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New Book Review

Recovery Diva

Editors : Claire Connolly Knox and Brittany “Brie” Haupt Title : Cultural Competency for Emergency and Crisis Management: Concepts, Theories and Case Studies. link] April 2020. disaster management specialist, PDC Global. Publisher : Routledge – Taylor & Francis Group, New York and London. Carter; Frannie Edwards; N.

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Book Review: Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management

Recovery Diva

Chapter 2, “Mutual Aid: Grassroots Model for Justice and Equity in Emergency Management” by Miriam Belblidia and Chenier Kliebert, describes successful lessons of a Mutual Aid Response Network (MARN) involving over 5,000 participants in a grassroots response to COVOID-19 pandemic and a record-breaking Gulf Coast hurricane season 2020.

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The Everbridge Contribution to Research on Societal Resilience

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This issue is one of three pillars of the European Union research and innovation program Horizon 2020, with the name of “Secure Societies”, in which we are taking part. By participating in the Disaster Resilient Societies Cluster, Everbridge actively contributes to Project-ENGAGE, in collaboration with a consortium of 14 partners.

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Severe Weather Preparedness: Managing Severe Weather Events During Other Crises

everbridge

The novel coronavirus wasn’t the only history-making event of 2020. Those numbers are better than what we saw in 2020, but they still surpass the season average of 12 named storms, six hurricanes, and three major hurricanes. million acres burned just in the western half of the country. if it impacts you, it’s a busy season.”.

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The 1980 Southern Italian Earthquake After Forty Years

Emergency Planning

Laviano, Province of Avellino, 1984 Monday 23rd November 2020 at 19:34 and 52.8 It is salutary to reflect that many of those scholars who have studied this disaster are too young to have experienced it. The year 1980 was something of a watershed in the field of disaster risk reduction (or disaster management as it was then known).

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The Hidden Costs of Ransomware

Plan B Consulting

I did my PhD in Emergency Planning and Disaster Management at the University of Hertfordshire; therefore, it is the latest in a long line of universities that caught my eye. This week I wanted to share my thoughts and alert you to the hidden costs of ransomware attacks.

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The Hidden Costs of Ransomware

Plan B Consulting

I did my PhD in Emergency Planning and Disaster Management at the University of Hertfordshire; therefore, it is the latest in a long line of universities that caught my eye. This week I wanted to share my thoughts and alert you to the hidden costs of ransomware attacks.