CCEM Strategies

MARCH 15, 2017

Identify the Hazard or Threat Does the situation involve violence of some sort, including dangerous individuals, riots, or police incidents? If the event is environmental, a hazardous spill or vapour, then Shelter-in-Place action would be a more appropriate response. Is the danger to personnel within the building, or near the building?

All-Hazards 52

All-Hazards Hazard Emergency Planning Communications 52

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. Analyzing data, identifying gaps, and using lessons learned to discover areas that can be improved during the next emergency is where the value of technology lies.

Resilience 142

Resilience Risk Reduction Management Command Center 142

CCEM Strategies

JUNE 13, 2023

Beyond the exhilarating matches and roaring crowds, a critical aspect of hosting such a massive event is ensuring the safety and security of players, officials, fans, and host communities. There are multiple unique challenges for emergency planners when it comes to hosting global major events.

Management 52

Management All-Hazards Emergency Response Emergency Response 52

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.

All-Hazards 52

All-Hazards Emergency Planning Continuity Planning Hazard 52

CCEM Strategies

JULY 24, 2018

CI Defined Public Safety Canada defines critical infrastructure as the “processes, systems, facilities, technologies, networks, assets and services essential to the health, safety, security or economic well-being of Canadians and the effective functioning of government.” CI can be stand-alone, or cross provincial or national borders.

Resilience 52

Resilience All-Hazards Hazard Authorization 52

CCEM Strategies

MARCH 17, 2023

Public Safety Canada defines CI as the processes, systems, facilities, technologies, networks, assets and services essential to the health, safety, security or economic well-being of Canadians and the effective functioning of government. Each emergency has unique, complicating factors that determine how a response is managed.

Resilience 52

Resilience All-Hazards Hazard Transportation 52

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.

All-Hazards 52

All-Hazards Hazard Disaster Recovery Emergency Planning 52

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). Plans were made in the UK in 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2014.

Civil Emergency 130

Civil Emergency Pandemic All-Hazards Logistics 130

Emergency Planning

JUNE 9, 2019

Warming has already begun to have a substantial effect on the magnitude and frequency of meteorological hazards. For example, counter-terrorism policy and policy against natural hazards can be quite different. Natural hazard impacts on industry and critical infrastructure: natech risk drivers and risk management performance indicators.

Risk Reduction 130

Risk Reduction Natural Hazard All-Hazards Hazard 130

Emergency Planning

AUGUST 20, 2021

In Haiti, a third of the population lacks secure access to food. In his words, "the colonial institutions’ assiduous extraction of surpluses left the population both destitute and vulnerable to hazards for centuries to come." Nowhere more than in Haiti has disaster been made inevitable by the nexus of poverty and vulnerability.

Vulnerability 174

Vulnerability All-Hazards Risk Reduction Media 174