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

Emergency Planning

Vox clamantis in deserto : to examine this aspect of the disaster one would have to face up to difficult issues, such as corruption, political decision making, people's expectations of public safety, fatalism versus activism, and more. How much simpler to attribute it all to anonymous forces within the ground! Ozmen, H.B.

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State of the Nation - a UK Perspective on Covid-19

Emergency Planning

The scenario for this pandemic (excluding the recovery) was fully formulated over the period 2003-2009. Civil protection, when it works, is a form of participatory democracy, in which the citizen has an active stake in his or her own safety and security. I have taught it every year since then.

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Top Four Takeaways: Evolving Resiliency Strategies Report

Castellan

Executives showed increased scrutiny of resilience management capabilities and became actively involved in program reviews, resulting in increased financial support of resilience (via staffing, software automation, and technology). Get the Evolving Resiliency Strategies Report. DOWNLOAD NOW. Executive engagement surged in 2021.

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Ten Years of Teaching the CBCI Certification Course – What Has Changed?

Plan B Consulting

What I think is especially interesting, is how the points I emphasised and thought were important in my first course in Glasgow June 2009, have changed since then. This has meant that there is less need for Work Area Recovery, and if staff can easily work from home the impact on delivery of activities is minimised.

Banking 40
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Ten Years of Teaching the CBCI Certification Course – What Has Changed?

Plan B Consulting

What I think is especially interesting, is how the points I emphasised and thought were important in my first course in Glasgow June 2009, have changed since then. This has meant that there is less need for Work Area Recovery, and if staff can easily work from home the impact on delivery of activities is minimised.

Banking 40
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Flu Pandemic Planning 2006 and What Really Happened!

Plan B Consulting

In the end, the pandemic arrived in 2009-10 as the ‘swine flu’ which started in Mexico, but didn’t have a huge impact worldwide. Once organisations were well into the pandemic, it quickly became evident that there was a need to get back all activities, and organisations couldn’t follow their staggered recovery as detailed within their BIA.

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Flu Pandemic Planning 2006 and What Really Happened!

Plan B Consulting

In the end, the pandemic arrived in 2009-10 as the ‘swine flu’ which started in Mexico, but didn’t have a huge impact worldwide. Once organisations were well into the pandemic, it quickly became evident that there was a need to get back all activities, and organisations couldn’t follow their staggered recovery as detailed within their BIA.