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Prolonged, wide-area electrical power failure

Emergency Planning

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.)

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Managing Emergencies: The Challenges of the Future

Emergency Planning

Recently, I spoke to a senior emergency planner who has worked for years in the transportation and nuclear industries. Wording of this kind is designed to defy the country's leading philosophers of logic, and let's remember that the Act is designed to tackle a major emergency–sorry, disaster.

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How Transportation is Vital in Emergency Management and Business Continuity

CCEM Strategies

Transportation plays a key and invaluable role for company operations and is a vital element of emergency management. The consequences suffered when transportation services and infrastructure are impacted by a disaster are far reaching. And we can customize a plan appropriate for your business and potential emergencies.

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

Emergency Planning

In these countries responsibility for coordinating local emergency actions is delegated to the regions. Wales has developed three regional emergency response coordination centres, but the rest of the UK is not following suit. Standardised,"all hazards" emergency planning methodology applied at all levels.

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Unlocking Climate Change Resilience Through Critical Event Management and Public Warning

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During severe weather emergencies, authorities, companies, and organizations will need to easily identify and communicate effectively with on-the-ground teams, any at-risk populations, first responders, transportation resources, and medical supplies. ACT – Take quick and decisive action to mitigate or eliminate the impact of a threat.

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Common Misconceptions about Disaster

Emergency Planning

Reality: Emergency response should have made a transition from a military activity to a fully civilian one. Reality: There are so many potential pathogens, agents and isotopes that high-level laboratory analysis way be needed, which would cause problems of transportation of samples and rapidity of analyses.

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ENSURING CANADA’S CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM IS READY AND RESILIENT

CCEM Strategies

Ensuring Canada’s Critical Infrastructure system is ready and resilient Can you imagine what would happen if an incident such as a natural disaster compromised our transportation, food or even energy Critical Infrastructure (CI) systems? In November 2021, British Columbians didn’t have to.