DRI Drive

APRIL 24, 2022

While we’re certainly not done with the pandemic, two years of experience has given us a great deal of insight on how we identify and manage systemic risks, as a new report illustrates. The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) has released a new report that presents findings from five case studies in […].

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Risk Reduction Management Pandemic Risk Management 360

Emergency Planning

MARCH 3, 2025

He then outlined in perfect detail exactly what would happen during a viral pandemic, including the medical, economic, social, behavioural and psychological consequences. I taught pandemic preparedness on the basis of his example for the next 12 years. The goal is ever receding. Then it came to pass.

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Crisis Response Journal

AUGUST 22, 2021

August 2021: This week, the CRJ will mark the anniversary of this event with a series of blogs looking at at gender-based violence, disaster risk reduction in the camps and the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic

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Risk Reduction Pandemic 189

Emergency Planning

MAY 6, 2024

The lessons of the Covid-19 pandemic, alas largely negative, show that a good civilian system designed to protect the public against major hazards and threats can save thousands of lives and billions in losses and wasted expenditure. Non-seasonal influenza retains the potential to cause a pandemic on the level of that of 1918-1920.

All-Hazards 100

All-Hazards Hazard Risk Reduction Emergency Response 100

National Fire Protection Association

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

A recent episode of the NFPA Podcast, Disaster Planning During a Pandemic, introduces two emergency management experts who share lessons learned from responding to past incidents during the pandemic, including several new strategies that will likely remain in place long after the pandemic is over.

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All-Hazards Hazard Emergency Planning Pandemic 105

CCEM Strategies

OCTOBER 3, 2023

A deliberate focus on modernization first emerged five years ago in 2018, when the Province adopted the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. Since then, the Province has been continually responding to large-scale disasters, including the COVID-19 pandemic, and the 2021 and 2023 floods and wildfires. In 2019, B.C.

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Disaster Management Risk Reduction Management Strategic 69

Security Industry Association

MARCH 29, 2021

The pandemic has depressed revenues for most companies, and in the near term, security budgets will remain constrained. The question, however, shouldn’t always be about cost reduction; it should be about risk reduction. What are your predictions for the security industry in the short and long term?

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Risk Management Risk Reduction Security Pandemic 52