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7 Best Practices for Emergency Managers

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By recognizing that hazards, including severe weather events, are unpredictable and cannot be completely prevented, emergency managers can instead focus their efforts on promoting a resilient organization. Preparing for hazards can involve planning and training with departments, jurisdictions, agencies, and community members.

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Prepare Your Organization for a Hurricane

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Rapid and effective emergency communication during severe weather is key to providing real-time safety information to employees and customers. A unified critical event management platform can automate emergency notifications and communications, while centralizing all event activity. Emergency Management During a Hurricane.

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A level of Safety – NFPA Fire & Life Safety Ecosystem

National Fire Protection Association

For those of you who are not familiar with the NFPA Fire & Life Safety Ecosystem™, it is “a framework that identifies the components that must work together to minimize risk and help prevent loss, injuries and death from fire, electrical and other hazards.” Each topic was evaluated through the lens of the NFPA Fire & Life Safety Ecosystem™.

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ENSURING CANADA’S CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM IS READY AND RESILIENT

CCEM Strategies

This is accomplished through the development, maintenance and testing of internal emergency management programs, monitored and enforced by government authorities. Each emergency has unique, complicating factors that determine how a response is managed.

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Winter safety tips for employees in private and public sectors 

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This will help in coordinating emergency response efforts and providing timely updates. Implement an emergency notification system Implement an effective emergency notification system that can quickly disseminate critical information to a large number of people.

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ALERT READY: TIPS TO PREPARE YOUR BUSINESS FOR THE NATIONAL PUBLIC ALERTING SYSTEM

CCEM Strategies

If your device happens to be turned off, on WiFi or airplane mode, the emergency alert will be displayed when your device and LTE signal is turned back on. Here are some tips and starting points to reevaluate your existing emergency management plans and ensure your business continuity strategies in place: 1.

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Unlocking Climate Change Resilience Through Critical Event Management and Public Warning

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There has also been a rise in geophysical events including earthquakes and tsunamis which have killed more people than any of the other natural hazards under review in this report. While people always come first, it is as important to locate all of your organization’s assets. Where is your inventory?