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OUR CHALLENGE

Emergency Planning

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. Natural hazard impacts are becoming fiercer, more extensive and more frequent.

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Alaska Emergency Management

Disaster Zone Podcast

Alaska is a huge state with many different hazards and challenges. As Director, he provides executive leadership of the Division, ensuring it leads the way in homeland security and emergency management to foster a prepared, resilient Alaska capable of meeting the needs of its communities and citizens in response to all-hazards events.

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An Interview with FEMA Region X Administrator

Disaster Zone Podcast

We also delve into what makes FEMA Region 10 unique in its own way, from the people, hazards and approaches to emergency management. Logistics for instance, will be a huge challenge following a subduction earthquake that impacts all the states in his territory.

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Planning for Disaster Debris Removal

Disaster Zone Podcast

Debris can come in all shapes and sizes to include cars, houses and hazardous materials. This episode is sponsored by AshBritt , a national rapid-response emergency management and logistics company. Debris can come in all shapes and sizes to include cars, houses and hazardous materials.

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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

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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Coordinating Emergency Response and Business Continuity in Manufacturing

Plan B Consulting

These plans might not always be referred to as emergency response plans; they could be called incident response plans, major incident response plans, or hazard plans. Many manufacturing sites have hazardous materials on-site, which, in the event of an incident, could impact their staff or even the local community. Casualty Management.

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Emergency Response Planning Tasks

MHA Consulting

Operational Control – An hour-by-hour control should be exercised from here by various functional areas including security, HR, purchasing, communications, logistics, etc. They will set objectives and priorities and have overall responsibility at the incident.