hazards as well as geographical and sociological settings all of which delve into a chosen aspect of disaster recovery towards building resiliency.

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Getting the Power Back On — Post Disaster

Disaster Zone Podcast

This Disaster Zone Podcast is a very interesting interview with Tom Moran who was instrumental in managing the early stages of the All Hazards Consortium One of the key messages Tom shared was to let the private sector lead public-private efforts. Government endeavors just don’t seem to survive changes in leadership and funding.