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Book Review: Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management

Recovery Diva

Review by Donald Watson, co-author with Michele Adams of Design for Flooding: Resilience to Climate Change (Wiley 2011). More than twenty authors are represented in this timely book, edited by Alessandra Jerolleman and William L. He has since served in over thirty nations worldwide as consultant for United Nations, U.S.

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SIA New Member Profile: The CMOOR Group

Security Industry Association

Connie Moorhead, CEO, The CMOOR Group Connie Moorhead : CMOOR Group began in 2000 when I had a revelation about the security industry and its dire need of training for its technicians, installers, project managers – all the technical field personnel. Unfortunately, that organization did not survive the technology bubble burst of 2000.

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SIA New Member Profile: Enterprise Security, Inc.

Security Industry Association

Joseph Emens : Established in 2000, Enterprise Security, Inc., Photo badging adds an extra layer of security by visually identifying individuals, ensuring that only authorized visitors gain entry. Emens, chief operating officer at Enterprise Security, Inc., about the company, the security industry and working with SIA.

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SIA New Member Profile: Calibre Engineering

Security Industry Association

Emily Villines : Calibre was founded by Greg Murphy in 2000. The views and opinions expressed in guest posts and/or profiles are those of the authors or sources and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Security Industry Association. Tell us the story of your company.

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Black Swans and Swiss Cheese – A Boat Crash in Baltimore

Plan B Consulting

According to The Times, ‘An analysis of 503 bridge collapses in the US between 1989 and 2000 found that only 2 percent were caused by ship collisions’. The cost of the Costa Concordia cruise ship hitting a rock in Italy was approximately $1.5 So, bridge collapses are very rarely caused by ships.

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SIA New Member Profile: SAFR from RealNetworks

Security Industry Association

According to some accounts, by 2000 more than 85% of streaming content on the internet was in the Real format. The views and opinions expressed in guest posts and/or profiles are those of the authors or sources and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Security Industry Association.

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Using Budget Principles to Prepare for Future Pandemics and Other Disasters

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

Figure 1: Supplemental appropriations by fiscal year, FY 2000–2021. We obtained data from CBO [1] for all supplemental appropriations enacted from FY 2000 through October 5, 2018—that is, appropriations passed outside of the annual appropriations cycle. For all other bills (i.e. 1] [link]. [2] The Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA; P.L.