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Emergency Planning

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

In 2021 a colleague who studies natural hazards wrote to me that "our institute is all but destroyed and colleagues have lost their homes". Each new disaster reveals the shortcomings of hazard mitigation and disaster preparedness. In addition the city's emergency plan has been comprehensively revised.

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Managing Emergencies: The Challenges of the Future

Emergency Planning

OCTOBER 21, 2022

One only hopes that land-use planning will stem the flood of new construction in areas that are prone to inundation by rivers that burst their banks and seas that rise up and surge inland, eating away at properties and coastal defences as they go. It lacks a national emergency operations centre.

Management

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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

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

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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Reflections on the Turkish-Syrian Earthquakes of 6th February 2023: Building Collapse and its Consequences

Emergency Planning

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 15: 931-945. Natural Hazards 109: 161-200. A view on how to mitigate earthquake damages in Turkey from a civil engineering perspective. Select Bibliography of Sources on Turkish R/C Construction Practices Cogurcu, M.T. Ecemis, S.Z. Korkmaz, M.H. Arslan and H.H. Korkmaz 2021. Ozmen, H.B.

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How To Strengthen Your Organization's Infrastructure for an Emergency

CCEM Strategies

JULY 5, 2023

Being prepared involves developing, regularly updating and practicing both your emergency plan and business continuity plan. Doing this is crucial so your business can continue providing service, while reducing financial impacts and mitigating reputational damage after an emergency event occurs.

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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

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

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.

Hazard

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Foresight

Emergency Planning

APRIL 24, 2022

It is obvious that military instability is likely to complicate and retard the process of getting natural hazard impacts under control. There has recently been a surge of research interest in disaster and conflict (ref). The Russian invasion of Ukraine is a cascading disaster with global ramifications.

Natural Hazard

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The 2019 Global Assessment Report (GAR)

Emergency Planning

MAY 30, 2019

Globally, about a thousand times as much is spent on hydrocarbon exploration and extraction than on the mitigation of the climate change that results from burning fossil fuels (Mechler et al. Unofficial voices have suggested that the 'cure to damage ratio' for natural hazards is 1:43. The GAR notes that "we all live in communities".

Risk Reduction

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Top 10 Resources to Help You Become a BCM Ninja

MHA Consulting

JANUARY 26, 2023

A great place to get an overview of the whole BC field, from Program Administration to Exercises to Risk Management and Mitigation. Contains links to toolkits for preparing for different hazards as well as pages on Emergency Response Plans, Crisis Communications Plans, Incident Management, IT/DR, and much more.

BCM

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Unlocking Climate Change Resilience Through Critical Event Management and Public Warning

everbridge

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

There has also been a rise in geophysical events including earthquakes and tsunamis which have killed more people than any of the other natural hazards under review in this report. ACT – Take quick and decisive action to mitigate or eliminate the impact of a threat. Adaption : Alert & Collaborate through Public Warning.

Resilience

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Is it Possible to Keep Up with the Literature?

Emergency Planning

AUGUST 22, 2019

I replied that, as there are more than 80 dedicated journals in the disasters, risks and hazards fields, and more than 500 others that occasionally publish papers on such themes, no such need existed. Fortunately, there are some mitigating factors, for example, the lack of innovation in most published research.

Publishing

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Common Misconceptions about Disaster

Emergency Planning

MARCH 7, 2019

Myth 17: Unburied dead bodies constitute a health hazard. Reality: Not even advanced decomposition causes a significant health hazard. Reality: Producing the means to reduce disaster risk (a warning system, a hazard map, an advancement of anti-seismic building techniques, an updated building code, etc.)

Hospitality

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Is Your Community Prepared for Flooding?

CCEM Strategies

MAY 11, 2023

Flooding is one of the most common, pervasive, and costliest natural hazards in Canada , with a history of causing major disasters. This information can then be used to develop effective flood preparedness plans and mitigation strategies, such as building dikes or improving drainage systems.

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ENSURING CANADA’S CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM IS READY AND RESILIENT

CCEM Strategies

MARCH 17, 2023

Provincial and local authorities are aware of the owners and operators of CI in their regions and together, they work to create and test emergency plans that will ensure adequate response procedures and business continuity practices are in place, long before an incident occurs.

Resilience

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PREPARING COASTAL BUSINESSES FOR THE BIG 3 - #2 EARTHQUAKES

CCEM Strategies

OCTOBER 7, 2020

What can you do to mitigate hazards? By assessing earthquake-related hazards, you can plan and take advance action to limit the damage earthquakes may cause to your business. By organizing what you need and knowing the steps in advance, you can help mitigate the impact on your business.

Insurance

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KNOW. ACQUIRE. PREPARE: HOW TO STRENGTHEN YOUR ORGANIZATION'S INFRASTRUCTURE FOR AN EMERGENCY

CCEM Strategies

JUNE 13, 2018

Emergencies can have a significant and even catastrophic (excuse the pun) impact on a business’ bottom line. Being prepared involves developing, regularly updating, and training on both your emergency plan and the business continuity plan.

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CANADA’S CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE – READINESS & RESILIENCY

CCEM Strategies

JULY 24, 2018

This is because, long before an incident occurs, CI operators work with governments to create and test emergency plans to ensure adequate response procedures and business continuity practices are in place, to deal with unforeseen disruptions.

Resilience

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Increase Community Resilience for Extreme Cold Emergencies

CCEM Strategies

JANUARY 11, 2024

Understanding local risk profiles helps mitigate, prepare for, and respond to extreme cold emergencies. Actions to Increase Resilience in Your Community Emergency managers, policymakers, planners, and community leaders play a crucial role in enhancing resilience to extreme cold in their communities.

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