everbridge

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

trillion in global economic losses,” according to a report conducted by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). Disaster risk is becoming systemic with one event overlapping and influencing another in ways that are testing our resilience to the limit,” Mizutori said. million lives, affecting 4.2

Resilience 142

Resilience Risk Reduction Management Command Center 142

Emergency Planning

DECEMBER 14, 2020

It is important to understand the relative nature of risk in geographical terms, with respect to the co-occurrence of different kinds of risk, and so as to prioritise risk management interventions. Emergency planning is an essential tool in the response to a pandemic. Planning is more a process than an outcome.

Pandemic 176

Pandemic Hospitality Logistics Authorization 176

National Fire Protection Association

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

NFPA® has a wealth of information to help guide building owners and facility managers, first responders, health care facility managers, electrical professionals, and public educators, as they prepare ahead of weather events in their area and work closely with communities to develop emergency plans.

Hazard 77

Hazard Emergency Planning Risk Reduction Pandemic 77

Emergency Planning

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

In disaster risk reduction circles, there is an almost desperate reliance on 'community' and a strong growth in studies and plans to "involve the community" in facing up to risks and impacts (Berkes and Ross 2013). The intentions are laudable, as DRR needs to be democratised if it is to function.

Risk Reduction 130

Risk Reduction Resilience Natural Hazard Hazard 130

Emergency Planning

AUGUST 22, 2019

I am the founding editor of the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (IJDRR), which began publishing in August 2012 with just four papers. Seven years later, the submission rate is equivalent to about 1,500 manuscripts per year (although the rejection rate is over 80 per cent).

Publishing 130

Publishing All-Hazards Risk Reduction Education 130

Emergency Planning

MARCH 7, 2019

Myth 58: For every dollar [pound, euro, shekel] spent on disaster risk reduction, between four and 11 dollars are saved in damage and losses avoided. It is quite probable that prudent investment in risk reduction is less expensive than are losses, but no one has the slightest idea how much cheaper.

Hospitality 130

Hospitality All-Hazards Risk Reduction Logistics 130

Emergency Planning

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The year 1980 was something of a watershed in the field of disaster risk reduction (or disaster management as it was then known). It is salutary to reflect that many of those scholars who have studied this disaster are too young to have experienced it.

Natural Hazard 130

Natural Hazard All-Hazards Automotive Risk Reduction 130

Emergency Planning

MAY 27, 2019

Resilience and disaster risk reduction: an etymological journey. Dante and the form of the land. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 76(1): 38-49. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.1986.tb00102.x 1467-8306.1986.tb00102.x x Alexander, D.E. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 13(11): 2707-2716.

Natural Hazard 130

Natural Hazard Risk Reduction All-Hazards Hazard 130

CCEM Strategies

JANUARY 10, 2024

It has been criticized in the past for incentivizing short-term spending on distinct program elements like equipment, training, and route planning.

Management 64

Management Capacity Strategic Risk Reduction 64

Emergency Planning

MARCH 23, 2022

National standards should be developed to ensure that emergency plans are functional and compatible with one another, and that they ensure the interoperability of emergency services and functions. All levels of public administration should be required to produce emergency plans and maintain them by means of periodic updates.

Resilience 244

Resilience All-Hazards Emergency Planning Hazard 244

Emergency Planning

JULY 29, 2019

Any attempt to relate the current anomie to disaster risk reduction (DRR) must take account of the 'egg hypothesis'. In modern disaster risk reduction, problem solvers abound. Journal of Emergency Management 8(6): 15-27. Social media in disaster risk reduction and crisis management. Alexander, D.E.

Risk Reduction 130

Risk Reduction Internet Media All-Hazards 130

Emergency Planning

AUGUST 20, 2021

Researchers have identified four goals [vii] : secure land occupation, sufficient and resilient livelihoods, robust and resilient ecosystems, and adequate disaster risk and emergency management. Stability, good governance and democratic participation are essential ingredients of disaster risk reduction.

Vulnerability 174

Vulnerability All-Hazards Risk Reduction Government 174