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Enhance emergency alerts with Device-Based Geo-FencingĀ 

everbridge

This blog post dives into the evolution of emergency alert targeting, introducing the innovative concept of Device-Based Geo-Fencing (DBGF), outlining its implications, and shedding light on the road ahead to enhance public safety measures. Beginning with WEA 1.0, introducing polygons and circles for cell selection.

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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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Ensuring Operational Resilience Amidst Geopolitical Events

Fusion Risk Management

These events ā€“ whether civil or political unrest, trade disputes, economic sanctions, pandemics, or natural disasters ā€“ can have far-reaching implications on an organization’s employees, business operations, vendors and supply chain, and customers.

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Top 5 Pitfalls of Business Continuity Planning

On Solve

For example, your organization may have a way to alert employees about an emergency, but have you considered how you would alert customers, clients and guests who happen to be on the premises when an incident occurs?

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AI in Security and Psychology

Security Industry Association

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a new set of issues concerning technology, data privacy and AI. During the pandemic, people were forced to adjust their work locations and utilize technology that they previously might not have used to perform their jobs.

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Severe Weather Preparedness: Managing Severe Weather Events During Other Crises

everbridge

And overlaying each severe weather event was the pandemic, which forced start-and-stop closures and compulsory work-from-home orders. The pandemic has been characterized by twists and turns, and crisis managers can still expect it to be a factor as the hurricane and wildfire seasons, as well as potentially early winter storms, kick-off.

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What Happens When the Crisis Becomes a Marathon?

FEI

As one of many emergency response teams providing support throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, we have just passed the six-month marker since we first activated to support our company and our stakeholders. On February 25, 2020, the CDC indicated that COVID-19 was moving toward pandemic status. The first 30 daysā€”a 5K.