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The 2019 Global Assessment Report (GAR)

Emergency Planning

On 1 May 2019 it was renamed the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. The 2019 report is accompanied by an executive summary called GAR Distilled. Further Reading The full and abbreviated Global Assessment Report 2019 can both be freely downloaded from [link] Alexander, D.E. Linnerooth-Bayer (eds) 2019. Mechler, R.,

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FEMA Has Spent $4B to Help Destroy Flood-Prone Homes

Recovery Diva

Siders, director of the University of Delaware’s Climate Change Science and Policy Hub, who analyzed FEMA’s data in 2019. These homes have been marred by floods to the point where the homeowners decide to move away.

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Hazardous Conditions: Mitigation Planning and Pandemics

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

state develops a hazard mitigation plan, which identifies top local risks and provides a framework for long term strategies to reduce risk and protect citizens and property from damage. 8 states/territories mention pandemic planning but do not discuss further how the state or agency will be able to mitigate the hazard from the event.

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Microsoft Exchange Emergency Mitigation (EM) Service

LAN Infotech

Microsoft Exchange Emergency Mitigation (EM) Service. Following a series of attacks that leveraged zero-day exploits against on-premises versions of Microsoft Exchange servers, Microsoft has released a new tool to provide emergency mitigation. Actions performed via mitigation include: Changing authentication settings.

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New Report: Streamlining Emergency Management

Recovery Diva

In fact, FEMA noted that “the number of annual disasters that [they] have managed has tripled in the past ten years and highlights the pivotal moment that climate change and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have created.”.

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Crisis Communication Examples – The Good and the…Not So Good

Bernstein Crisis Management

A well-handled crisis can significantly mitigate damage to a brand’s reputation, while a poorly managed one can amplify the negative impact. Failing To Address Emotion: Boeing (737 MAX, 2019) Situation: Boeing faced a crisis following two fatal crashes of its 737 MAX aircraft within five months.

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Book Review: Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management

Recovery Diva

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.