National Fire Protection Association

JULY 28, 2023

Addressing the stark reality of hazards related to a rapidly growing e-mobility industry, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) hosted a forum yesterday to spotlight growing concerns surrounding lithium-ion battery safety, especially fires occurring in e-bikes and other micro-mobility devices.

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National Fire Protection Association

JUNE 20, 2023

It is common for all employees to interact with electrical equipment during their workday, but it should be uncommon for an employee to be exposed to electrical hazards. Even though the number of employees working from home increased from 19% in 2019 to 39% in 2020, this does not appear to have skewed the numbers.

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Emergency Planning

JUNE 9, 2019

There is currently a move to extirpate the term 'natural disasters' on the grounds that disasters by definition are not natural events (UNDRR 2019, p. Warming has already begun to have a substantial effect on the magnitude and frequency of meteorological hazards. Necci 2019. UNDRR 2019. Disasters 42(S2): S265-S286.

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Recovery Diva

MAY 12, 2022

Each chapter gives examples for emergency management to achieve “Just Disaster Recovery,” proposed in 2019 by Jerollemen in Disaster Recovery Through the Lens of Justice. reviewed in Recovery Diva March 29, 2019 ]. More than twenty authors are represented in this timely book, edited by Alessandra Jerolleman and William L.

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Recovery Diva

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

179] After a number of chapters about the failings to influence construction and land planning, chapter 15 imagines headlines of the future, visions of the good that all-hazard risk management could achieve: 2031 School Life Safety instituted so that classrooms in the 450,000 primary and secondary schools around the globe are less vulnerable.

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Emergency Planning

AUGUST 22, 2019

I replied that, as there are more than 80 dedicated journals in the disasters, risks and hazards fields, and more than 500 others that occasionally publish papers on such themes, no such need existed. The reason for mentioning this example is part of my response to an article that appeared in Times Higher Education (THE 2019).

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National Fire Protection Association

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Ready, a national public service campaign, has earmarked September as National Preparedness Month and urges those of us tasked with protecting people and property from fire, electrical, and related hazards, to work together, help educate, and empower the public to prepare for, respond to, and mitigate emergencies before they become tragedies.

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Emergency Planning

OCTOBER 21, 2022

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). The same is true of some of the earlier events, such as the Hillsborough stadium disaster of 1989. link] (accessed 21 October 2022). Moore-Bick, M.

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Emergency Planning

MAY 27, 2019

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 13(11): 2707-2716. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.1986.tb00102.x 1467-8306.1986.tb00102.x x Alexander, D.E. Resilience and disaster risk reduction: an etymological journey. DOI: 10.5194/nhess-13-2707-2013 Clayton, M. Leonardo da Vinci: A Life in Drawing. Royal Collection Trust. Windsor, UK, 255 pp.

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BMC

MARCH 31, 2022

IQAir’s 2020 World Air Quality Report found that 65 percent of cities around the world had better air quality in 2020 versus 2019, while 84 percent of nations reported better overall air quality—those improvements attributable to fewer people out in the world due to pandemic restrictions.

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BMC

MARCH 31, 2022

IQAir’s 2020 World Air Quality Report found that 65 percent of cities around the world had better air quality in 2020 versus 2019, while 84 percent of nations reported better overall air quality—those improvements attributable to fewer people out in the world due to pandemic restrictions.

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Pure Storage

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

of e-waste being recycled in 2019. Furthermore, responsible recycling ensures that hazardous materials are disposed of safely, mitigating harm to the environment and human health. This highlights the urgent need for improved public awareness and accessible recycling options for electronic devices.

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National Fire Protection Association

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

RELATED: Read a 2019 NFPA Journal feature story about the risks introduced to parking garages by modern vehicles There can also be several different types of technology integrated into parking structures, such as car stackers or automated parking systems which store and retrieve vehicles without a driver. gpm/ft2 to 0.2

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National Center for Disaster Prepardness

JANUARY 19, 2022

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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everbridge

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

In the period 2000 to 2019, there were 7,348 major recorded disaster events claiming 1.23 The report “The Human Cost of Disasters 2000-2019” also records major increases in other categories including drought, wildfires , and extreme temperature events. million lives, affecting 4.2 Floods and storms were the most prevalent events.”.

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Risk Management Monitor

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

They may be contaminated by agricultural or industrial chemicals, or hazardous agents. Since 2019, NOAA has been utilizing models that provide a more realistic expected arrival times for storms. Similarly, avoid wading in floodwaters. NOAA’s main function is to monitor weather and distribute alerts and warnings.

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Reciprocity

AUGUST 24, 2022

Not long ago, risk managers concerned themselves mainly with hazards such as fires and floods; or in the financial sector, loan defaults (credit risk). In 2020, Gartner informed vendors evaluated in the 2019 Magic Quadrant that it had retired the IRM market category “in favor of more targeted marketing segments.”

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Emergency Planning

JULY 29, 2019

The result is a communication process which has been termed chronic contagion (Pomerantsev 2019). Vast resources are now devoted to distorting the picture, and all three superpowers are busy utilising them (Druzin and Gordon 2018, Merrin 2019, Rudick and Dannels 2019). Dannels 2019. Hoskins and W. O'Connor, D. Dynes 1970.

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Emergency Planning

AUGUST 20, 2021

In his words, "the colonial institutions’ assiduous extraction of surpluses left the population both destitute and vulnerable to hazards for centuries to come." NACLA Report on the Americas 43(4): 32-36, doi: 10.1080/10714839.2010.11725505 [vii] Sarmiento, Juan Pablo, Suzanne Polak and Vicente Sandoval 2019.

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Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 3, 2020

In addition, there are other standards such as the International Organization for Standardization - I S O 22301:2019 Societal Security – Business Continuity Management Systems, or the National Institute of Standards and Technology - NIST 800-34 , which provide similar implementation guidelines.

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Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 3, 2020

In addition, there are other standards such as the International Organization for Standardization - I S O 22301:2019 Societal Security – Business Continuity Management Systems, or the National Institute of Standards and Technology - NIST 800-34 , which provide similar implementation guidelines.

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