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How Transportation is Vital in Emergency Management and Business Continuity

CCEM Strategies

An example of this was BC’s 2021 atmospheric river* which washed out highways and interrupted the distribution of goods and services. Transportation infrastructure enables first responders to attend incident sites and allows for the movement of critical goods and supplies required post-emergency.

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A Proposed Strategy to Advocate for Improved Civil Protection in the United Kingdom

Emergency Planning

Hence there is potential for floods that equal or exceed those generated in 2008, storms that may be more disruptive than Arwen was in 2021, heatwaves greater than that of July 2022, and so on. In these countries responsibility for coordinating local emergency actions is delegated to the regions. Culture and inclusiveness.

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RIMS Risk Forum India 2021: Building Resilience As COVID, Cyberrisk Top Business Risks

Risk Management Monitor

An increasingly key theme year over year, resilience is at the root of the latest Excellence in Risk Management India report from Marsh and RIMS—and the RIMS Risk Forum India 2021 virtual event , where the report was officially released today. Registration can be found here: [link].

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The Role of Public Safety Communication in Local Communities

everbridge

At APCO 2021 , Everbridge featured new products and advanced functionality of our Critical Event Management platform to showcase our ability to keep towns, cities, states, and other public agencies running, faster. Using Technology to Accelerate Emergency Response and Improve Efficiency. See how Everbridge 911 Connect Works.

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Managing Emergencies: The Challenges of the Future

Emergency Planning

Welcome to the 'riskscape' On one day in July 2021 fires devastated large areas of Sardinia, flooding occurred for the second time in two weeks in London and I received a message from research colleagues in Germany that read "the institute was quite destroyed and many colleagues have suffered tremendous damage to their houses." Garforth 2021.

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Five Organizations Tackling Health Inequity: Meet PagerDuty.org’s Second Impact Accelerator Cohort by Olivia Khalili

PagerDuty

accesSOS is building a more accessible emergency response system for people who lack access to 9-1-1 and other emergency services, such as people who are deaf or hard of hearing, people with speech disabilities or limited English proficiency, and domestic violence survivors. Youth ALIVE!

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Five Organizations Tackling Health Inequity: Meet PagerDuty.org’s Second Impact Accelerator Cohort by Olivia Khalili

PagerDuty

accesSOS is building a more accessible emergency response system for people who lack access to 9-1-1 and other emergency services, such as people who are deaf or hard of hearing, people with speech disabilities or limited English proficiency, and domestic violence survivors. Youth ALIVE!

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