Emergency Planning

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Hospitals need to develop very substantial surge capacity and greatly increase their infection control measures. This may involve deploying field hospitals and using the resources of military medicine. Sectors such as travel, hospitality, tourism, retail, the arts and entertainment will suffer closures and reorganisations.

Pandemic 176

Pandemic Hospitality Logistics Tourism 176

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

MARCH 11, 2020

difficulties associated with procuring reliable, intelligible information being in the wrong place at the wrong time general uncertainty in the evolution of the epidemic These, then, are the possible building blocks of scenarios that could be used for future planning.

Pandemic 130

Pandemic Tourism Hospitality Transportation 130

Emergency Planning

MARCH 26, 2020

Hospital beds, medical staff, personal protective equipment, ventilators, vaccines, antivirals, palliative medicines, economic subsidies, payment for holidays, substitute wages, organised assistance, the policing of social distancing, the reorganisation of public transport and basic services, emergency communication, they are all being improvised.

Pandemic 130

Pandemic Hospitality Vulnerability Transportation 130

Emergency Planning

MARCH 7, 2019

Myth 20: Field hospitals are particularly useful for treating people injured by sudden impact disasters. Reality: Field hospitals are usually set up too late to treat the injured and end up providing general medicine and continuity of care. Myth 70: A good emergency plan always ensures a good response to crises.

Hospitality 130

Hospitality All-Hazards Risk Reduction Logistics 130

Emergency Planning

JUNE 9, 2019

Classification and prioritization of essential systems in hospitals under extreme events. Revealing the socioeconomic impact of small disasters in Colombia using the DesInventar database. Disasters 34(2): 552-570. Myrtle, R.C., Masri, R.L. Nigbor and J.P. Caffrey 2005. Earthquake Spectra 21(3): 779-802. Focus on Environmental Geology.

Risk Reduction 130

Risk Reduction Natural Hazard All-Hazards Hazard 130

Pure Storage

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

These attacks have brought major cities and hospitals to a grinding halt. Business leaders typically develop emergency plans for dealing with ransomware attackers who only want ransoms paid—which usually means either paying the ransom or designing storage so that data can quickly be replaced. And they’re making a comeback.

Hospitality 72

Hospitality Government Emergency Planning Publishing 72