Emergency Planning

MARCH 3, 2025

Emergency planning excluded emergency planners and was put in the hands of a consortium of medical doctors and politicians, yet half the battle in a pandemic is to manage the logistical, social and economic consequences. Despite the obvious need for mitigation, emergency response capability cannot be neglected.

All-Hazards 130

All-Hazards Natural Hazard Hazard Risk Reduction 130

Emergency Planning

MARCH 23, 2022

National standards should be developed to ensure that emergency plans are functional and compatible with one another, and that they ensure the interoperability of emergency services and functions. All levels of public administration should be required to produce emergency plans and maintain them by means of periodic updates.

Resilience 244

Resilience All-Hazards Emergency Planning Hazard 244

Emergency Planning

MARCH 29, 2023

lifts [elevators] blocked: people possibly trapped in them trains stranded: people possibly stranded in them traffic control inoperable: possibility of accidents and queues at road junctions critical facilities (hospitals, police stations, etc.)

Transportation 208

Transportation Hospitality Sports Emergency Response 208

Emergency Planning

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Emergency planning is an essential tool in the response to a pandemic. Planning is more a process than an outcome. Emergency response has three ingredients: plans, procedures and improvisation. Improvisation of supply and logistics could prove to be lethal.

Pandemic 176

Pandemic Hospitality Logistics Tourism 176

Emergency Planning

MARCH 7, 2019

Reality: Emergency response should have made a transition from a military activity to a fully civilian one. Goods and services imported into a country with foreign funding tend to benefit the manufacturers and suppliers. Myth 70: A good emergency plan always ensures a good response to crises.

Hospitality 130

Hospitality All-Hazards Risk Reduction Logistics 130