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. Higher levels of government need fully to support local efforts to bring the pandemic under control. However, the pandemic must be managed at the local level.

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Emergency Planning

OCTOBER 20, 2022

However, there is more to be done in terms of university and college governance. In the meantime it would be useful to repair the processes of governance in higher education. Governance has to be improved, and one measure of whether happens is to know whether expectations of academic staff are realistic--indeed humane--enough.

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Emergency Planning

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Since the start of the crisis, I have constantly affirmed that the key to understanding the effects of this pandemic is the UK Government's failure to give adequate weight to emergency planning and management (Alexander 2020a, 2020b). Britain is in a state of emergency. So where are its emergency planners?

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Emergency Planning

MARCH 11, 2020

It is now more than ten years since there was a general push to induce countries to plan for pandemics (WHO 2005). US Homeland Security Council 2005, UK Government 2008), while in others it did not. It is important to ensure that emergency planning measures are balanced among society's and people's needs.

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Emergency Planning

APRIL 24, 2022

All of these problems have at their root a lack of foresight and an inability to create stable global governance, as well, of course, as simple bad behaviour by national leaders. Moreover, at the world scale there has been a gradual and sustained retreat from democracy as well as a retreat from the principle of right to protection (R2P).

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Security Industry Association

JUNE 22, 2022

This clearinghouse provides critical resources for implementing balanced, holistic school safety programs across a range of topics from mental health to school climate and emergency planning. The post SIA and ESA Express Support for the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act appeared first on Security Industry Association.

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everbridge

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

During these kinds of severe weather events, Governments, multilateral donors, and business executives alike have a responsibility, whether moral or legal, to respond effectively and efficiently in order to protect people, assets, and facilities from harm. They are investing in data collection from spatial and hyper-local data.

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National Fire Protection Association

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

NFPA has a wealth of information to help guide building owners and facility managers, first responders, health care facility managers, electrical professionals, and public educators, as they prepare ahead of weather events in their area and work closely with communities to develop emergency plans.

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Emergency Planning

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

It was clear that the US Government was influenced by the suffering and the shortcomings of the response to the tragedy as it built up its own capacity to respond to natural hazard impacts. For many years after the disaster local people lived in 40-square-metre wooden prefabricated homes, the transitional housing provided by the government.

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Emergency Planning

MARCH 7, 2019

Reality: The imposition of martial law after disaster is extremely rare and implies that normal mechanisms of government were never effective in any way. Reality: Emergency response should have made a transition from a military activity to a fully civilian one. Myth 70: A good emergency plan always ensures a good response to crises.

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Emergency Planning

MARCH 27, 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic is distinguished by high levels of uncertainty in many of the tenets that anchor the scenario: infection rates, geographical spread, case-fatality rates, government policies and their impacts, public discipline or indiscipline in the face of emergency measures, and repercussions on the economy and people's livelihoods.

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Pure Storage

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

States and governments have enlisted hacktivists as their own national “cyber espionage” task forces, funding attackers and handing them sophisticated technology “weapons.” If history is any indicator, entire governments could be destabilized. Most of these attacks targeted government agencies and think tanks in the United States.

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National Fire Protection Association

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

NFPA® has a wealth of information to help guide building owners and facility managers, first responders, health care facility managers, electrical professionals, and public educators, as they prepare ahead of weather events in their area and work closely with communities to develop emergency plans.

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CCEM Strategies

JULY 5, 2023

While it may seem obvious that government is responsible for emergency management and planning, this perception doesn’t show the full picture. Emergency management responsibilities are shared by local and provincial governments, First Nations, critical infrastructure, businesses and individual citizens.

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CCEM Strategies

MARCH 27, 2018

Now that the Canadian government has launched Alert Ready - Canada’s National Public Alerting System, it’s important to consider how this affects your business’ emergency plans , and how to modify them moving forward. Now that you have the steps to re-evaluate your existing emergency plans, it’s time to put them to the test!

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CCEM Strategies

JUNE 13, 2023

There are multiple unique challenges for emergency planners when it comes to hosting global major events. Establishing a unified governance structure helps to form a consolidated view of planning activities, delivery risks, and progress.

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CCEM Strategies

MAY 10, 2023

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.

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Emergency Planning

MARCH 16, 2021

As I stood beside the shell of the building, local people driving to work would stop and say a prayer at the shrine in memory of the emergency managers who sacrificed their lives for the community. The Japanese Government promised reconstruction in only seven years. Broadly, they achieved it.

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Plan B Consulting

MAY 16, 2022

The event is the National Cyber Security Centre’s (NCSC) conference, and is very much geared around government organisations associated with cyber security. There were all the senior members of the government organisations, plus the seniors and salespeople from the vendors. For me, it felt very much like a ‘grown ups’ event.

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Plan B Consulting

MAY 16, 2022

The event is the National Cyber Security Centre’s (NCSC) conference, and is very much geared around government organisations associated with cyber security. There were all the senior members of the government organisations, plus the seniors and salespeople from the vendors. For me, it felt very much like a ‘grown ups’ event.

