National Center for Disaster Prepardness

MARCH 27, 2023

This number is only 400 shy of the total cases of CO poisoning in Texas for 2020 and was classified to be the nation’s “biggest epidemic of CO poisoning in recent history.”Although Of those cases, 42% were children, who are more vulnerable to CO poisoning due to their higher metabolic rates.

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National Center for Disaster Prepardness

MAY 12, 2021

Although many California agencies have been following their pandemic response plan, the state still saw major spikes in cases and became a hotspot in December, 2020 and January , 2021. The post Hazardous Conditions: Mitigation Planning and Pandemics appeared first on National Center for Disaster Preparedness | NCDP.

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National Center for Disaster Prepardness

MAY 4, 2020

has received 2,345 calls since March 16, 2020, in which COVID-19 was cited as a condition of abuse and law enforcement agencies across the country saw a rise in reports of domestic violence in March 2020. The post Domestic Violence Amid COVID-19: A Hidden Epidemic appeared first on National Center for Disaster Preparedness | NCDP.

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Castellan

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

According to the 2021 Business Continuity Management Event Impact Report , there are the top five events that led to business continuity response and recovery plan initiation in 2020: Pandemic/disease: 79% Power outages: 49% Hurricanes: 38% Fire/wildfires: 35% Cyber-attacks: 29%. What is This Year’s National Preparedness Month Theme?

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National Center for Disaster Prepardness

JANUARY 19, 2022

In my role leading the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University’s Climate School, as well as through other positions, I have dedicated my career to fostering the impact of disaster research in the fields of policy and practice. Testimony Submitted January 16, 2022. By: Jeff Schlegelmilch, MPH, MBA.

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National Center for Disaster Prepardness

MAY 13, 2020

all of these percentages of positive cases are current as of 5/13/2020). The post Racial Disparities and COVID-19 appeared first on National Center for Disaster Preparedness | NCDP. Stark numbers like these from the COVID-19 pandemic have been awakening the public to dramatic inequities and socioeconomic class lines in the US.

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Risk Management Monitor

DECEMBER 3, 2021

According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), India’s economy contracted by close to 8% in 2020, while the world’s economy contracted by 3.5%,” the report noted. The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) data indicated that cyberattacks in India rose by 300% in 2020, according to news reports.

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Disaster Preparedness

JULY 1, 2020

I asked these questions back on January 27, 2020. Only a very small handful of respondents to the poll started changing up their own routines. And, zero respondents stated the organizations they worked at started implementing any changes. I also started asking how prepared you were for Supply Chain disruptions on this date.

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Solutions Review

JANUARY 25, 2023

In 2022, an IDC report, ‘The State of Ransomware and Disaster Preparedness’ found that 83 percent of organizations had experienced data corruption from an attack, and nearly 60 percent experienced unrecoverable data as a result. Therefore, the primary concern for all businesses should be protecting this asset.

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