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The United Kingdom's National Risk Register - 2023 Edition

Emergency Planning

The new version presents 89 major hazards and threats that could potentially disrupt life in the United Kingdom and possibly cause casualties and damage. It explains its own rationale and presents the 89 'risks' one by one. Hence, the risk register largely discusses hazards and threats, not risks sensu stricto. (c)

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Book Review: Constructing Risk

Recovery Diva

Helpful anecdotes are inserted throughout, balancing critical assessments where organizations and countries have not used available methods of risk assessment, and as a result, “…acting individually and through collective bodies, succeed neither in effective policy nor practice in reducing vulnerability of the built environment.” [p.

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Reflections on the Turkish-Syrian Earthquakes of 6th February 2023: Building Collapse and its Consequences

Emergency Planning

Most of them are highly vulnerable to seismic forces. Many of the news media that have reported the disaster have presented it as the result of inescapable terrestrial forces. How much simpler to attribute it all to anonymous forces within the ground! Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 15: 931-945. Ecemis, S.Z.

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The 2019 Global Assessment Report (GAR)

Emergency Planning

It could be argued that political decision making is the greatest barrier of all to successful disaster risk reduction. Unofficial voices have suggested that the 'cure to damage ratio' for natural hazards is 1:43. Notably, the GAR has finally come around to the view that we all bear the burden of reducing disaster risk.

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NCDP 20th Anniversary Reflections and Impacts

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

NCDP has a rich history, from the early preparedness efforts for governmental and non-governmental systems to the complexities of population recovery, the power of community engagement, and the risks of human vulnerability. Below are reflections and commentary from members of the NCDP team. Read also about our beginnings of NCDP.

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Protecting Mass Gathering Venues Against Drone Threats: How SIA and the Industry Are Leading the Way

Security Industry Association

In 2022, unofficially there were over 1,200 requests for SEAR designation, not all of which were approved – this indicates both awareness and need. The increasing prevalence of weaponized UAS presents a complex challenge to public safety. Department of Defense and Special Event Assessment Rating (SEAR) 1-5 events.

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Herrera Unplugged: How to Hamstring Your BC Consultant

MHA Consulting

I guess you could say we are Boy Scouts, or nerds, or idealists; when it comes to business continuity, all three are true. An effective presenter could get the key points across to the managers in half an hour using five slides or a two-page handout. We practice what we preach and believe in what we do.