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Post Earthquake: Managing the Situation in Christchurch NZ

Disaster Zone Podcast

In this Disaster Zone Podcast we will be talking about the significant challenges New Zealand and Christchurch faced in the aftermath of their 2010-2011 Earthquakes. The podcast guest is Brent Winder is a native New Zealander. You can contact him at Brenden.Winder@ccc.govt.nz The podcast guest is Brent Winder is a native New Zealander.

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New Quadrennial Review

Recovery Diva

The Department of Homeland Security has released the Third Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR), a continuation of the first two QHSR Reports issued in 2010 and 2014. Third Quadrennial Homeland Security Review.

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FEMA is Running Out of Money

Recovery Diva

Criswell said that in 2010, FEMA had 108 declared disasters to support. A decade later, the number jumped to 315. “Our mission has not changed, but our operating environment has,” she said. “And with that, comes the challenge of ensuring that everyone who qualifies for FEMA assistance is able to access that help.”

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Towards a Taxonomy of Disasters

Emergency Planning

2010) showed that in Colombia the combined effect of 20,000 small destructive events was much greater than the socio-economic impact of five large disasters. Herbane 2010. Barbat 2010. Guidotti (eds) 2010. It should be noted that sub-fields of disaster studies may require their own classifications. Field 2018).

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Making work more accessible for employees with disabilities

Citrix

He started at Citrix in 2010 via the Leadership Development … The post Making work more accessible for employees with disabilities first appeared on Citrix Blogs. As a Senior Enterprise Architect on the Customer Success team, Dan Morgan works with our largest customers in the U.S.

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A Better Understanding of NFPA 70E: Part III - The Electrical Components Causing Fatalities in the Workplace.

National Fire Protection Association

There was a sudden drop in these fatalities in 2010 after several decades of being flat at an average of 24% of all electrical fatalities. Investigating what occurred in the workplace prior to 2010 could provide employers with the knowledge necessary to further decrease these fatalities. Building wiring fatalities average 21 per year.

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Teaching the CBCI Course – What Does it Tell Us About the State of Business Continuity?

Plan B Consulting

I think my first course was in Glasgow in 2010, and I remember taking almost a week to learn the course and the Good Practice Guidelines (GPG) so that I could teach it. The course format hasn’t greatly changed since the early beginnings of 2010. It is still slides and tutor-led.