Emergency Planning

MARCH 3, 2025

Emergency planning excluded emergency planners and was put in the hands of a consortium of medical doctors and politicians, yet half the battle in a pandemic is to manage the logistical, social and economic consequences. Despite the obvious need for mitigation, emergency response capability cannot be neglected.

All-Hazards 130

All-Hazards Natural Hazard Hazard Risk Reduction 130

Emergency Planning

MARCH 23, 2022

National standards should be developed to ensure that emergency plans are functional and compatible with one another, and that they ensure the interoperability of emergency services and functions. All levels of public administration should be required to produce emergency plans and maintain them by means of periodic updates.

Resilience 244

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Emergency Planning

DECEMBER 20, 2024

One of these is emergency planning, the process of anticipating needs caused by disaster impacts and making arrangements to satisfy them as well as possible with available resources. Social media in disaster risk reduction and crisis management. References Alexander, D.E. Science and Engineering Ethics 20(3): 717-733.

Disaster Management 130

Disaster Management Management Media Crisis Management 130

Emergency Planning

DECEMBER 14, 2020

It is important to understand the relative nature of risk in geographical terms, with respect to the co-occurrence of different kinds of risk, and so as to prioritise risk management interventions. Emergency planning is an essential tool in the response to a pandemic. Planning is more a process than an outcome.

Pandemic 176

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Emergency Planning

AUGUST 20, 2021

This is impossible to substantiate, but goods manufactured in a donor country, brought to Haiti by transport from that country and distributed by personnel from the same country would do little to stimulate the Haitian economy. Stability, good governance and democratic participation are essential ingredients of disaster risk reduction.

Vulnerability 174

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Emergency Planning

MARCH 7, 2019

Goods and services imported into a country with foreign funding tend to benefit the manufacturers and suppliers. Reality: Although there is a risk that cash grants may end up in the pockets of corrupt administrators or local mafias, cash is generally more flexible than donations in kind.

Hospitality 130

Hospitality All-Hazards Risk Reduction Logistics 130