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Business, Interrupted: Post-Pandemic Thinking Like a Risk Manager

Castellan

The Pandemic Pivot. As this team focuses on preparing for and responding to disruptions, it’s becoming clearer after the past year how much impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on planning and response, leading to, in some cases, a pivot in program focus. That started as early as January 2020. Get The Pandemic Reopening Toolkit.

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Did Your Emergency Response Team Survive the Pandemic?

FEI

When activated, the room was filled with people addressing an incident with urgency and purpose. When the COVID-19 pandemic was initially identified as a crisis, our emergency and incident response teams were functioning in their usual brick-and-mortal locations. Second, the COVID-19 pandemic required a lengthy response.

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Ep. 07: Spotlight on Business Continuity Programs in Healthcare | James Mitchell

The Failover Plan Podcast

The last few months he has been heavily involved with a historic pandemic response at Texas Children’s which involved a 140+ day activation of their incident command system. 26:28min- The role of his BC program in non-traditional activities like COVID. Key Points: 0:28min- James’ background. 22:47min- Is he lucky?

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

Emergency Planning

Since the start of the crisis, I have constantly affirmed that the key to understanding the effects of this pandemic is the UK Government's failure to give adequate weight to emergency planning and management (Alexander 2020a, 2020b). The scenario for this pandemic (excluding the recovery) was fully formulated over the period 2003-2009.

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Video Intercoms in a Post-Pandemic World: How Residential Security Systems Have Taken On New Functions

Security Industry Association

Prior to 2020, many security providers might not have seen many requests for occupancy management, but as we enter a post-pandemic world, efforts to maintain social distancing may continue. Additionally, audit trails of access and other daily activities are kept. Enhanced Occupancy Management in Common Areas.

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Making Environmental Stewardship a Priority for Business

BMC

Every April, we celebrate Earth Day, and this year, BMC is taking it a step further with a whole month of activities for our inaugural Climate Action Month. During the pandemic, PPE began showing up in our oceans and threatening our wildlife. And we’re not alone. How much money? How about $120 trillion? We’re so glad you asked!

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Making Environmental Stewardship a Priority for Business

BMC

Every April, we celebrate Earth Day, and this year, BMC is taking it a step further with a whole month of activities for our inaugural Climate Action Month. During the pandemic, PPE began showing up in our oceans and threatening our wildlife. And we’re not alone. How much money? How about $120 trillion? We’re so glad you asked!