Emergency Planning

MAY 14, 2024

This is not to denigrate the work of resilience managers, as there is obviously much to be done to reduce the risk and impact of adverse events. Put bluntly, in disaster risk reduction, these days the goalposts are moving faster than the players. Resilience and disaster risk reduction: an etymological journey.

Resilience 130

Resilience Risk Reduction Natural Hazard All-Hazards 130

Emergency Planning

AUGUST 31, 2021

Make emergency planning and management a key profession: develop it nationally. By and large, governments do not want to know about disaster risk reduction. Disaster risk reduction cannot be based on a narrow view of the problem. All vulnerability is contextual (see my writings on that).

Risk Reduction 171

Risk Reduction Government Vulnerability Emergency Planning 171

Emergency Planning

MAY 6, 2024

Increasing dependency on critical infrastructure makes the country ever more vulnerable to proliferating technological failure, whether it is caused by cyber attack, sabotage or natural forces. Standardised,"all hazards" emergency planning methodology applied at all levels. the coordinators of emergency operations.

All-Hazards 130

All-Hazards Hazard Risk Reduction Emergency Response 130

Emergency Planning

MAY 30, 2019

The United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction was born out of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, 1990-2000. On 1 May 2019 it was renamed the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. International Journal for Disaster Risk Reduction 10(B): 403-502. GNCSODR 2015.

Risk Reduction 130

Risk Reduction Natural Hazard All-Hazards Hazard 130

Emergency Planning

JUNE 9, 2019

While not independent of the magnitude of physical forces involved, it is not linearly related to them because it depends on the nature and size of the vulnerabilities that the physical forces act upon. The next question is where to draw the boundaries in the study of disasters and practice of disaster risk reduction.

Risk Reduction 130

Risk Reduction Natural Hazard All-Hazards Hazard 130

CCEM Strategies

JANUARY 10, 2024

With this new legislation comes substantial new requirements for community emergency managers – many relating to Indigenous engagement. s DRIPA, local governments are now required to consult and cooperate with neighbouring First Nations governments during all phases of emergency management. In alignment with UNDRIP and B.C.’s

Management 64

Management Capacity Strategic Risk Reduction 64

Emergency Planning

MARCH 7, 2019

In addition, technology is a potential source of vulnerability as well as a means of reducing it. Myth 58: For every dollar [pound, euro, shekel] spent on disaster risk reduction, between four and 11 dollars are saved in damage and losses avoided. Myth 70: A good emergency plan always ensures a good response to crises.

Hospitality 130

Hospitality All-Hazards Risk Reduction Logistics 130