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MHA Consulting

MARCH 16, 2023

Protecting Your Brand In writing business continuity plans, BC and crisis management teams need to think about how to protect their organization’s brand, one of its most valuable assets. Include brand protection in your crisis management plan. Devise policies governing staff social media use. That is no longer a viable strategy.”

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Plan B Consulting

APRIL 8, 2024

Public outcry often follows government failures to adequately prepare for known risks, resulting in mass casualty events. A example of this is the recommendation following the King’s Cross Fire of November 1987, where 31 people perished, highlighting the hampered emergency services response due to ineffective underground communication.

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Plan B Consulting

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

This week I discuss the importance of contingency planning. The news this morning was that the government is going to take 10 days to implement its plan for all incoming non-British travellers to quarantine in a hotel for 10 days. Why did they not anticipate that a quarantine scheme might be needed?

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Plan B Consulting

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

This week I discuss the importance of contingency planning. I try not to criticise the government. The news this morning was that the government is going to take 10 days to implement its plan for all incoming non-British travellers to quarantine in a hotel for 10 days. Setting up the quarantine scheme.

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MHA Consulting

JANUARY 26, 2023

Then as now, the government published resources to help organizations protect themselves. Anything and everything is out there regarding how you can protect your organization and its stakeholders from disruptions and recover quickly when outages occur.

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Plan B Consulting

MAY 16, 2022

The event is the National Cyber Security Centre’s (NCSC) conference, and is very much geared around government organisations associated with cyber security. There were all the senior members of the government organisations, plus the seniors and salespeople from the vendors. For me, it felt very much like a ‘grown ups’ event.

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Consulting Government Emergency Planning Resilience 40

Plan B Consulting

MAY 5, 2021

I did my PhD in Emergency Planning and Disaster Management at the University of Hertfordshire; therefore, it is the latest in a long line of universities that caught my eye. The government gave Redcar and Cleveland Council £3.68m to cover the cost of their cyber incident, although they claim it cost them around £10m.

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Plan B Consulting

MAY 5, 2021

I did my PhD in Emergency Planning and Disaster Management at the University of Hertfordshire; therefore, it is the latest in a long line of universities that caught my eye. The government gave Redcar and Cleveland Council £3.68m to cover the cost of their cyber incident, although they claim it cost them around £10m.

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Advertising Alert Insurance Insurance 52

Plan B Consulting

MARCH 8, 2019

When I was the Emergency Planning Manager at Anglian Water, I was called to the mail room to look at a suspicious envelope which had been X-rayed by mail staff, and seemingly contained a needle. Not all things sent in the post are designed to harm, sometimes they are just plain stupid.

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Plan B Consulting

MARCH 8, 2019

When I was the Emergency Planning Manager at Anglian Water, I was called to the mail room to look at a suspicious envelope which had been X-rayed by mail staff, and seemingly contained a needle. Not all things sent in the post are designed to harm, sometimes they are just plain stupid.

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CCEM Strategies

JANUARY 10, 2024

For example: Risk assessments and emergency and business continuity plans now need to consider Indigenous knowledge, climate change, cultural safety, and impacts on vulnerable persons, animals, places or things. In alignment with UNDRIP and B.C.’s

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Plan B Consulting

JUNE 24, 2021

Those who live in earthquake zones are very aware of the risks involved and have emergency plans in place should they ever get caught up in one. The incident manifested differently from what they thought and therefore required a different response to what they had planned.

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Plan B Consulting

JUNE 24, 2021

Those who live in earthquake zones are very aware of the risks involved and have emergency plans in place should they ever get caught up in one. The incident manifested differently from what they thought and therefore required a different response to what they had planned.

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Plan B Consulting

JANUARY 18, 2021

” moment, SEPA has done the whole of the Scottish Government sector a favour by not paying the ransom. Ransomware gangs have had quite a lot of success with attacks on local government in the USA, where a number of ransoms have been paid for the quick restoration of their systems. We’ll just set aboot ye.”

Communications 52

Communications Media Government Publishing 52

Plan B Consulting

JANUARY 18, 2021

” moment, SEPA has done the whole of the Scottish Government sector a favour by not paying the ransom. Ransomware gangs have had quite a lot of success with attacks on local government in the USA, where a number of ransoms have been paid for the quick restoration of their systems. We’ll just set aboot ye.”

Communications 52

Communications Media Government Publishing 52

Plan B Consulting

APRIL 13, 2020

In a similar way, the Wetherspoons Chairman Tim Martin, sent a video message to staff to say they would not be paid after that Friday while the company works out details of a furlough scheme under which the government will pay 80% of wages. He advised them to get a job at Tesco in the meantime.

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Banking Emergency Planning Publishing Continuity Professionals 52

Plan B Consulting

APRIL 13, 2020

In a similar way, the Wetherspoons Chairman Tim Martin, sent a video message to staff to say they would not be paid after that Friday while the company works out details of a furlough scheme under which the government will pay 80% of wages. He advised them to get a job at Tesco in the meantime.

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