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Managing Emergencies: The Challenges of the Future

Emergency Planning

What does all this mean for Britain? In some instances, notably the Manchester Arena bombing and the Grenfell Tower fire (both in 2017), the shortcomings have been nothing less than scandalous (Kerslake 2018, Moore-Bick 2019). They lack consistent funding and have little executive authority. So much for the personal reflections.

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Using Budget Principles to Prepare for Future Pandemics and Other Disasters

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

Preparedness funding has ebbed and flowed over the years, peaking a few years after 9/11 and gradually decreasing with health security grant programs decreasing by a third to as much as half from their peaks, with similar reductions across all-hazards emergency management grant programs.

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ISO 27001 Certification Requirements & Standards

Reciprocity

Your primary reference points will be ISO/IEC 27001:2013, ISO/IEC 27002:2013, and ISO/IEC 27000:2018. Doing this right is critical because a scope that is too large will increase the project’s time and expense, and a scope that is too narrow may expose your firm to unanticipated hazards. Form a Project Team. Staff Training.

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Growth in Codes and Standards is Essential to Safety within Cannabis Oil Extraction Facilities

National Fire Protection Association

Facilities of all shapes and sizes began popping up in states where cannabis was legalized to be manufactured. RELATED • Listen to an NFPA podcast about regulating the cannabis industry • Read, “The New Face of Pot,” published in the July/August 2018 NFPA Journal What does the NEC say?