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Unlocking Climate Change Resilience Through Critical Event Management and Public Warning

everbridge

In the period 2000 to 2019, there were 7,348 major recorded disaster events claiming 1.23 The report “The Human Cost of Disasters 2000-2019” also records major increases in other categories including drought, wildfires , and extreme temperature events. “The million lives, affecting 4.2

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RIMS Canada Conference Kicks Off with Top Honors for Canadian Risk Professionals

Risk Management Monitor

Stuart Award During her 40-year risk management career, Dowdall has worked for an array of prominent Canadian corporations, including AECON Construction, Tim Hortons, Canada Post, OLG, Brookfield Properties, Cadillac Fairview, as well as the Ontario Ministry of Government Services.

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Book Review: Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management

Recovery Diva

Chapter 4 “Lessons from Co-occuring Disasters: COVOID-19 and Eight Hurricanes”by Alessandra Jerolleman, Shirley Laska and Julie Torres is a complimentary review of Louisiana government leaders and emergency managers responses to a set of simultaneous disasters: global pandemic and an “epidemic” of landfalling hurricanes during the 2020 season.

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Security Industry Association Names dormakaba and SALTO Systems as the 2024 SIA Members of the Year

Security Industry Association

dormakaba, a leading global provider in the access solutions market, has been a corporate member of SIA since 2000. “dormakaba and SALTO’s exceptional engagement in SIA’s events, learning and development offerings, advocacy efforts and industry leadership has been vital in SIA’s efforts to shape the future of the security industry.”

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SIA New Member Profile: Enterprise Security, Inc.

Security Industry Association

Joseph Emens : Established in 2000, Enterprise Security, Inc., Regulatory changes : We expect ongoing changes in cybersecurity regulations and compliance standards, with governments worldwide enacting stricter data protection laws. Emens, chief operating officer at Enterprise Security, Inc., Tell us the story of your company.

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Using Budget Principles to Prepare for Future Pandemics and Other Disasters

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

We have forward-looking actions across government, such as FEMA’s Strategic Plan. This should further inform a larger process for considering a re-look at our whole of government response. Figure 1: Supplemental appropriations by fiscal year, FY 2000–2021. However, rules can be designed to counterbalance these incentives.

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Managing incidents ‘on the back foot’ – Britain’s poor response to issuing visas to Ukrainian refugees

Plan B Consulting

The story earlier this week was that while Poland have taken on 1m+ refugees and Ireland 2000, the UK had only taken in and processed 50 people. The main reason seems to be government incompetence and their inability to anticipate the number of refugees wanting to come to the UK and setting up a system in advance.